Senior Citrix Engineer

**Job Summary** Responsible to design, implement, manage, and optimize Citrix environments, ensuring seamless, secure, and high-performance delivery of virtual applications and desktops to end users. The Citrix Engineer will specifically focus on integrating and leveraging Citrix Virtual Apps and Citrix NetScaler (Citrix ADC) to enhance user experience, optimize application delivery, and ensure a scalable, secure, and highly available IT infrastructure. **Key Responsibilities** * Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops Management: 1. Administer, configure, and maintain Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments to deliver virtualized applications and desktops to users. 2. Manage Citrix components like Citrix Delivery Controllers, Citrix StoreFront, Citrix Director, and Citrix Studio to ensure seamless deployment and optimal performance. 3. Create and manage machine catalogs, delivery groups, and application publishing within Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. 4. Monitor and troubleshoot end-user issues related to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance. * Citrix NetScaler (Citrix ADC) Configuration and Optimization: 1. Design and implement Citrix NetScaler for load balancing, application delivery, and secure remote access for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. 2. Configure and optimize NetScaler for SSL offloading, traffic management, and multi-factor authentication (MFA). 3. Configure Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) for high availability and disaster recovery, ensuring Citrix services remain available even during failover scenarios. * Citrix XenMobile (Endpoint Management): 1. Administer and manage Citrix XenMobile to provide secure mobile application delivery, device management, and secure access to enterprise applications on mobile devices. 2. Configure policies for device management, security, and application distribution across mobile devices. 3. Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to XenMobile and its integration with Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops and other infrastructure components. * Citrix Workspace Environment Management (WEM): 1. Implement and manage Citrix Workspace Environment Management (WEM) for optimizing user sessions, profile management, and resource usage. 2. Deploy and manage Microsoft FSLogix to provide profile management and optimize the virtual desktop experience. 3. Troubleshoot and resolve profile-related issues, ensuring a seamless and personalized user experience. * Virtualization Infrastructure Management (VMware and Nutanix): 1. Administer and manage VMware vSphere and Nutanix AHV hypervisors, ensuring optimal performance and availability for Citrix virtual desktops and applications. 2. Manage virtual machine (VM) provisioning, storage, resource allocation, and monitoring for Citrix workloads across VMware and Nutanix platforms. 3. Ensure integration of VMware vCenter and Nutanix Prism with Citrix infrastructure for seamless management, monitoring, and scalability. * Active Directory (AD) Management: 1. Administer and maintain Active Directory (AD) environments, including user and group management, organizational units (OUs), permissions, and authentication settings. 2. Configure, deploy, and manage Group Policy Objects, DNS and DHCP. 3. Configure, deploy, and manage Azure MFA to ensure secure user authentication for cloud and hybrid environments. * SCCM Infrastructure Administration: 1. Deploy, configure, and maintain SCCM servers and clients for managing software, operating systems, and patches across the organization. 2. Manage the distribution of software applications, operating systems, and patches using SCCM. * High Availability and Disaster Recovery: 1. Design and implement high availability (HA) configurations for Citrix environments (CVAD, XenMobile and WEM), using NetScaler’s HA and GSLB capabilities to ensure continuous availability. 2. Plan and configure disaster recovery strategies for Citrix environments, including replication, failover, and recovery processes for both Citrix and NetScaler. * Collaboration & Support: 1. Work closely with cross-functional IT teams to ensure seamless integration and support for Citrix, NetScaler, and related technologies. 2. Coordinates with product vendor in-order to resolve any uncertain & re-occurring issues and fault escalation. 3. Provide technical support and mentorship to junior engineers or IT staff involved in Citrix-related tasks. 4. Contributes to the development of the company by monitoring programs and identifying areas for improvement; by observing and implementing standard policies and procedures; 5. Work outside of usual business hours as on when required. * Design and Implement Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop (CVAD) VDI Infrastructure on Nutanix HCI: 1. Citrix VDI integration with Nutanix, VMware, and Hyper-V solutions 2. Citrix Netscaler (ADC) and Netscaler ADM administration for Load balancing 3. Global Server Load balancing 4.