Citrix Software Virtualization Engineer

About the role

**ACTIVE TS/SCI SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED**

Transform technology into opportunity as a Citrix Software Virtualization Engineer with D2 Tech Services. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At D2 Tech Services, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate.

As a Citrix Software Virtualization Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared Citrix Software Virtualization Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in Arnold, MO or Springfield, VA.

Responsibilities:

- Development of Virtualized packages for mission baseline applications

- Applications will be consumed both by VDI sessions and thick clients

- Applications include those with plugins and advanced graphics requirements

- Work with application testers and mission SME’s to validate mission application behavior

- Incorporate any required sequencing changes into the app sequencing process

- Identify facets of user application settings (registry, AppData, etc) that need to be persisted across sessions in a non-persistent VDI environment

- Identify automation opportunities for application sequencing and work with the engineering team to streamline the sequencing process for mission applications once established

- Assist the virtualization team and VDI team with application delivery infrastructure configuration as needed

- Improve backup/Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations

- Articulate knowledge, discoveries, designs, etc rapidly and concisely in written detailed designs, test plans and test cases, implementation plans, operational guides, and training guides under project management time and cost-constrained deadlines

- Perform work without appreciable direction and exercise considerable latitude in the determination of technical objectives of assignments

- Work with VMware software defined data center products and tools for troubleshooting and performance tuning

- Analyze, test, and apply regular security patches and software update as required

- Incident resolution and fulfillment of software requests

- Create and maintain technical documentation and provide training to team members

- Performs all other work as assigned

What you’ll need to succeed

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience with Systems Administration/Virtualization (additional education, training, certifications, or work experience can be substituted in lieu of degree)

- 01M Level II certification

- 3+ years of experience with VDI technologies, including VMware Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and desktops, or Microsoft Remote Desktop Services

- 2+ years of experience with Citrix XenApp or comparable application virtualization technology (Microsoft App-V, FlexApp, App Volumes, etc)