VDI Engineer

REQUIRES AN ACTIVE, EXISTING TS/SCI WITH CI POLY - NO REMOTE WORK, MUST WORK ON SITE

Our work depends on a VDI Engineer joining our team to support Government activities in Annapolis Junction, MD, or Sterling, VA. As a VDI Engineer supporting the Government, you will be charged with engineering solutions for baseline VDI builds to ensure upgrades are incorporated before operating system (OS) end-of-life.

In this role, a typical day will include:

1. Engineering, Designing, testing, implementing, maintaining, securing, and full life-cycle management of the complex Citrix XenDesktop and NetScaler solutions deployed in the large Enterprise environment.
2. Designing and supporting Microsoft infrastructure solutions including Azure Virtual Desktop, on-prem, cloud and hybrid.
3. Interacting with Government regarding technical considerations for problems, issues, or conflicts.
4. Engineering, implementing, mitigating, monitoring, and tuning VDI environment and management software to obtain Authorize To Operate (ATO) for new VDI solutions.
5. Managing Citrix products (Virtual Apps, Virtual Desktops, ADC, Provisioning).
6. Operating and executing scripting skills in PowerShell or Python.
7. Providing Tier 3 and above support as needed (troubleshooting, problem resolution support, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)).
8. Preparing and maintaining documentation for VDI solutions, processes, and procedures related to engineering projects.

What you'll need:

1. Experience performing engineering work associated with the design, development, maintenance, and testing of infrastructure for desktop application packaging and deployment technologies.
2. Knowledge of Citrix XenApp, AppLayering, and/or Enterprise Layer Manager (ELM).
3. Hands-on experience with SQL Clustering Failover.
4. Knowledge of cloud, networking, and enterprise architectures.
5. Expertise in the Windows 10 area - Standard Operating Environment (SOE), imaging, evergreen, etc.
6. Required certification:
   o CWS-215: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Administration On-Premises and in Citrix Cloud.
   o Azure.
7. Preferred certification(s):
   o Managing Modern Desktops (MD-101).
   o Windows 2019 Server Deployment.
   o Remote Desktop Services (RDS).
   o Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (1Y0-312).