Citrix VDI Engineer with Security Clearance

Why WWT? Fueled by creativity and ideation, World Wide Technology strives to accelerate our growth and nurture future innovation. From our world class culture, to our generous benefits, to developing cutting edge technology solutions, WWT constantly works towards its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is a great place to work. We encourage our employees to embrace collaboration, get creative and think outside the box when it comes to delivering some of the most advanced technology solutions for our customers. At a glance, WWT was founded in 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri. We employ over 9,000 individuals and closed nearly $17 Billion in revenue. We have an inclusive culture and believe our core values are the key to company and employee success. WWT is proud to announce that it has been named on the FORTUNE "100 Best Places to Work For " list for the eleventh consecutive year. Want to work with highly motivated individuals that come together to form high performance team? Come join WWT today. What is the Solutions Consulting & Engineering (SC&E) Team and why join? Solutions Consulting & Engineering is an organization that is Customer Focused and Solutions Led. We deliver end-to-end (E2E) and emerging solutions to drive customer satisfaction, increase profitability and growth. Our success is enabled by our world-class management consulting, delivery excellence and engineering brilliance. We embody the OneWWT mindset by bringing the right talent at the right time from anywhere within WWT to solve our customer's problems. Our goal is to bring together business acumen with full-stack technical know-how to develop innovative solutions for our clients' most complex challenges. What will you be doing? The Citrix Engineer works in a VMware and Citrix VDI environment that includes compute infrastructure, virtualization and virtual desktop design, architecture, configuration, and deployment. Translates business needs into long-term architecture solutions. Defines, designs, and builds compute infrastructure, virtualization and virtual desktop design environments. Responsible for developing compute infrastructure, virtualization and virtual desktop design architecture and artifacts, evaluating hardware and software platforms, configurations, and integrating systems. Evaluates current environment for additional performance efficiencies, stability, reliability, and serviceability, and security posture. Conducts, documents and collaborates on technology reviews to ensure that the environment is aligned with current trends in compute infrastructure, virtualization and virtual desktop technology. Responsibilities: Collaborate openly and frankly with all internal and external partners, such as Government Engineers, Contractor Engineers, Contractor Operations staff, Management, and 3rd party vendors
Work independently, including the self-management of projects. Help others and ask for help without hesitation.
Ensure timely delivery of all Engineering Service Requests, removing any obstacles to completing work as scheduled
Perform risk analysis of each Engineering Service Request, and inform all stakeholders of the applicable risks
Provide technical guidance and leadership on the Citrix and VMware VDI needs of all software and hardware used in the environment, which may include, in part, products by HP, Dell, Cisco, VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, NetApp, Hitachi, etc., and the integration of new Citrix and VMware VDI products
Assist/Mentor junior Citrix and VMware VDI Engineers on technical solutions and architecture
Participate in developing the target Citrix and VMware VDI architecture
Provide significant input and authorship of the Technology Refresh Plan, and the Capacity and Demand Management Plan for the environment's storage solutions, in accordance with the Technology Target Architecture, and in collaboration with the Government Engineering team, Enterprise Operations team, and fellow contractor engineers
Design new implementations of the Citrix and VMware VDI environment stack, and after Information Assurance review, coordinate the installation of them with the DevOps Engineer, Enterprise Operations, and relevant stakeholders
Document Citrix and VMware VDI architecture, including network port connectivity, and design choices of the associated applications (Low Level Design, High Level Design)
Integrate Citrix and VMware VDI systems into the enterprise Configuration Management Database
Automate facets of the Citrix and VMware VDI environment, including deployment, SSL certificate monitoring/requests, patching and upgrades in coordination with DevOps Engineers
Provide secure, reliable, and high performing configurations of the Citrix and VMware VDI environment environments
Other duties as assigned Requirements: Interim Secret Clearance required prior to start
Engineer will possess a Security+ CE, CASP, or CISSP certification
At least 4 years job experience in a related field
Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to present ideas in a business-friendly and user-friendly language.
Current knowledge of IT requirements analysis, including capacity planning and interface integration. Breadth of knowledge will include hypervisors, blade servers, converged and hyper-converged hardware platforms, virtual desktop software, etc. Engineer will be fully versed with PC over Internet Protocol, RDP, and preferably with Citrix
Previous experience with multi-site, multi-vendor enterprise IT architecture. Engineer will document and socialize network design and design considerations to a change-management team.
Proven experience supporting and building a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure solution
Proven work experience supporting a Citrix VDI environment Want to learn more about our Government Services team? Check us out on our platform: The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees: Health and Wellbeing: Heath, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement
Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is more than a commitment at WWT it is the foundation of what we do. Through diverse networks and pipelines, we have a clear vision: to create a Great Place to Work for All. We believe inclusion includes U. Be who U are at WWT. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities Locations Include: Dayton, OH Some WWT customers have a COVID-19 vaccine requirement. In order to work on projects for these customers, employees must be fully vaccinated or have an appropriate religious or medical accommodation.