Citrix Software Virtualization Engineer

Valiant Solutions is seeking a
Citrix Software Virtualization Engineer
to join our rapidly growing and innovative team!

The Citrix Software Virtualization Engineer will join a program providing User Facing and Data Center Services supporting an Intelligence Community customer. All the personnel on the team will work together to support innovative design, engineering, procurement, implementation, operations, sustainment, and disposal of user-facing and data center information technology (IT) services on multiple networks and security domains, at multiple locations worldwide, to support the IC mission.

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Location: Onsite in Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO

Required Clearance: TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI Polygraph.

Required Education and

Certifications:

• 8140.01M IAT Level II certification.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience in systems administration/Virtualization. (Additional Education, Training, Certifications or Work Experience can be substituted in lieu of degree or work experience).
• 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 Xen App or comparable application virtualization technology (Microsoft App-V, Flex App, App Volumes, etc).
• In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of Virtualization products and capabilities.
• Ability to analyze and apply virtualization product capabilities to changing program requirements.
• Strong work ethic and a genuine 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., Power Shell) to automate tasks and manage deployments.
• Experience with non-persistent desktop environments.
• Experience with profile management solutions such as VMware DEM or Liquid ware Labs' Profile-Unity.
• Familiarity with Active Directory, specifically Group Policy.
• Understanding of load-balancing application delivery services.
• Understanding of ITIL principles.
• Able to create architectural design documents and presentations.
• Able to test and apply hardware and software updates.
• Understand 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+, Service Now, Remedy, etc).

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.
• Identifies facets of user application settings (registry, App Data, etc.) that need to be persisted 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.
• Assists 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, test plans and test cases, implementation plans, operational guides, and training guides under project management time- and cost-constrained deadlines.
• Performs work without appreciable direction and exercises considerable latitude in the determination of technical objectives of assignments.
• 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.
• Resolves incidents and fulfills software requests.
• Performs all other work as assigned.

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