What are the responsibilities and job description for the Citrix XenApp Cloud Specialist position at Sira Consulting, an Inc 5000 company?
Hi ,
This is Dibya Singh from Sira Consulting Inc. I hope you are doing well. I have a job role for you mentioned below. Please share me your updated resume if you are comfortable with the below requirement:
Role :- Citrix XenApp Cloud Specialist
Location :- North Quincy, MA (Onsite)
Job description:-
- Serve as an Architect for various technical aspects of Citrix, including XenApp, Xendesktop, Citrix Provisioning Services, Machine Creation Service, Citrix Virtual Applications, Citrix Virtual Desktops, Hosted Desktops, Citrix Profile Management, Windows Roaming Profiles, Workspace Environment Management, Citrix Policies, NetScaler Gateway/Load Balancing/GSLB, Storefront, Multi-site aggregations, vSphere
- Work side-by-side with the rest of the Citrix team as needed to perform routine maintenance of the Citrix system, including PVS maintenance scheduling, end-user support, creation of gold images for MCS/PVS vDisks, working with Advanced Group Policy Management, and setup/configuration and debugging of the various components of the Citrix farm
- Architect-level Citrix XenApp skills and experience designing, installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting complex and large Citrix server farms.
- Architect-level skills optimizing Citrix performance, scalability, security, high-availability, monitoring, printing, connectivity, group policy.
- Architect-level skills designing, implementing, & supporting Citrix XenDesktop (VDI) in both a VMware ESX and Nutanix HCI
- Provide technical support and assistance to Systems/Applications Analysts, Systems Engineers, and other technical staff/application teams
- Where applicable, participate in design, development, and implementation of end-to-end integrated systems
- Confer with end-users, clients, or senior management to define requirements for application and infrastructure development
- Monitor systems and technology capacity plans as required
- Participate in documenting, communicating, and enforcing policies for securing and standardizing systems, infrastructure, and software as necessary
- Lead consultative resource
- Responsible for the architecture, implementation, and support of a Citrix Xendesktop environment, including NetScaler components.
- Expertise in managing Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop On-premises environment.
- In-depth knowledge of Citrix NetScaler / ADC
- Experience in running Citrix VDI environment on Nutanix and VMware
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Windows Active Directory and Ivanti
- Should be well versed in troubleshooting Citrix VDI issues in different scenarios
- Monitor, correct, and report observed infractions of security policies and procedures
- Should be excellent in user experience monitoring, desktop performance validation and virtual desktop diagnostics solution using stratusphere and SCOM
- Automate recurring tasks using PowerShell
Qualifications
- Citrix certifications a plus (CCA, CCAA, CCEE, CCIA or CCI)
- IT related bachelor's degree preferred but not required
- Extensive experience with Nutanix and VMware
- Strong experience with Citrix (Presentation Server, StoreFront, XenApp 7.x, XenDesktop 7.x, NetScaler)
- Experience in integrating / hosting VDI on Cloud and On-premises
- Experience in Application Layering – Must Have skill
- Experience with Office 365 integrations
- Experience with design and deployment of print solutions for virtual client solutions
Must possess knowledge of
- Citrix DAAS / VDI
- Ivanti
- SCOM
- Nutanix
- Stratusphere
- NetScaler / ADC
Citrix resource breakdown
Stratusphere : 2 Experts
Nutanix: 3 experts
Scom : 3 experts
Ivanti: 3 Experts
NetScaler: 2 Experts
VDI: 8 experts
Best Regards,
Dibya Singh
Sira Consulting Inc
E: dibya@siraconsultinginc.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dibya-singh-034432207/
6363 Richmond Avenue, Ste 255, Houston, TX 77057
W: www.siraconsultinginc.com
