Senior VDI Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology•Arnold, MO

3d•$125,800 - $170,200•Onsite

About The Position

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a VDI Engineer at GDIT. Here, you’ll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a VDI Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared VDI Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in Springfield, VA or Arnold, MO.

Requirements

Citrix
Virtual Desktop
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required: Yes
Experience providing engineering support for legacy and current versions of Citrix products.
5+ years of experience with BS degree or a combination of years of experience and education
Progressive roles from Administrator to Sr. Engineer
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops v7.15 and later
Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) and Machine Creation Services (MCS)
Citrix Cloud Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD)
Citrix Netscaler / ADC / VPX
Citrix Workspace Environment Management (WEM)
Citrix App Layering
Liquidware Profile Unity
Hyper V, VMWare VDI (Microsoft or Citrix NetScalers / ADCs)
Familiar with HP AnyConnect and Leostream

Nice To Haves

Experience managing and administering Windows Server clustering
Experience with Infrastructure as code technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, etc.
System Center Virtual Machine Manager/Vmware Vcenter 6.7
Active Directory/ Group Policies
Home Directory and Profile management Support Services
Desktop Software provisioning and Support Services

Responsibilities

Virtual Desktop Engineer to support the design, configuration, and maintenance of a large, globally accessed virtual desktop environment.
This role will be the SME in troubleshooting all related performance issue across the organization.
Additionally, the position will require an individual experienced in system design and integration, identity life-cycle management, and process automation and improvement.
We are looking for an individual who has a proven track record designing and maintaining VDI in a large enterprise.
The individual should possess a passion for operational excellence and a high level of interpersonal and soft skills.
In addition to architecting and designing, the VDI Engineer will provide TIER 3/4 support to system administrators in order to resolve VDI issues.
Provide guidance on optimization of desktops for platform interoperability and act as liaison between Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) technologies.
Offers endpoint support on issues and trouble resolution tasks on Virtual Desktop related tasks.
Maintains an Advanced knowledge relative to administration, engineering, and implementation of virtual desktop infrastructure-related technologies.
Operate across multiple and complex production environments with multiple stakeholders.
Applies extensive technical expertise and has full knowledge of other related disciplines.
Conducts trade studies and makes recommendations on solutions and "make buy" decisions.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
401K with company match
Competitive pay and paid time off
variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
dental plan options
a vision plan
a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
full flex work weeks where possible
a 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 are provided or available.