Senior Citrix Engineer with Security Clearance

RMantra Solutions Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RMantra Solutions Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a senior Citrix CVAD engineer for 100% onsite work. The role requires 8+ years designing and deploying CVAD (on‑prem and cloud), expertise with Citrix Cloud/ADC/StoreFront/WEM, and an active TS/SCI clearance with DoD 8570 IAT Level II.

You will automate via PowerShell, lead DISA/DoD security integrations, develop runbooks and DR plans, and optimize performance and logon times in highly available Citrix environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing and deploying CVAD solutions (on-prem and cloud).
• Experience with Citrix Cloud, NetScaler, StoreFront, and WEM.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy robust CVAD solutions, on-prem and in cloud environments.
• Serve as SME on Citrix stack, including Cloud, ADC, StoreFront, and WEM.

Skills

Citrix CVAD

Citrix Cloud

Citrix ADC

PowerShell

Windows Server

Active Directory

Group Policy

DISA compliance

IAT Level II

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Citrix Cloud

NetScaler

StoreFront

WEM

ProfileUnity

Profile Management

User Layering

Job description

This position is 100% Onsite. This position is in Arlington, VA, with occasional/situational travel. Certificate 8570 IAT Level II Baseline Certification (e.g. CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE,) Location: 4800 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311 Schedule 100% onsite Clearance US Citizens with DOD Top Secret/SCI Responsibilities Qualifications * Design and deploy robust, scalable, and highly available Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) solutions, both on-premise and in cloud environments (Azure/AWS).

• Serve as the subject matter expert on the entire Citrix stack, engineering solutions for Citrix Cloud, ADC (NetScaler), StoreFront, and Workspace Environment Management (WEM).
• Engineer and automate infrastructure management, deployment, and configuration processes using PowerShell to enhance system reliability and operational efficiency.
• Lead the integration of security controls and compliance standards (DoD/DISA) into the Citrix architecture, performing vulnerability assessments and implementing hardening configurations on Citrix ADC.
• Develop and maintain detailed engineering documentation, including system architecture diagrams, deployment runbooks, and disaster recovery plans.
• Proactively monitor, analyze, and optimize the performance, capacity, and latency of the Citrix infrastructure, performing root cause analysis and engineering long-term solutions for complex issues.
• Lead critical infrastructure projects, including platform upgrades, data center migrations, and cloud service integration, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum performance.
• Design and implement user profile and data management strategies using ProfileUnity, Profile Management, and User Layering to optimize user experience and logon times.
• Familiarity with Citrix and Liquidware integration.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience designing and building solutions with CVAD (on-prem and Citrix Cloud) and Citrix ADC (NetScaler) in a high-availability configuration.
• Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline and10+ years of experience engineering and administering enterprise-scale Citrix environments. (Additional relevant experience may be substituted for a degree).
• Demonstrated expertise in scripting and automation with PowerShell.
• Deep technical knowledge of Windows Server OS, Active Directory, and Group Policy management in a virtualized environment.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Must hold a DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification.
• Proven experience with performance tuning and optimization tools for virtualized environments.
• Prior experience engineering solutions for DISA and its mission partners.
• TS/SCI with Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.