Senior Citrix Engineer
Vaarida Technologies llc
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Job Details
Skills
- Citrix
Summary
Senior Citrix Engineer
Location : Dallas, TX/ Remote
Role Overview
Senior Citrix Engineer with extensive hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying large Citrix environments. Must be able to lead delivery end-to-end, from architecture through implementation, and perform advanced troubleshooting across Citrix, Windows, Active Directory, networking, automation, and VMware layers.
Must-Have Experience
- Extensive enterprise Citrix engineering experience supporting large-scale environments.
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) on-prem: design, build, upgrades, and HA patterns.
- Citrix DaaS (Citrix Cloud): fundamentals, hybrid deployments, and identity integration familiarity.
- Proven experience migrating users/workloads from one CVAD Site to another (pilot, waves, rollback).
- Provisioning expertise: PVS (RDSH) and MCS (persistent VDI) design and troubleshooting.
- Windows image engineering for Server 2016/2019/2022 (gold image lifecycle and promotion).
- StoreFront: stores, authentication, beacons, and Workspace app configuration.
- Profiles/user state: Citrix Profile Management (UPM) and FSLogix containers; file share permissions; logon troubleshooting.
- Group Policy (GPO): loopback, filtering, performance tuning, and security hardening baselines.
- Active Directory/IAM: OU design, delegation, least-privilege access management; multi-domain/multi-forest/trust impacts (DNS/Kerberos).
- VMware vSphere/vCenter: templates/cloning, provisioning support, and performance troubleshooting.
- Entra ID (Azure AD) SSO: understanding of enterprise SSO concepts and EUC/Citrix integration patterns.
- Strong knowledge and working experience with Citrix PVS and MCS Images with hands-on experience with reversing Images for VMWare Tools upgrade, OS upgrades and other tasks that require reverse Imaging.
Soft Skills and Working Style
- Able to respond effectively and resolve issues during incidents and cutovers.
- Strong system-level troubleshooting and RCA skills across Citrix/Windows/AD/DNS/network/VMware.
- Research-driven: able to validate solutions using vendor documentation and controlled testing.
- Collaborative and adaptable; works effectively with Network, Security, AD/IAM, VM ware, and app teams.
- Clear communicator with strong documentation habits (runbooks, standards, handover materials).
- Dice Id: 91159272
- Position Id: OOJ - 1666-670-1793390421
- Posted 3 hours ago
Company Info
Vaarida (Sanskrit name for the Cloud) Tech is IT Infrastructure Services provider and a trusted partner to enterprises in their IT-as-a-Service journey. VaaridaTech enables global enterprises to become more agile and innovative through a comprehensive portfolio of services that addresses hybrid IT transformation, workspace transformation, service transformation and end-to-end IT Infrastructure Management. VaaridaTech has been Infrastructure Management Provider by Global Services, IBM and Microsoft Business Partner. VaaridaTech's management team, with deep domain knowledge and industry leading expertise, ensures personalized client management. VaaridaTech has strategic partnerships with IBM, AWS, Microsoft and VMware in the emerging technology areas and works very closely with these technology alliances to deliver services around their technologies in the Hybrid IT and Workspace Transformation space. We help businesses compete and win in today's technology-driven global markets through Staffing, Solutions and Products. VaaridaTech Consulting & Staffing provides rewarding career opportunities for Consultants and enables our Clients to become more agile and competitive through the innovative use of technology, people and process. Our Staffing division places top technology professionals in contract, contract-to-hire, direct hire and SOW / Statement of Work based positions with industry leaders and innovative start-ups that are developing the next generation of technology solutions. VaaridaTech's flexible cost-effective delivery models feature dedicated account teams, skill-based recruiters and proven systems and processes. So whether you’re an experienced technology professional who is ready for a new career opportunity, or a business in need of technology consultants, permanent staff or enterprise solutions, VaaridaTech will help you meet your individual or business objectives.
