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# Senior Citrix Engineer

- **Company:** IDEATE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 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, Azure Active Directory, VMware VSphere, Beta Testing, System Availability, Software Troubleshooting, CIS Benchmarks, Xendesktop, Vmware
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/9de3238a-75fc-49b7-82b7-93a8ad700a9d

## About the Role

* 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.

## 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.