Cloud Architect

Boardroom Appointments; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a skilled IT professional to design, implement and maintain Citrix/end-user virtualization services. The role includes Netscaler setup, XenApp/XenDesktop management, policy configuration and ongoing BAU monitoring.

You'll work with VMware Horizon, AWS Workspace, and AVD while contributing to hybrid and full cloud transition strategies. A Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field.
• Proven Citrix/XenApp/XenDesktop engineering and administration experience.
• Experience with cloud adoption and virtualization technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain Citrix/end-user virtual service offerings.
• Configure and maintain XenApp policies and Netscaler.
• Monitor BAU operations, incident management, and cloud workloads (DAAS, AWS Horizon, AVD).
• Develop skills for transitioning to a hybrid or full cloud environment.

Skills

Citrix

XenApp

XenDesktop

Netscaler

VMware

PowerShell

SQL

Windows Server

AD

SCCM

Cloud computing

Networking

Scripting

WSUS

AWS Workspace

VMware Horizon

Azure Virtual Desktop

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

VMware Horizon

AWS Workspace

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

WSUS

SCCM

Job description

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or related field of study

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain Citrix/End user virtual service offerings
• Netscaler setup, maintain and change
• Xendesk, Xenapp setup, maintain and change
• Maintain and updating of hosted desktop and applications
• Configure and maintain Xenapp policies
• BAU operational monitoring of service and incident management
• Cloud computing (DAAS, VMWare Horizon, AWS Workspace, AVD)
• How to transition to a hybrid managed environment and/or full cloud adoption design/architectural skillset
• Solid understanding of VMWare, networking, Firewalls, server and AD knowledge specific to Citrix as a run service
• Citrix certification
• Scripting
• Installation Setup and Configuration.
• Daily Monitoring and Maintenance.
• High level Infrastructure troubleshooting skills.
• Good SQL knowledge.
• PowerShell knowledge.
• Windows Software Update Service knowledge.
• Windows Software Update Deployment and Management.
• Device Collection Management.
• Task Sequence knowledge.
• Application creation and deployment.
• SCCM Client Management and Troubleshooting.
• Operating System Deployment knowledge.
• Microsoft Deployment Toolkit knowledge.
• Windows Operating System knowledge.
• Analysing and diagnosis of issues.
• Deployment and maintenance of Cloud Management Gateway.