Senior Systems Engineer/Citrix Resume Chicago, IL - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

To obtain employment as a Lead Citrix Systems Administrator while utilizing my problem - solving abilities in a challenging work environment with unlimited growth potential.
I am seeking the opportunity to further master my skills through al and work experiences in a large, proactive Confidential environment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Senior Systems Engineer/Citrix

Responsibilities:

Manage and update XenDesktop/Xenapp systems. Manage and update Windows Server Systems. Resolve Service Now tickets for clients
Lead Projects as needed.
Provide assistance and support for desktop team for Citrix VDI.
Update servers with Window patches though Tanium software.
Update Citrix provisioning images.
Resolve issues and provide support for Citrix applications.
Design and update Citrix Xendesktop/Xenapp 7.x environment.
Update the Citrix Netscaler appliance to the lastest version.

Confidential, Elk Grove Village, IL

Lead Citrix Architect

Responsibilities:

Designed and implemented Xenapp 7.x XenApp/Desktop farm. Maintain and migrate current Xenapp 6.5 Citrix farms to XenApp\XenDesktop 7.x.
Resolve issues with in XenApp like printing, connectivity, and profiles.
Installed and configured Confidential SIM 7.3 to monitor servers and blade servers for health issues.
Upgraded Xenserver 5.5 from 6.2 and 6.2 to 6.5 to 8.0 apply xenserver patches as needed.
Implemented and configured Citrix WebInterface 5.4 and Storefront 3.x.
Designed batch and PowerShell scripts to ease the installation of Xenapp and application.
Documented the Xenapp farm projects for good practice.
Helped other project leads to complete projects in a timely manner.
Consolidate Physical server to Virtual using Xenserver and VMware.
Established a Universal Print solution with the Confidential universal print driver for XenApp 6.5 applications (Epic 2010, Epic 2014, Epic 2017, and Epic 2018).
Created Confidential Visio, Word, and Excel documents for projects and applications configuration.
Traveled to remote sites to troubleshoot Epic project rollout.
Rolled out Wyse device clients and created a master configuration to work with Citrix farms.
Helped other departments with challenging, complex and unique troubleshooting.

Confidential, Lake forest, IL

Citrix Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

Based at Confidential headquarters for an international Confidential with over 800 servers.
Designed and implemented Xenapp 5.0 in an enterprise environment.
Resolved Citrix\Xenapp tickets for a Confidential environment. Migrate citrix from 4.0 to 4.5 in a windows 2003 environment.
Implemented server deployment for Windows Server 2003 and 2008.
Installed and deployed Confidential Sim to monitor over 800 servers.
Trained for FDA regulations and procedures for deploying qualified projects.
Created documentation standards and procedures for all project deployment.
Troubleshot and repaired multiple issues with pre-existing hardware and projects.
Trained new employees on new procedures and proper documentation.
Designed group policies and scripts for consistent deployment of software.
Disaster recovery of all HQ servers. Wrote scripts for software to customize user function.
Designed Visio documents to summarize projects for project managers and other supervisors.
Troubleshot Confidential sever hardware and repaired accordingly.
Used VMware ESX 3.5 to manage and deploy servers.
Assisted Desktop Support in resolving Citrix Xenapp issue for desktop connectivity and printing.
Deployed Screwdrivers as a Citrix driverless print solution.

Confidential, Naperville, IL

Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

Based at Confidential headquarters for an international Confidential with over 200 servers.
Designed and installed Active Directory for Windows 2003 for rollout worldwide to centralize users and computer administration.
Worked and planned a flat level Active Directory rollout with Confidential to ease management of users and to globalize policy.
Designed Windows 2003 domain for migration. I nstalled and configured Confidential PowerEdge servers and Compaq/ Confidential servers.
Installed and configured racks for rack-mountable servers.
Administrated Windows NT 4.0 network environment.
Installed and configured DNS name space for Windows 2003 server. Installed a Citrix 1.0xp farm and portal globally for a multi-billion dollar company.
Troubleshot programs including Getpaid, Plantware, Cartesis, Confidential, SQL, and Terminal Server 2000.
Created documentation for server builds and projects. Installed and configured Compaq Insight Manager for monitoring servers, both Compaq and Confidential .
Created Disaster Recovery for all Intel based servers.
Utilized Thinprint with Citrix to minimize bandwidth and lower cost.
Audited servers for security and patch.
Wrote purchase orders for servers to obtain best performance with lowest cost.
Centralized administration of server, and handled internal customer service administration.