Job Description:  Sr. Citrix Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Citrix Engineer with 8–10 years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting Citrix environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, App Layering, and enterprise virtualization technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Design, deploy, administer, and support Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments.

Manage Citrix App Layering, including creation, maintenance, and deployment of OS, platform, and application layers.

Troubleshoot performance, connectivity, profile, application-delivery, and user-access issues.

Administer Citrix Workspace, StoreFront, Delivery Controllers, Citrix Gateway/NetScaler, and Machine Catalogs.

Support image management, provisioning, patching, and upgrades using MCS and/or PVS.

Work with infrastructure, networking, security, and application teams to deliver stable virtual desktop and application services.

Monitor Citrix infrastructure health, capacity, and performance; recommend improvements.

Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and recovery plans.

Participate in on-call support and resolve production incidents within agreed service levels.

Required Skills and Experience

8–10 years of experience in Citrix administration and engineering.

Strong hands-on experience with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD).

Mandatory experience with Citrix App Layering.

Experience with Citrix Workspace, StoreFront, Citrix Gateway/NetScaler, Delivery Controllers, and Director.

Knowledge of Machine Creation Services (MCS) and/or Provisioning Services (PVS).

Experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, and Windows desktop operating systems.

Understanding of Citrix profiles, FSLogix, and user environment management.

Familiarity with VMware vSphere or other virtualization platforms.

Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Citrix certifications such as CCA-V or CCP-V.

Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix DaaS, or cloud-hosted Citrix environments.

Knowledge of scripting and automation using PowerShell.

Experience working in large enterprise environments.