VDI Engineer - TS/SCI

General Dynamics•Annapolis Junction, MD

26d•$144,410 - $195,378•Onsite

About The Position

GDIT is your place. Make it your own by discovering new ways to apply the latest technologies securely and expertly. By owning your opportunity at GDIT, you'll become a critical part in how we successfully solve our clients' biggest challenges, deliver on promise, and innovate their virtual infrastructure needs. Our work depends on a VDI Engineer joining our team to support Government activities in Sterling, VA or Annapolis Junction, MD. At GDIT, we foster a people-focused and customer-centric environment in delivering Desktop Engineering Services. As a VDI Engineer supporting the Government, you will be trusted to engineer new and improved enhancements for existing and emerging virtual desktop technologies. In this role, a typical day will include: Engineering, designing, testing, implementing, maintaining, securing, and managing the full life cycle of the complex Citrix XenDesktop and NetScaler solutions deployed in the large Enterprise environment Designing and supporting Microsoft infrastructure solutions, including Azure Virtual Desktop, on-prem, cloud and hybrid Interacting with Government stakeholders regarding technical considerations for problems, issues, or conflicts Engineering, implementing, mitigating, monitoring, and tuning VDI environment and management software to obtain Authorize to Operate (ATO) for new VDI solutions Managing Citrix products (Virtual Apps, Virtual Desktops, ADC, Provisioning) Managing Azure products (Azure Virtual Desktops) Operating and executing scripting skills in PowerShell or Python Providing Tier 3 and above support as needed (troubleshooting, problem resolution support, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)) Preparing and maintaining documentation for VDI solutions, processes, and procedures related to engineering projects

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a CI poly
Must meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements including one of the following: Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA Security
Bachelor's Degree in a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certification or training, or work/military experience
Minimum of 10 years' relevant experience
Experience performing engineering work associated with the design, development, maintenance, and testing of infrastructure for desktop application packaging and deployment technologies
Knowledge of Citrix XenApp, AppLayering, and/or Enterprise Layer Manager (ELM)
Hands-on experience with SQL Clustering Failover
Knowledge of cloud, networking, and enterprise architectures
Expertise in the Windows 10/11 - Standard Operating Environment (SOE), imaging, evergreen, etc.
Experience with Remote Desktop Service (RDS) on Windows Server 2019/2022
Ability to deploy Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) on Windows Server 2019/2022
CWS-215: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Administration On-Premises and in Citrix Cloud

Nice To Haves

Managing Modern Desktops (MD-101)
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (1Y0-312)
Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

Responsibilities

Engineering, designing, testing, implementing, maintaining, securing, and managing the full life cycle of the complex Citrix XenDesktop and NetScaler solutions deployed in the large Enterprise environment
Designing and supporting Microsoft infrastructure solutions, including Azure Virtual Desktop, on-prem, cloud and hybrid
Interacting with Government stakeholders regarding technical considerations for problems, issues, or conflicts
Engineering, implementing, mitigating, monitoring, and tuning VDI environment and management software to obtain Authorize to Operate (ATO) for new VDI solutions
Managing Citrix products (Virtual Apps, Virtual Desktops, ADC, Provisioning)
Managing Azure products (Azure Virtual Desktops)
Operating and executing scripting skills in PowerShell or Python
Providing Tier 3 and above support as needed (troubleshooting, problem resolution support, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA))
Preparing and maintaining documentation for VDI solutions, processes, and procedures related to engineering projects

Benefits

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and 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.
To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as 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.
We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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