
VDI Engineer – TS/SCI
General Dynamics Information Technology
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Sterling • Maryland • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $147,292 - $199,278 per year
About the role
- Engineering, designing, testing, implementing, maintaining, securing, and managing the full life cycle of the complex Citrix XenDesktop and NetScaler solutions deployed in the large Enterprise environment
- Designing and supporting Microsoft infrastructure solutions, including Azure Virtual Desktop, on-prem, cloud and hybrid
- Interacting with Government stakeholders regarding technical considerations for problems, issues, or conflicts
- Engineering, implementing, mitigating, monitoring, and tuning VDI environment and management software to obtain Authorize to Operate (ATO) for new VDI solutions
- Managing Citrix products (Virtual Apps, Virtual Desktops, ADC, Provisioning)
- Managing Azure products (Azure Virtual Desktops)
- Operating and executing scripting skills in PowerShell or Python
- Providing Tier 3 and above support as needed (troubleshooting, problem resolution support, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA))
- Preparing and maintaining documentation for VDI solutions, processes, and procedures related to engineering projects
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a CI poly
- Must meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements including one of the following: Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA Security
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certification or training, or work/military experience
- Minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience
- Experience performing engineering work associated with the design, development, maintenance, and testing of infrastructure for desktop application packaging and deployment technologies
- Knowledge of Citrix XenApp, AppLayering, and/or Enterprise Layer Manager (ELM)
- Hands-on experience with SQL Clustering Failover
- Knowledge of cloud, networking, and enterprise architectures
- Expertise in the Windows 10/11 – Standard Operating Environment (SOE), imaging, evergreen, etc.
- Experience with Remote Desktop Service (RDS) on Windows Server 2019/2022
- Ability to deploy Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) on Windows Server 2019/2022
- Required certification: CWS-215: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Administration On-Premises and in Citrix Cloud
- Preferred certification(s): Managing Modern Desktops (MD-101) Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (1Y0-312) Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- Competitive pay and paid time off
- Full flex work weeks
- Variety of paid time off plans including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
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Hard Skills & Tools
Citrix XenDesktopNetScalerAzure Virtual DesktopPowerShellPythonSQL Clustering FailoverWindows 10Windows 11Remote Desktop ServiceVDI management software
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillsproblem resolutioncommunicationdocumentationtroubleshootingRoot Cause Analysis
Certifications
TS/SCI clearanceSecurity+ CECNDSSCPGSECGICSPCySA+CCNA SecurityCWS-215MD-101