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Citrix Platform Engineer - AWS & DevOps
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Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · 8+ years
Job description
An experienced Citrix Platform Engineer is sought to engineer, automate and maintain Citrix-based environments hosted on AWS, with strong emphasis on end-to-end ownership and production-grade automation. The role covers requirements analysis and solution design through implementation, testing, deployment and post-deployment validation.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Design, implement and maintain Citrix platform solutions hosted on AWS, ensuring reliability, scalability, security and high availability.
- Take end-to-end ownership of assigned technical activities, from requirements analysis and technical design through implementation, testing, production deployment and validation.
- Translate business and technical requirements into robust, automated and maintainable platform solutions.
- Engineer, optimise and maintain Citrix Cloud / DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments.
- Manage and optimise persistent and non-persistent VDI environments, including Machine Creation Services (MCS).
- Design, build and maintain automated Gold Image lifecycle processes, including image preparation, customisation, versioning, testing, publishing and deployment.
- Develop and maintain advanced PowerShell scripts and Citrix PowerShell automation to manage infrastructure, automate administrative tasks and support operational processes.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code solutions using HashiCorp Terraform and HCL to enable consistent, repeatable and maintainable infrastructure provisioning.
- Use HashiCorp Packer to automate the creation, configuration and maintenance of machine images.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD to automate infrastructure changes, image builds, deployments and validation activities.
- Apply Ansible for configuration management, environment standardisation and operational automation.
- Integrate platform services and automation workflows with REST APIs.
- Identify technical dependencies, risks, prerequisites and implementation constraints before executing platform changes.
- Define and execute appropriate testing strategies, including functional, integration, regression and post-deployment validation.
- Prepare, coordinate and execute production deployments, upgrades, configuration changes and platform releases.
- Automate platform monitoring, troubleshooting, routine maintenance and operational health checks.
- Diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure, connectivity, performance and application delivery issues across Citrix and AWS environments.
- Validate service health and platform stability following implementation and resolve post-deployment issues.
- Implement and maintain operational standards, security controls, access management and platform best practices.
- Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, security and application teams to deliver reliable, automated and production-ready platform services.
- Document technical designs, automation workflows, infrastructure configurations, deployment procedures, testing results and operational runbooks.
What we're looking for
- Minimum 8+ years of relevant IT experience, with strong hands-on expertise in platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, virtualisation or a related technical domain.
- Proven experience engineering and administering Citrix platforms, preferably Citrix Cloud / DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops in AWS-hosted environments.
- Strong knowledge of Citrix architecture, VDI delivery models, persistent and non-persistent desktops, and Machine Creation Services (MCS).
- Practical experience managing Citrix image lifecycles, Gold Images, image updates, publishing and deployment automation.
- Advanced PowerShell scripting and Citrix PowerShell development skills, with the ability to build reliable, reusable and maintainable automation solutions.
- Strong hands-on experience with HashiCorp Terraform and HCL, including the development and maintenance of Infrastructure as Code.
- Practical experience with HashiCorp Packer for automated image creation and lifecycle management.
- Experience developing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure provisioning, configuration changes, image automation and deployments.
- Hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management and infrastructure automation.
- Experience integrating REST APIs into scripts, automation workflows and platform management processes.
- Proven ability to independently analyse requirements, design technical solutions, identify dependencies and risks, and deliver changes end to end.
- Experience with production deployments, release management, testing, rollback planning and post-deployment validation.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, virtualisation, networking, identity, connectivity and application delivery.
- Ability to develop production-grade automation that is reliable, repeatable, secure and maintainable, rather than relying on manual operational procedures.
- Experience working with version control, code reviews, configuration management and automation best practices.
- Strong documentation, communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to provide concrete examples of technical solutions personally designed, automated, deployed and supported in production environments.
Nice to have
- AWS certifications or relevant cloud engineering qualifications.
- Citrix certifications.
- Experience with AWS infrastructure services, networking, security and identity management.
- Experience with AWS-native Infrastructure as Code tools such as CloudFormation.
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging, alerting and observability solutions.
- Experience implementing automated security controls and compliance standards.
- Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments.
- Previous experience in international consulting or complex infrastructure transformation programmes.
Benefits
- REMOTE work in European implementation and transformation projects
- Industry-leading compensation and benefits
- Exposure to strategic projects, where you'll be able to see your own ideas transform into breakthrough results
- Being an important part of a diverse and talented consulting team
- Work in an innovation-driven practice and a high-performance culture
- Top training and development opportunities
- True possibility to grow your career and achieve your personal ambitions