REQUIRES AN EXISTING/ACTIVE TS/SCI WITH CI POLYGRAPH - NO REMOTE WORK, MUST WORK ON SITE By owning this opportunity, you'll become a critical part in successfully solving our clients' biggest challenges, delivering on promise, and innovating 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. 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 WHAT YOU'LL NEED: • 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 Preferred certification(s): • Managing Modern Desktops (MD-101) • CWS-215: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Administration On-Premises and in Citrix Cloud • Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (1Y0-312) • Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop