Senior Citrix VDI Engineer – Onsite DC

Quantum Sky; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision

401(k) match

Paid Time Off

Life Insurance

Job summary

Quantum Sky is seeking a Senior Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Engineer to design, implement, administer, optimize, and support enterprise Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments at a Washington, DC site.

The role provides technical leadership for VDI, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across on-premises environments; onsite support five days per week with core hours 8am-4pm. Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; experience and education equivalents considered.
• 10 years general work experience / 8 years relevant end-user computing/VDI engineering experience.
• Advanced certification preferred: Citrix CCP-V, VMware VCP-VCF.
• Deep expertise in VDI architecture, application virtualization, and performance tuning at scale.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide VDI programs or migrations.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with server, network, storage, and security teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect the Citrix enterprise VDI solution for scalability, performance, and resiliency.
• Lead at-scale VDI deployments, migrations, and platform upgrades.
• Optimize VDI environments for cost, performance, and user experience.
• Establish standards for image management, application delivery, and security within VDI.
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex VDI incidents.
• Mentor mid-level engineers and collaborate with security teams on VDI hardening and compliance.
• Evaluate emerging end-user computing technologies and recommend roadmap changes.

Skills

VDI engineering

Citrix VDI

Enterprise VDI programs

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Certifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Citrix CCP-V

VMware VCP-VCF

ESXi/vCenter

Dell Wyse Thin-Clients

Job description

Quantum Sky is seeking a Senior Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Engineer to design, implement, administer, optimize, and support enterprise Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments at a Washington, DC site.

The role provides technical leadership for VDI, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across on-premises environments; onsite support five days per week with core hours 8am-4pm. Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required.