VDI Engineer - teKnoluxion
Springfield, VA 22150
About the Job
Location: Springfield, VA/Arnold, MO
Security Clearance Required:Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly is required upon application for initial consideration **This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.**
teKnoluxion provides the Defense and Intelligence Communities technical experts in the fields of Software & Systems Engineering, Enterprise Operations, and Cloud Services Management & Consulting. Our goal is not to simply support efforts, but to ignite a technology revolution, bridging the growing technology gap between the Government and commercial space.
Are you ready to test your abilities as a VDI Engineer and team member in a sophisticated enterprise exploitation environment? Would you like to make an immediate and direct impact in your job? Join a dedicated team supporting the UDS contract at NGA.
Responsibilities:What you get to do every day:
Virtual Desktop Engineer to support the design, configuration, and maintenance of a large, globally accessed virtual desktop environment.
This role will be the SME in troubleshooting all related performance issue across the organization.
Additionally, the position will require an individual experienced in system design and integration, identity life-cycle management, and process automation and improvement.
In addition to architecting and designing, the VDI Engineer will provide TIER 3/4 support to system administrators in order to resolve VDI issues.
Provide guidance on optimization of desktops for platform interoperability and act as liaison between Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) technologies.
Offers endpoint support on issues and trouble resolution tasks on Virtual Desktop related tasks.
Maintains an Advanced knowledge relative to administration, engineering, and implementation of virtual desktop infrastructure-related technologies.
Operate across multiple and complex production environments with multiple stakeholders.
Applies extensive technical expertise and has full knowledge of other related disciplines.
Conducts trade studies and makes recommendations on solutions and "make buy" decisions.
Security Clearance Required: Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly is required upon application for initial consideration **This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.**
Education/Experience:
- Requires Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
- 5+ years of experience
Required Skills:
Experience providing engineering support for legacy and current versions of Citrix products.
Progressive roles from Administrator to Sr. Engineer
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops v7.15 and later
Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) and Machine Creation Services (MCS)
Citrix Cloud Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD)
Citrix Netscaler / ADC / VPX
Citrix Workspace Environment Management (WEM)
Citrix App Layering
Liquidware Profile Unity
Hyper V, VMWare VDI (Microsoft or Citrix NetScalers / ADCs)
- Proven track record designing and maintaining VDI in a large enterprise.
- A motivated self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication skills, who exceeds as an individual, as well as excels among peers in a team environment.
- Possess a passion for operational excellence and a high level of interpersonal and soft skills.
What is ideal?
Experience managing and administering Windows Server clustering
Experience with Infrastructure as code technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, etc.
System Center Virtual Machine Manager/Vmware Vcenter 6.7
Active Directory/ Group Policies
Home Directory and Profile management Support Services
Desktop Software provisioning and Support Services
- Experience in technical operations at DOD agencies, particularly NGA and DIA
- Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by teKnoluxion through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses
- You’ll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community
- Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match and potential Profit Sharing, Universal Leave, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more!
- Compensation is unique to each candidate and compensation packages are based on education, experience, and other requirements.