Senior Citrix Engineer
IDEATE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Dallas, TX, United States
5 days ago
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Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
Tech stack
Microsoft Windows
Active Directory
User Authentication
Cloud Computing
Data as a Services
Domain Name System (DNS)
Identity and Access Management
Kerberos (Protocol)
Windows Servers
Virtual Desktops
Citrix Systems
Performance Tuning
+8 more
Azure Active Directory
VMware VSphere
Beta Testing
System Availability
Software Troubleshooting
CIS Benchmarks
Xendesktop
Vmware
Job description
- Lead end-to-end Citrix engineering delivery, from architecture and design through implementation and deployment.
- Design, build, upgrade, and maintain enterprise Citrix environments with high availability and scalability.
- Plan and execute CVAD site migrations, including pilot testing, migration waves, validation, and rollback procedures.
- Manage PVS/MCS provisioning, Windows gold images, and image lifecycle activities.
- Troubleshoot complex issues across Citrix, Windows, Active Directory, DNS, networking, and VMware.
- Optimize user profiles, authentication, logon performance, and virtual desktop delivery.
- Support incident resolution, production cutovers, root cause analysis (RCA), and service improvement initiatives.
- Develop technical documentation, runbooks, standards, and handover materials.
- Collaborate with Network, Security, AD/IAM, VMware, and application teams to deliver reliable end-user computing services.
Requirements
- Extensive enterprise experience designing, building, deploying, and supporting large-scale Citrix environments.
- Strong expertise in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD), including on-premises architecture, upgrades, high availability, and troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with Citrix DaaS (Citrix Cloud), hybrid deployments, and identity integration.
- Proven experience migrating users and workloads between CVAD sites, including pilot migrations, phased rollouts, and rollback planning.
- Hands-on expertise with Provisioning Services (PVS) for RDSH and Machine Creation Services (MCS) for persistent VDI.
- Windows image engineering for Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022, including gold image lifecycle management.
- Experience configuring StoreFront, authentication, beacons, and Citrix Workspace app.
- Strong knowledge of Citrix Profile Management (UPM), FSLogix containers, file share permissions, and logon troubleshooting.
- Expertise in Group Policy (GPO), including loopback processing, filtering, performance tuning, and security baselines.
- Strong Active Directory/IAM knowledge, including OU design, delegation, least-privilege access, multi-domain/multi-forest environments, DNS, and Kerberos.
- VMware vSphere/vCenter experience, including templates, cloning, provisioning, and performance troubleshooting.
- Understanding of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) SSO and enterprise identity integration with Citrix.
- Hands-on experience reversing and rebuilding PVS/MCS images for VMware Tools upgrades, operating system upgrades, and other image maintenance activities., * Strong system-level troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Ability to respond effectively to critical incidents and production cutovers.
- Research-driven approach using vendor documentation and controlled testing.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work across multiple technical teams.
- Strong documentation and knowledge-transfer practices.
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