Senior Citrix Engineer — On-Site, TS/SCI Clearance

Leidos; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Arlington, VA is seeking a Citrix Engineer to design, deploy, and secure robust Citrix environments on‑premise and in cloud. This on-site role requires a TS/SCI clearance and DoD/DISA alignment, plus deep expertise across CVAD, NetScaler, WEM, and ProfileUnity.

You will automate with PowerShell, create runbooks, and drive CSP migrations while optimizing performance and logon times in a mission-critical setup.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on design and build experience with CVAD (on-prem and Citrix Cloud) and Citrix ADC (NetScaler) in high-availability setups.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline; 10+ years in engineering enterprise Citrix environments (degree substitution possible).
• Demonstrated scripting automation skills with PowerShell.
• Deep Windows Server, Active Directory and Group Policy knowledge in virtualized environments.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy robust, scalable Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops solutions on‑premise and in cloud (Azure/AWS).
• Serve as SME for Citrix stack: Citrix Cloud, NetScaler, StoreFront, and WEM.
• Automate infrastructure management, deployment and configuration with PowerShell.
• Integrate security controls and DoD/DISA standards into Citrix architecture; perform vulnerability assessments.
• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks and DR plans.
• Monitor, analyze and optimize Citrix performance, capacity and latency; drive long-term fixes.
• Lead infrastructure projects including upgrades, data center migrations and cloud integrations.
• Design user profile/data management with ProfileUnity and User Layering for faster logons; ensure Citrix-Liquidware integration readiness.

Skills

CVAD design

Citrix Cloud

PowerShell

Windows Server

Active Directory

Group Policy

Automation

Security compliance

TS/SCI

NetScaler

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline

Tools

ProfileUnity

Liquidware

Azure

AWS

Citrix Cloud

Job description

Leidos in Arlington, VA is seeking a Citrix Engineer to design, deploy, and secure robust Citrix environments on‑premise and in cloud. This on-site role requires a TS/SCI clearance and DoD/DISA alignment, plus deep expertise across CVAD, NetScaler, WEM, and ProfileUnity.

You will automate with PowerShell, create runbooks, and drive CSP migrations while optimizing performance and logon times in a mission-critical setup.