VDI Engineer - teKnoluxion

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.  

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.