Senior Citrix Engineer

Leidos•Arlington, VA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a Citrix Engineer to join their team in Arlington, VA. This is a 100% on-site position requiring a TS/SCI security clearance. The role involves designing, deploying, and managing robust Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) solutions, both on-premise and in cloud environments (Azure/AWS). The engineer will act as a subject matter expert for the entire Citrix stack, including Citrix Cloud, ADC (NetScaler), StoreFront, and Workspace Environment Management (WEM). Responsibilities include automating infrastructure management with PowerShell, integrating security controls and compliance standards (DoD/DISA), performing vulnerability assessments, and hardening Citrix ADC. The role also requires developing engineering documentation, monitoring and optimizing Citrix infrastructure performance, leading critical infrastructure projects like upgrades and migrations, and designing user profile management strategies using ProfileUnity, Profile Management, and User Layering. Familiarity with Citrix and Liquidware integration is expected.

Requirements

8+ years of hands-on experience designing and building solutions with CVAD (on-prem and Citrix Cloud) and Citrix ADC (NetScaler) in a high-availability configuration.
Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline and 10+ years of experience engineering and administering enterprise-scale Citrix environments. (Additional relevant experience may be substituted for a degree).
Demonstrated expertise in scripting and automation with PowerShell.
Deep technical knowledge of Windows Server OS, Active Directory, and Group Policy management in a virtualized environment.
Active TS/SCI security clearance.
Must hold a DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Citrix and Liquidware integration.
Proven experience with performance tuning and optimization tools for virtualized environments.
Prior experience engineering solutions for DISA and its mission partners.
TS/SCI with Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.

Responsibilities

Design and deploy robust, scalable, and highly available Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) solutions, both on-premise and in cloud environments (Azure/AWS).
Serve as the subject matter expert on the entire Citrix stack, engineering solutions for Citrix Cloud, ADC (NetScaler), StoreFront, and Workspace Environment Management (WEM).
Engineer and automate infrastructure management, deployment, and configuration processes using PowerShell to enhance system reliability and operational efficiency.
Lead the integration of security controls and compliance standards (DoD/DISA) into the Citrix architecture, performing vulnerability assessments and implementing hardening configurations on Citrix ADC.
Develop and maintain detailed engineering documentation, including system architecture diagrams, deployment runbooks, and disaster recovery plans.
Proactively monitor, analyze, and optimize the performance, capacity, and latency of the Citrix infrastructure, performing root cause analysis and engineering long-term solutions for complex issues.
Lead critical infrastructure projects, including platform upgrades, data center migrations, and cloud service integration, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum performance.
Design and implement user profile and data management strategies using ProfileUnity, Profile Management, and User Layering to optimize user experience and logon times.