NAXCON GROUP

Systems Engineer

• Advise internal stakeholders, customers, and management on Citrix platform topics, technical improvements, operational risks, and infrastructure decisions.
• Implement, operate, and further develop enterprise Citrix platforms based on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD).
• Plan, implement, and continuously optimize CVAD environments, including Delivery Controller, VDA, StoreFront, Citrix Provisioning, and related infrastructure components.
• Support architecture and infrastructure projects, including design activities, migration projects, release changes, capacity expansions, platform standardization, and security hardening.
• Provide technical support to architects during design, migration, and transformation initiatives.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture concepts, technical concepts, security concepts, operating manuals, installation guides, standard documents, and best-practice documentation.
• Contribute to security concepts based on modernized IT baseline protection / IT-Grundschutz requirements.
• Support 3rd-level troubleshooting for complex incidents related to CVAD, Citrix Provisioning, NetScaler / ADC, Windows Server, profile management, GPOs, Active Directory, DNS, PKI, and network-related components.
• Operate and further develop Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS), including vDisk structures, versioning, performance tuning, error analysis, high availability, PVS farm management, image management, and reverse imaging.
• Create, test, and roll out software packages for Citrix environments through existing SCCM / MECM / MCM infrastructure.
• Support device management, software management, and patch management activities.
• Ensure the integrity, stability, and compatibility of software packages within Citrix images.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions using PowerShell, Desired State Configuration (DSC), and Ansible.
• Support the transformation of existing automation solutions toward target architecture standards.
• Create, analyze, troubleshoot, and optimize Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in Citrix environments.
• Improve GPO structures with regard to performance, security, maintainability, and operational stability.
• Implement security hardening measures and contribute to platform security improvements.
• Analyze performance bottlenecks and support load balancing, scaling, and capacity concepts.
• Support testing, quality assurance, and lifecycle management activities for Citrix platforms.
• Support Citrix cumulative updates, major upgrades, version testing, technical change assessments, and standardized release processes.
• Coordinate technical activities with operations, service management, network, security, and platform teams during projects and operational handovers.

Senior System Engineer – Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops