Citrix Architect -Greenbelt, MD - Georgia IT Inc.
Greenbelt, MD
About the Job
Citrix Architect
Location: Greenbelt, MD
Long Term (15+ Months)
US Citizen Preferred
Role Description:
Skills/Experience: ·
Location: Greenbelt, MD
Long Term (15+ Months)
US Citizen Preferred
Role Description:
- Provide engineering leadership and subject matter expertise in the evaluation, development, and documentation of the remote location requirements.
- Build and maintain product and service standards for VDI capabilities that align with technology strategies Assist in the development of requirements, design specifications, and security considerations for the field office physical architecture.
- Provide network requirements for remote offices to support business and operational activities (e.g., data networks, backbone/core networks, storage networks, software defined networking, and interoperability with IPv4 and IPv6, external connectivity to cloud)
- Support assigned portfolios as the domain's lead "go to " contact around project pipeline, innovation and escalation, especially understanding and interpreting business requirements, and translating them into architecture, designs, and technical specifications.
- Collaborate with TCO to design network services (e.g., DNS, DHCP, IP Management) which integrate with existing BCC network services - Provide network services, desktop services, office print services, and shared services needed to support the operations.
- Implement and maintain remote office replica of production environments (e.g., Regional Census Center (RCC), Area Census Office (ACO), and Data Capture Centers) - Assist in the assessment of the current state of the office services architecture/design.
- Lead the definition of the direction and strategy for office services architecture/design to ensure the operational needs are being addressed against aggressive schedules. - Oversee end to end System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of office services architecture/design through to system deployment and operations.
- Provide expertise in various areas including Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI), Desktop as a Service, Wide Area Network (WAN) Networking, High Availability and COOP, Office WiFi, Voice over IP (VoIP), etc.
Skills/Experience: ·
- 5 years or more as a Lead VDI (Citrix) Systems Engineer on a Large-Scale Mission Critical System or Systems Development and Integration Program to include: -
- Proven experience managing virtual desktop infrastructures (specifically leveraging Citrix XenDesktop, VMware ESXi hypervisor) in large-scale global environments.
- Proven hands on experience with implementing and supporting virtual desktop infrastructures including Citrix XenDesktop 7.x and VMware ESXi 6.x
- Virtualized software delivery platforms such as Citrix XenApp and layering products such as Citrix App Layering and Persona Management solutions such as Citrix User Profile manager.
- Broad knowledge of data and infrastructure technologies such as SAN, VMware, Blade, and Active Directory - Knowledge of architecture frameworks and methods
Source : Georgia IT Inc.