Citrix Software Virtualization Engineer

About the role

Abile Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Citrix Software Virtualization Engineer on a 10 year contract providing User Facing and Data Center Services supporting an Intelligence Community customer.

Responsibilities

• Development of Virtualized Packages for Mission Baseline Applications.
  • Applications will be consumed both by VDI sessions and thick clients.
  • Applications include those with plugins and advanced graphics requirements.
  • Works with application testers and mission SME's to validate mission application behavior.
  • Incorporates any required sequencing changes into the app sequencing process.
  • Persistencies user application settings (registry, AppData, etc.) across sessions in a non-persistent VDI environment.
  • Identifies automation opportunities for application sequencing and works with the engineering team to streamline the sequencing process for mission applications, once established.
  • Aids the virtualization team and VDI team with application delivery infrastructure configuration, as needed.
  • Improves backup/Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations.
• Articulates knowledge, discoveries, designs, etc. rapidly and concisely in written detailed designs, tests plans and test cases, implementation plans, operational guides, and training guides under project management time and cost-constrained deadlines.
• Works with VMware software defined data center products and tools for troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Analyzes, tests, and applies regular security patches and software updates as required.
• Creates and maintains technical documentation and provides training to other team members.
• Incident resolution and fulfillment of software requests.

Requirements

• Clearance Required: TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Poly.
• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience with Systems Administration/Virtualization.
• 3+ years of experience with VDI technologies, including VMware Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, or Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.
• 2+ years of experience with Citrix XenApp or comparable application virtualization technology (Microsoft App-V, FlexApp, App Volumes, etc).

Qualifications

• 8140.01M IAT Level II certification.

Skills

• In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of Virtualization products and capabilities.
• Ability to analyze and apply virtualization product capabilities to changing program requirements.
• Good work ethic and active desire to learn.
• Skillful time management and organizational skills to set and meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Desired Skills

• Experience with Windows Desktop (10/11) and Server (2012+) Operating Systems.
• Utilize scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell) to automate tasks and manage deployments.
• Experience with non-persistent desktop environments.
• Experience with profile management solutions such as VMware DEM or Liquidware Labs' Profile-Unity.
• Familiarity with ActiveDirectory, specifically Group Policy.
• Understanding of load-balancing application delivery services.
• Understanding of ITIL principles.
• Experience creating architectural design documents and presentations.
• Experience testing and applying hardware and software updates.
• Understanding of architectural frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Virtualization compute environment certification, i.e. VMware Certified Associate for Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV).
• Familiarity with ticketing systems (Service+, ServiceNow, Remedy, etc).