Senior VDI Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

$125K — $170K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of related experience in VDI engineering
  • Proven track record in designing and maintaining VDI in large enterprises
  • Experience with Citrix products, specifically Virtual Apps and Desktops v7.15 and later
  • Solid knowledge of system design, identity lifecycle management and process improvement
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • US Citizenship required

Responsibilities

  • Architect and design a globally accessed virtual desktop environment
  • Provide Tier 3/4 support to system administrators for VDI issues
  • Optimize desktops for platform interoperability as a liaison between VDI technologies
  • Offer endpoint support for Virtual Desktop issues
  • Maintain advanced knowledge of VDI-related technologies
  • Conduct trade studies and provide recommendations for solutions

Benefits

  • Variety of medical plan options with Health Savings Accounts
  • Dental and vision plan options
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Flexible work weeks and various PTO plans
  • Short and long-term disability benefits
  • Life and accident insurance options
Full Job Description
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Citrix, Virtual Desktop, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Certifications:
None
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

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.

HOW A VDI ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

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 ideal candidate will be a motivated self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication skills, who exceeds as an individual, as well as excels among peers in a team environment. The individual should possess a passion for operational excellence and a high level of interpersonal and soft skills.

Job Duties include but are not limited to:
  • 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.


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • 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


Location: Customer Site

US Citizenship Required

The likely salary range for this position is $125,800 - $170,200. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
None

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Springfield

Additional Work Locations:
USA MO Arnold

Total Rewards at GDIT:
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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