What are the responsibilities and job description for the Citrix XenApp Cloud specialist position at TekShapers?
Job Details
Employment type Contract
Job Title Citrix XenApp Cloud specialist
Job Location North Quincy, MA 02171(onsite)
Duration 6 months
Experience level L3
Mandatory Skills
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
Tekshapers 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.
