Senior Citrix Administrator Resume
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Washington, DC
SUMMARY
- Maintaining, Monitoring and Supporting Citrix Infrastructure to deliver applications and desktop to users in enterprise capacity data centers with experience and solid knowledge of Hyper - V, vSphere and XenServer as hypervisor
- Windows Server Administration, DNS, DHCP, LAN/WAN, Active Directory, Server Roles and Group Policy Management for Virtual Infrastructures.
- Profile Management, Folder Redirection, Patching and Securing images and vDisks in Provisioning and Machine Creation Services
- General PowerShell scripting for optimization of Citrix platforms and Visio for designs and diagrams
- Citrix Certified Professional for Desktop Virtualization and NetScaler with Networking
- Management and Deployment of NetScaler for Traffic Management, Content Switching, Load Balancing and Application Delivery of Virtual environments
- Security Authentication management with RSA/RADIUS AM 7.1, Token Authentication Management and Operations Console
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Washington, DC
Senior Citrix Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement and maintain enterprise Citrix infrastructure which includes upgrading from XenApp 5.0 and 6.0 to XenDesktop 7.6 SP3
- Manage relationship with hardware and software vendors to asses and POC technologies to enhance current infrastructure. SME to address requirements and strategic planning of virtual solutions. Prepare and review System Integration deployment plans as well as change requests in adherence with requirements and specifications
- Manage and Monitor Citrix vDisks to comply with security and vulnerability risks. Assist windows team in and patching and updating images for production
- Provide Network requirements to support business and operational activities of Citrix Sites and NetScaler as well backbone /core networks, storage networks and interoperability with Data Center components.
- Design, Implement and Support Enterprise IT Infrastructure with NetScaler ADC, Access Gateway, NetScaler SDX 22060 for virtual Platform
- Evaluate and test new technologies in pilot platform to evaluate solutions, services, and technical documentation in compatibility with Citrix and Windows environments
- Super Admin roles in vSphere 5.5 and vBlock to perform basic and strategic maintenance support as well as configuration adjustment required to ensure optimal performance of Virtual machines with Hosts and Fiber Channel storage.
- Collaborate with Engineering team to analyze and architect solutions to disaster recovery, high availability and option to migrate Data Center to cloud platform like AWS or Azure.
- Manage and maintenance of RSA servers that authenticate users to virtual desktops and applications. Level 3 support and Operations console to synch up with NetScaler and Access Gateways.
Confidential
IT SMB Business Systems Architect
Responsibilities:
- Designed, implemented and troubleshot hybrid Citrix environments which included upgrading from Presentation Server to newer versions of XenApp, XenDesktop, NetScaler, XenMobile
- Managed relationship with Engineers and Networking teams as well as technical consultants. Led technical discussion to discuss adjustments to requirements and security compliance.
- Performed deployment, configuration, setup and support for hardware, operating systems and applications.
- Worked with client’s technical teams to propose enhancements to Windows environments in order to help improve end user’s experience in VDI environment.
- Evaluated and tested new manufacturer products, services, troubleshooting, installation, and integration with Citrix and Windows environments
- Provided System Integration and test Plans to ensure environments have the elements for load balancing and high availability under critical scenarios.
- Mentored junior members as well as provided internal training; specified external training to enhance team’s capabilities.