A dynamic Citrix System Engineering professional with more than 8 years of experience in deploying and migrating Windows Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.5/7.6, Presentations Servers and MetaFrame servers Citrix Storefront and Web Interface Servers with Secure Gateway and Access Gateway, SSL/Load Balancing Incoming Citrix Traffic with Netscaler VPX-1000 VDI Solutions with Xendesktop server with Provisioning Servers Server Virtualization with XenServer and Vmware vSphere4 5 and ESX ESXi Windows Server 2008, 2012 Testing Application and VDI over XenDesktop 7.5 Installation of Microsoft Citrix patches on a monthly basis, Monitoring technical alerts, Decommission and Incident, Change, Service, asset management task at the time of server shipment.

• Providing L3 level support for over 50 in-house developed applications published on over 300 XenApp 7.6 6.5 and Xendesktop 7.x servers running on Windows Server 2008R2 in a VMware Vsphere5 Virtualized environment
• Installing and tuning XenApp 7.6 6.5 and Xendesktop 7.5 wrote Citrix initial run IMA policy Scripts along with Group policy implementation on Citrix Application server
• Migrating applications from MetaFrame Server and Presentation Server 4 4.5 to XenApp 7.6 6.5 and Xendesktop 7.5 and Migrating Virtualized VDI servers and desktop from Windows 2003 to Server 2008 and Windows 7 in Provisioning Server
• Install, configure VMware ESX, ESXi, vSphere 4 and vSphere 5 environments with VirtualCenter management, LabManager, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion, VMware Data Recovery, VMware Site Recovery Manager SRM , vCenter Operations Manager, Horizon Workspace, Horizon Mirage, ThinApp and VMware View desktop virtualization infrastructure VDI .
• Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates in Vmware. Completed Physical-to-Virtual P2V , Virtual-to-Virtual V2V and Virtual-to-Physical V2P migration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, and 2012
• Installing the Web Interface and Creating Sites Configured Citrix Access Gateway Netscaler VPX-1000 to enable NAT Firewall for external users Configuring Authentication, workspace Control and Client Deployment
• Performing UAT of the applications. Publishing Applications, Desktops and Content. Assigning published resources to users. Assign published applications and desktops to servers. Disabling and hiding published resources.
• Monitoring applications, devices, sessions, license usage, and the network in real time, quickly analyze, resolve, and proactively prevent problems using Edgesight.
• Installing, configuring, and administering user profiles using Citrix Profile management
• Installing, configuring, and administering EdgeSight for Load Testing to test load and performance of XenApp environments
• Installing the Clients for Win32 - Web, PNA and PN, manually and using Active Directory.
• Configuring ICA Sessions for Improved Performance over slow networks by enabling Speed Screen technologies.
• Configuring Data Collectors, Connection Limits, ICA-Keep Alive settings, ICA settings and Optimizing CPU Utilization and Virtual Memory Utilization.
• Viewing published application usage and resource counters. Implement published application connection controls and resource limits
• Configuring and Managing Load Evaluators. Applying Default, Advanced Load Evaluators. Creating custom load evaluators.
• Configuring Printers and printer policies for Users. Assigning Network Printers to Users with Session Printers Policies. Managing Print Drivers by replicating print rivers and by using Universal Driver Printing policies.

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Senior Citrix Engineer

• Build a Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6 environment on Windows Server 2012 R2/ Server 2008 R2
• Build a load balanced Citrix Storefront 2.6 in an IIS 8.0 environment and modified as per business requirement to access published applications and desktops
• Created Master Image, performed UAT, and deployed VM for the users in VMware 5.5 hypervisor environment
• Migrated and installed applications from MetaFrame server, Presentation Server 4.0 and Xenapp 6.5 environment to XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6 Server 2008/2012 environment
• Configured SQL server 2012 for Always-On configuration database cluster and disaster recovery environment
• Configured profile management TS roaming profiles for the users to save their profiles in a shared drives
• Co-ordinated with multiple vendors to get the applications upgraded to make them compatible with Server 2008 while migrating from Windows 2003 environment.
• Configured Domain group policies and XenApp 7.6 policies for profile management and initial run configuration

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Citrix Systems Engineer

• Build a Citrix Xendesktop 7.5 farm in a production environment to test all the required functionalities, installed the Build version of Xendesktop 7 for the production environment
• Migrated and installed applications from MetaFrame server 2003 environment to Xendekstop 7.x Server 2012 environment
• Configured Netscaler VPX with SSL to provide remote access to users
• Administration and support for applications hosted in Xendesktop 7 server handling L3 user tickets
• Configure group policies and Xendesktop 7 policies for profile management and initial run configuration
• Configured Machine Catalogs, Delivery groups to applications configured IIS 8 and storefront to provide access to the users
• Performed User acceptance testing for published applications

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Citrix Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

XenApp 6.5 Experience:

