Client Virtualization Engineer/Citrix Administrator:
Location: Newtown Square, PA (Onsite)
Job Description:
Client Virtualization services provide various Secure Virtual Desktop Services for client employees and partners to access their desired applications and perform mission critical tasks securely and flexibly from anywhere and any device.
Several Citrix technologies are used in the customer virtualization infrastructure for delivering the services to the users viz:
XenDesktop /WTS (Windows Terminal Server)
Provisioning Services
XenServer / VMWare ESXi
NetScaler
StoreFront
Citrix DAAS (Desktop as a Service)
Citrix Environment has
Over 1500+ virtual Citrix XenDesktop Servers.
More than 7000 VDI
Citrix Workspace (for Client devices)
Citrix Workspace for HTML5 (for supported browsers on Client devices only)
Technical Tasks / Activities:
Responsible for performing troubleshooting of tickets for Citrix environment and driving towards resolution.
Installation / configuration/ managing XenDesktop farm (latest version 7.x)
Advanced Should be managing Xen Server farm at multiple sites.
Creation of Citrix VM/Clone providing them via provisioning server
Backup/hot fix installation on XenServer
Handle
Monitor Netscaler, Cloud Connectors, Storefront Servers.
Manage Published VDI solution through Apache Cloudstack.
Publishing applications\Desktops via Citrix DaaS
Handle all tickets escalated by Field IT or Service Desk or forwarded from other service teams.
Build/test Citrix/WTS software packages based on customer release cycles
Publish, update and support Citrix/WTS software packages
Pre-Requisites:
Required Experience
Skillset:
More than 8 years of Experience in IT with a minimum of 5 years in Citrix administration
Expert knowledge of:
Citrix Virtual Desktop and Apps on Xenserver/VMWare
PVS (Provisioning Services)
StoreFront
NetScaler
Citrix Cloud
MS Windows platforms are widely deployed in the market and still current
Good to have Knowledge of:
SCCM/Intune
Active Directory
SCOM
PowerShell
Storage
Network
HPE Synergy Blade Servers