Senior Citrix Administrator

Trace Systems • Radford, VA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Trace Systems is seeking a Senior Citrix Administrator to support and maintain a mixed and growing environment of Windows 2019 and Windows 2022. The project associated with this position is currently in the proposal stage. The role is based in Radford, Virginia and involves working with the existing Windows team to support a mixed customer environment.

Requirements

• Active, in-scope U.S. Government-issued Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of the work and contract requirements.
• Security+ certification.
• Experience in Computer Science or IT.
• Computing Environment (CE) certification, such as MCSE, Server+, CCNA, RedHat, or Palo; may be waived for 30 days after project join date.
• At least five years of experience as a Windows Systems Administrator or Engineer designing, installing, and maintaining Citrix XenApp, NetScaler Gateway, Citrix StoreFront, and Citrix Director.
• At least three years of experience automating assigned tasks using PowerShell.
• At least three years of experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex applications and websites such as IIS and Apache.
• At least three years of experience in an environment with complex networking solutions and senior-level foundational knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, and SNMP.
• High school diploma or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent years of experience.
• At least three years of experience supporting cybersecurity patch management and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), SRG, RMF, SCA-V, and Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA).
• At least three years of experience managing enterprise-level Active Directory structures.
• At least three years of experience creating and maintaining complex Microsoft Group Policy implementations.
• At least three years of experience creating, maintaining, and following Standard Operating Procedures for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution.
• At least three years of experience configuring and maintaining key services such as DNS, SFTP, SMTP, and NTP.

Responsibilities

• Work with the existing Windows team to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot, and support servers for a mixed customer environment.
• Plan, execute, and implement new system hardware and software.
• Create and maintain team technical instructions, operating procedures, and policies as needed.
• Monitor and tune system performance and ongoing server operations; harden servers and report overall security and operational status.
• Recommend enterprise improvements and manage new software and hardware integrations when required.
• Provide utilization reports using existing tools to identify problems and corrective actions.
• Support the lifecycle of mixed vendor equipment in the datacenter, including firmware version control and periodic preventive maintenance.
• Recommend, demonstrate, and implement technologies to expand, upgrade, and increase efficiencies in the current environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED