Citrix Cloud/VDI specialist, Cloud Migration, Remote (DN/60110) Reading, England

Salary: GBP500 - GBP500 per day

Citrix Cloud/VDI specialist, Cloud Migration, Remote

Specialist Citrix/VDI specialist required for an industry leading business.

The wider project is a Europe-wide migration from legacy, on premise technology to a Citrix and Cloud (Azure) solution. The successful candidate will be part of an international Virtual Workplace team consisting managing Citrix farms for a large number of users.

You will work closely with other Workplace & Infrastructure technical, project and product; this role will involve the delivery of strategic direction and expansion of the Europe-wide Virtual desktop estate.

A strong design and integration mind-set to support any future move to a true cloud based service id essential.

Service can be provide on a remote basis.

This assignment is required to operate through an Umbrella company and all employer, employee tax and NI will be deducted from the rate.

General responsibilities: -

Contribute significantly to and assist with the delivery and maintenance of the Virtual Desktop roadmap, in conjunction with relevant Tech Specialists & architects.

  • Develop virtual desktop and application hosting offerings to support local & global requirements.
  • Develop business cases for usage of the correct desktop platforms to local and global customers.
  • Ensure all relevant project proposals align with the global strategy and are optimised for the end users.
  • Keep track of technical debt and provide solutions to mitigate.

Skills & experience required:

  • Citrix Cloud
  • Citrix Xen Desktop 7.x plus legacy products
  • Azure Multi Region Hosting
  • TFE (Terraform)
  • PowerShell
  • Windows 11, Windows 11 Multi-Session
  • Windows Server 2019> 2025
  • Citrix product knowledge including Storefront & NetScaler
  • Citrix products that supplement XenApp and XenDesktop
  • Virtual Desktop, Citrix Gateways Services, Citrix Device Posture
  • Experience of working within a project environment providing technical leadership, design and performance enhancement
  • Strategic understanding of Virtual Desktop technologies, specifically Citrix
  • Ability to communicate ideas & solutions to audiences of all levels and nationalities, adapting style accordingly.
  • Ability to lead the development of I.T. solutions in Virtual Workplace
  • Solution design experience.
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