Windows & Citrix Administrator

VINIRMA Consulting Pvt. Ltd. is a 360° Human Resource Management Consulting and Staffing Services Organization with operations in UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Australia, USA, Singapore & India.

VINIRMA Consulting is currently looking for Windows & Citrix Administrator for one of its clients which is a Business Consulting, IT Solutions and Services company in Qatar with the following and terms and conditions.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Configuring and administering Citrix XenApp 6.5 infrastructure

 Configuring and administering XenDesktop 7.6 infrastructure spanning across multiple sites

 Configuring and administering Provisioning services 7.6

 Configuring and administering Storefront 3.12 and above/Web interface Servers

 Configuring and administering Netscaler, Access Gateway, Load Balance, Routes, Services, Virtual servers and GSLB

 Configuring and administering Xenmobile and Sharefile.

 Plan and failover Citrix component during disaster Recovery

 Experience in XEN desktop provisioning services in VMWARE environment, Desktop OS image capturing, managing Desktop OS for Citrix VDI environment.

 Configuring and administering applications in a Citrix / Windows Server Environment

 Solid knowledge of networking protocols (HTTP/S, S/FTP, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, etc.)

 Experience working with Windows 2008 R2, 2012 R2 & 2016 OS.

 Expert in Active Directory, Group policies, Microsoft Certificate PKI Services.

 Expert in Microsoft Windows clustering, load balancing and experience in troubleshooting technical problems involving software and operating systems & includes desktop OS.

 Develop & Executes PowerShell or Command Shell commands and experience in scripting

 Expert in System Center and assisting other Administrators as required on a daily or timely basis.

 Experience with Office 365, Microsoft Intune / EMS, Online Protection, DLP, Information Protection Suite, Azure MFA Server, Azure AD Sync, ADFS, ADFS Proxy & Windows Azure application and services.

 Expert in Microsoft Lync Server & Skype for Business suite Servers.

 Certificate Integration within the server environment.

 Diagnosing and resolving performance issues

 Maintaining consistent system documentation.

 Coordinating, managing, and validating software and environment changes

 Perform installations and upgrades during weekend maintenance window

 Comply with bank’s Change Management processes and best practices

 Provide technical leadership for upcoming projects

 Lead design updates and architecture revisions

 Address high severity issues and service outages

 Review periodic reports of server health, resource usage, user experience, and overall environment performance to determine next steps and upgrade paths

 Review change control requests which impact the Citrix and Windows environment

 Raise support tickets with the appropriate vendor to resolve critical issues.

 Familiarity with Physical server hardware and VM environment.

 Assists in the monthly patching of server systems which is part of the maintenance activity using System Center Configuration Manager.

 Experience using patience, sensitivity and effective communication with a wide range of people, including the technically proficient and those with minimal computing experience or technical skill.

 Experience in installation & administration of IBM WebSphere Application Server.

 Coordinating with Application teams for service planning and deployment across the organization.

 Experience writing technical documentation.

 Experience participating in diverse workgroups.

 Works remotely to provide 24x7 support on critical systems

 Works efficiently with minimal guidance from Senior or Lead administrators.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop, Xenmobile, ShareFile, Netscaler (Application Delivery Controller – ADC).

• Active Directory, Group Policies, IIS, Microsoft PKI Certificates, PowerShell, Scripting

• Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012 R2 & Windows 2016, Clustering, Load Balancing

• IBM WebSphere Application Server Administration.

• Advanced PowerShell scripting

• System Center

• Office 365, Microsoft Intune / EMS, Online Protection, DLP, Information Protection Suite, Azure MFA Server, Azure AD Sync, ADFS, ADFS Proxy & Windows Azure application and services.

Microsoft Lync Server & Skype for Business suite Servers.

EDUCATION:

University Degree (IT)

Professional Certifications

Citrix Certified Associate (CCA for Citrix XenApp & XenDesktop)

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE ) – Server Infrastructure

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer ( MCSE ) - Messaging

Additional qualifications:

English – Fluently Oral & Written

Excellent Computer literacy

Work experience:

10 years of Systems Administration experience.

Professional experience:

 Minimum 8 years’ experience in managing critical Microsoft & Citrix environment.

Working knowledge of event, incident & problem management processes and tools

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

• Strong organizational skills

• Problem solving skills

• Analytical thinking

• Professional behavior

BEHAVIORAL SKILLS

• Excellent communication skills

• Effective teamwork

• Positive attitude and personal motivation

Terms and conditions:

Joining time frame: Maximum 1 month

Should you be interested in this opportunity, please send your latest resume in MS Word format at the earliest at [HIDDEN TEXT] or call us +91 (0)471 2310430 or +91 (0)476 2684922