Citrix Systems Engineer

Overview

Location:

Chantilly VA, Alexandria VA

Clearance:
Top Secret with ability to sit for CI Poly

Required Certification: DOD 8140 (Security+)

Job Description:

The OST Spatial Solutions team has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer with Citrix/Net Scaler and Windows system administration experience to work on cloud-based systems supporting mission critical operations. The team is involved in the operation and sustainment of multiple operational cloud deployed geospatial solutions including dozens of virtual desktops. A successful candidate will be a self-starter and have experience with installation, configuration, administration, support and maintenance of cloud-based systems and the administration of Citrix virtual desktop infrastructure within the cloud.

Primary responsibilities will involve managing the virtual desktop infrastructure across multiple environments and systems while supporting a program level team; working directly with government and contractor POCs to troubleshoot and responding to complex user INCs (Incident Reports); proactively recommend configuration changes to help improve system performance;
Deploy security patches and bug fixes to test and operational environments; author and update operational and security documentation, including troubleshooting guides and SOPs.

• Requires a BS in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or closely related discipline and 4+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2+ years of prior relevant experience; OR 6 years of experience in lieu of degree
• Must possess an active Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to sit for CI Poly post hire
• DOD 8140 Certification (Security+ or equivalent or higher)
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Server
• Windows administration experience
  • Experience completing configuration remediation tasks based on security scans
• Citrix/Net Scaler administration experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of the systems development life cycle
  • Proficient in software integration projects in a service-oriented environment (Cloud, SOA, Web-Services) or virtualized environment.
  • Understanding of network administration topics such as subnetting, virtual private clouds, firewalls, and data flows
  • Experience with AWS architectures and technologies
  • Familiar with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)
  • Familiar with Git/Git Lab or other source code control tools
  • Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (VDDs, diagrams, etc.)
  • Familiar with team collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence)
  • Additional tasks as assigned

• Experience providing systems engineering support for geospatial products
• Citrix certification(s)
• Desktop Virtualization experience
• F5 Administration
• Active Directory Group Policy experience
• Power Shell development
• SAFe Agile Certification
• AWS certification (e.g. Solutions Architect, Developer, Dev Ops Engineer)