Virtual Desktop Engineer - Citrix and Azure

ROLE TITLE Virtual Desktop Engineer - Citrix and Azure ROLE LOCATION(S) Onshore: Preferred SI Offices: Conshohocken, PA; Florham Park, NJ; New Hyde Park, NY; New York, NY; Purchase, NY; Others not preferred: Alpharetta, GA; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Colorado Springs, CO;; Dallas, TX; Fargo, ND; Jacksonville, IL; Lenexa, KS; Los Angeles, CA; Lubbock, TX; Mt Juliet, TN; Topeka, KS TEAM Infrastructure - System Engineering ROLE SUMMARY This position will be responsible for engineering the move from Citrix Virtual Desktops to Azure Virtual Desktops across a global footprint. Working closely with security and application teams, the individual will engineer the move, create the necessary supporting documentation/runbooks and sunset current Citrix environment. ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES • Serves as lead engineer for the migration from Citrix to Windows Virtual Desktop, following , technical and security standards • Provide technical support for nay complex issues within Citrix Environment. • Ensures that End User Computing engineering and support documentation is created and approved • Provides hyper-care and performance tuning support during the project • Works within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the infrastructure • Engineer and support multiple Windows desktop images • Package, test and deploy new applications as needed • Maintain and expand existing Knowledge Base • Create new and maintain existing support documents to Maintain high standards in quality in the delivery of End User Computing services • Provide advice, guidance, and direction to carry out plans and procedures, ensuring schedule attainment, product development process adherence and performance • Provide last tier support for operations and support teams, including root cause analysis and preventative analysis TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum of 8 years hands on experience working Citrix Virtual Desktops and engineering, designing, developing, and implementing end user computing solutions • Experience with creating standards and policies, monitoring and upgrading the Citrix environment • Experience with MCS, FAS and knowledge on SAML • Experience with publishing the application and Desktops in Citrix Environment • Experience with troubleshooting complex issues in the Citrix Environment • Working knowledge on XenApp, XenDesktop, VMWare Hypervisor, Microsoft Azure, Citrix UPM, FsLogix, GPO, Active Directory and PowerShell • Knowledge on Citrix NetScaler • Experience developing and testing software packages using Install shield or equivalent • Skills managing a VDI environment (Azure Virtual Desktop preferred) • Experience in software development life cycle methodologies and current technology • Performed migration to Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (Citrix, VMware) • Minimum of 5 years hands on experience working with Azure Virtual Desktops • industry best practices in order to manage Windows-based projects • Strong problem solving and root cause analysis skills • Working knowledge of the ITIL framework EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS • B.S. in Computer Science or Engineering • 5 years' Experience in System Engineer Apply tot his job