Sr. Systems Engineer (Citrix)
On-siteSterling, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Design, deploy, and maintain Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops infrastructure in a 100% cloud environment, including Delivery Controllers, StoreFront, and NetScaler. Optimize VDI performance through monitoring, capacity planning, and resource allocation while managing desktop images via Provisioning Services or Machine Creation Services. Configure Linux and Windows cloud-based infrastructure, COTS applications, and enterprise computing services as Infrastructure and Application as Code. Troubleshoot complex technical issues across the VDI and infrastructure stack using log file analysis and root-cause analysis. Collaborate with engineering teams to design application interfaces and prepare technical presentations for senior leadership within an Agile scrum team following DevSecOps principles.
Required Qualifications
- Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
- DoD 8140 requirements, including Security+ CE certification
- Bachelor's or master's degree in a STEM field
- 10+ years of experience deploying and maintaining platform infrastructure and COTS applications in cloud-based environments
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, including expert knowledge of Citrix architecture, components, and deployment methodologies
- Experience with hypervisor platforms including VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, or Citrix Hypervisor
- Proficiency with Citrix NetScaler/ADC configuration and management
- Strong experience with Windows Server administration and Active Directory
- Experience with cloud architecture, system design, and enterprise workflow or automation platform integration
- Experience supporting IdAM technologies including Active Directory, SAML, OpenLDAP, OAuth 2.0, and OIDC
- Experience with DevOps tooling including Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, and GitLab
- Familiarity with containerized development environments including Rancher and Kubernetes
- United States citizens
- Relocation assistance considered
Desired Qualifications
- Citrix Certified Professional, Virtualization (CCP-V) or higher
- Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environments and tools
- Experience optimizing cloud-hosted solutions and supporting Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), IBM Cloud, or similar environments
- Experience configuring and instrumenting monitoring and visualization tools such as Grafana and Splunk
- Experience implementing and integrating ServiceNow solutions
- Familiarity with customer security requirements and processes within classified environments
- Experience supporting virtualization technologies and application streaming or layering techniques
- Experience leading from a total system perspective across cloud services, infrastructure, and security domains
- Experience integrating complex systems using APIs, message queues, and ETL pipelines
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