Sr Citrix Engineer

Sr Citrix Engineer - Chicago, IL

• 6-month Contract to Hire

• Hybrid Remote (3 Days Onsite/2 Days Remote)

Top Skills

• Citrix Engineering - Must have previous design experience in an enterprise environment.

• This is not implementation - this will also not be much on the administrative level. Need to know how to administer but not doing it.

• Deliver projects to enterprise environment.

• Citrix VDI

• Citrix MCS

• Provisioning for on-prem environment

• Windows 365

Job Description

• Support Engineering and Operations of Citrix VDI and W365 virtualization environments

• Lead and participate on engineering projects on VDI Team

• Support Engineering and Operations of Citrix VDI and W365 Cloud Desktop

• Create, manage, and maintain standard Virtual Gold Images and templates.

• Perform technical support, troubleshooting and problem resolution including and not limited to operating system issues fixing and reinstallations, Software image installations, End users data backup and restore, Client computing applications installations and issue resolution.

• Oversight of group policy including review of existing policies and proposed changes to ensure on its functionality.

• Perform Xen Desktop/APP administration to support the development environment.

• Work with other team members (VDI, End User Computing, Network, Storage, Application) to resolve issues quickly and put measures in place to mitigate reoccurrences.

• Provide production support, project work, and level three incident and problem management for all virtual desktop devices.

• Deliver proactive actions to maintain high level of customer satisfaction.

• Support Risk, Controls, and DR activities in the VDI environment

• Support and participate in VDI template creation and application packaging.

• Maintain ongoing communications with support teams regarding application issue resolution.

• Ensure correct installation, configuration, use and maintenance of products, applications, and tools.

• Assist with administration of Virtual/Desktop/Laptop Management servers and infrastructure applications including VDI, patch management, encryption technologies Anti-virus, incident/Request management, etc.

• Follow all relevant department policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.

• Follow daily operations in the IT Service Management & End User Support areas to ensure continuity of work.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills

• Experience operating with minimal supervision while using experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals.

10+ years of progressive experience designing, implementing, and managing Citrix solutions.

• Specific Remote Access Administration including:

• XenDesktop

• XenApp

• NetScaler

• Windows 365

• Nutanix

• Security

• Advanced knowledge of Citrix supporting technologies

• Active Directory

• SAML

• Networking

• Azure

• Firewall

• SCCM / Intune

Daily Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Engineering Projects

• Environment review and maintenance

• Team meetings

• Audits

Why is the position open?

Replacement for an FTE

Experience Level

Expert Level

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.