Senior Citrix Engineer: VDI, PVS & NetScaler Expert

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior Citrix Engineer to design, implement, and manage Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop environments across on-premises and cloud infrastructures. You will maintain Citrix farms, implement NetScaler integrations, and ensure high availability for VDI workloads, with strong incident response and change management discipline.

Qualifications include Security+ certification, TS or secret clearance eligibility, and 10+ years' hands-on Citrix experience.

Qualifications

• Must have a valid Security+ Certification.
• Must have a Secret Security clearance or higher, and be eligible for Top-Secret clearance.
• Certification in Citrix or equivalent work experience relative to supporting XenApp and XenDesktop platforms.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience with designing, building, and managing Citrix Environments.
• Hands-on experience in Citrix Farm Migrations.
• Hands-on experience with Citrix management tools like Director, RCA preparation.
• Hands-on experience in ITIL processes, incident management, change management, and Studio.
• Experience in Citrix Secure Gateway, Web Interface, and NetScaler.
• Experience building and configuring Citrix Farms.
• Experience deploying servers utilizing PVS and/or MCS in a virtual environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage Citrix applications
• Install and update Citrix farms
• Design and plan Citrix NetScaler environments
• Develop the cloud infrastructure supporting Citrix farms
• Provide technical support for incident response, service degradations, outages, and other interruptions
• Provide Tier I, II, and III support to Citrix XenDesktop VDI environments
• Configure, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in Citrix PVS and Windows Server environments
• Investigate hardware and software problems related to Citrix infrastructure and perform corrective actions
• Perform Citrix design, performance monitoring, tuning, scripting, upgrades, and maintenance for production systems
• Support applications, hardware, operating systems, and network infrastructure
• Make architectural and operational recommendations and apply updates to Citrix environments
• Perform daily server maintenance and troubleshooting
• Administer Citrix PVS for server maintenance, upgrades, and image maintenance
• Configure, deploy, monitor, and maintain VDI tasks
• Follow vendor and industry best practices for cloud and software configuration
• Collaborate with other technical specialists on assigned duties
• Perform other tasks as required by OSC and the Government contracting office

Skills

Citrix XenDesktop Support

Citrix Farm Management

Incident Response

Cloud Infrastructure

VDI Deployment

Scripting

Citrix PVS

Windows Server

NetScaler Design

Collaboration

Education

Security+ Certification

Citrix Certification

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Citrix Director

Citrix Secure Gateway

Citrix Web Interface

NetScaler Management

Insight Monitoring Platform

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a senior Citrix Engineer to design, implement, and manage Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop environments across on-premises and cloud infrastructures. You will maintain Citrix farms, implement NetScaler integrations, and ensure high availability for VDI workloads, with strong incident response and change management discipline.

Qualifications include Security+ certification, TS or secret clearance eligibility, and 10+ years' hands-on Citrix experience.