• Installing and tuning XenApp 6.5 and wrote Citrix initial run IMA policy Scripts along with Group policy implementation on Citrix Application server
• Migrating applications from MetaFrame Server and Presentation Server 4 4.5 to XenApp 6 6.5 and Migrating Virtualized VDI servers from Windows 2003 to Server 2008 in Provisioning Server 6.0
• Administration and support for applications hosted in XenApp 6.5 server handling Level 3 user tickets using Service Now Currently testing XenDesktop 7 App over Windows Server 2012
• Installing and configuring of the Citrix Web Interface Server and Creating Sites SSL Load Balancing incoming traffic with Citrix Access Gateway Netscaler VPX-1000 to enable NAT Firewall for external users Configuring Authentication, workspace Control and Client Deployment
• Rolling out the most recent version of Citrix Receiver Enterprise, and configured it to be deployed from Group Policy SCCM and Citrix Client Management
• Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates. Completed Physical-to-Virtual P2V , Virtual-to-Virtual V2V and Virtual-to-Physical V2P migration of Windows 2003, 2008, and 2012
• Configuration, Management and Troubleshooting on websites including .NET running on Microsoft IIS 6.0/7.0
• Upgrade the Citrix License Server to Version 11.9
• Implementing Citrix Universal Print drivers for printer mapping

XenDesktop 5.6 Experience:

• Build the backend infrastructure needed for the XenDesktop 5.6 Infrastructure
• Setting up XenDesktop data store
• Testing XenDesktop 7 for VDI project and moving Xendesktop application server running over to Provisioning Server
• Creating a Desktop Delivery Controllers and adding servers to the farm
• Upgrade Provisioning services 5.6 Sp3 to PVS 6.1
• Provisioning Virtual desktops, creating pooled desktops and assigning users
• Deployment of Citrix User Profile management 4.1 service
• Administration and support for day-to-day operations on a Persistent and pooled desktops

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Citrix Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Support for 250 Citrix terminal Xenapp 6.0 servers and 16 Provisioning Server 5.6 host for VDI application servers virtualized over Vmware vSphere 4
• Configuring Data Collectors, Connection Limits, ICA-Keep Alive settings, ICA settings and Optimizing CPU Utilization and Virtual Memory Utilization.
• Viewing published application usage and resource counters. Implement published application connection controls and resource limits.
• Configure client-to-server redirection, server-to-client redirection, published content with content redirection.
• Creating and Prioritizing the Policies. Applying Policies using filters. Enabling shadowing using policy rules.
• Configuring and Managing Load Evaluators. Applying Default, Advanced Load Evaluators. Creating custom load evaluators.
• Configuring Printers and printer policies for Users. Assigning Network Printers to Users with Session Printers Policies. Managing Print Drivers by replicating print rivers and by using Universal Driver Printing policies.
• Migrated the Virtual Desk tops from one host to another host.
• Improving the performance of VDI through the Memory, CPU settings in VM V Sphere
• Troubles hooted the issues like user's not able to connect to remote desktop
• Changing the registry key settings for Citrix issues
• Installation of Citrix plugins for Access denied issues on Citrix

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Citrix Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Citrix XenApp server 4.5 and Xendesktop 5 over Xenserver environments.
• To support and maintain Metaframe XP farms, Database servers and legacy application support.
• Integrate Web Interface servers with Citrix Access Gateway CAG and Netscalar Implementation and support,
• Application deployment, publishing application and access rights control
• Deploying Citrix EdgeSight for end user experience monitoring.
• Coordinate with Operations team for Data Center support.
• Monitor Servers, report anomalies, implementation of patches
• working with network and security teams for smooth floor management.
• Configure and Support replication of File servers using DFS.
• Implementation of Citrix Streaming server and publish streamed applications.
• Implemented Citrix XPe Presentation Server 35 server Citrix farm to host financial, sales, and accounting applications
• AD migration NT-2000, Exchange 5.5-2000, US and Worldwide offices
• Third Level support for troubleshooting and support of LAN/WAN, including Citrix, Exchange, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, WINS, SNMP, and Security
• Scheduled routine test Backup, Restore, and Disaster Recovery plans and procedures/policies.
• Additionally work closely with QA, Development and Support assisting in knowledge transfer in Networking and all Windows operating systems to support in debugging, meeting deadlines for product release dates and customer support.

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Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuration, operation and troubleshooting of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP routing protocol in Cisco Routers L3 Switches.
• Configuration of Printer, Modem, Scanner.
• Configuration of Domain Naming Server DNS
• Configuration of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
• Configuration and Managing Remote Installation Service RIS
• Configuring New WAN links and Monitor Network Performance
• Installation of Operating Systems Win98, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2000, Win 2003 etc.
• Install and maintain of Hardware, Operating System
• Monitor Routers and Internet Connectivity
• Implement network monitoring tool for monitoring servers, routers other network resources
• Adding and deleting users and granting user level
• Responsible for ensuring each reported problem is resolved in timely manner
• System Troubleshooting in case of a failure and maintain server uptime above 99.99 .