Cloud and Platform Lead

1 month contract with A Local Authority

Job Summary:

Do you want to work as part of a dedicated team supporting Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp Servers for 4000 colleagues across multiple organisations.

As a cloud and platform Lead you will be part of a multidisciplinary team with your focus on the User experience.

It is expected that team members will have one or more technical specialism and a good generalist knowledge and troubleshooting ability across all infrastructure components.

It is key to this role that you have exceptional skills in Citrix and End User Compute technologies (AppV Xenapp application packaging and sequencing).

Key Duties/Accountabilities:

You will need to act as a technical specialist to solve problems and act as a point of escalation for junior team members.

You will be expected to design and deploy changes and upgrades to the environment.

As an agile organisation you will be expected to work within virtual teams within the wider digital and IT department in the delivery of business projects.

Provide out of hours support for the Cloud and Platform services and infrastructure and may additionally be asked to join the formal Out of Hours support rota.

Understanding of and working to the ITIL framework is essential.

Provide technical management of the technical infrastructure ensuring that agreed service levels are met and all relevant procedures are adhered to.

Manage the creation and correct implementation of quality operational procedures for Recoverability Availability Capacity and Security Management.

Citrix Knowledge: Indepth understanding of Citrix products including XenApp XenDesktop NetScaler and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.

Maintain and manage the gold image build and life cycle.

Application packaging: Indepth understanding of application packaging and delivery within a citrix environment with AppV technologies.

Infrastructure Expertise: Solid knowledge of Windows Server administration Active Directory virtualization technologies (like HyperV & VMware) networking concepts (DNS DHCP) and PowerShell scripting.

Troubleshooting and Problemsolving: Ability to diagnose and resolve complex Citrix issues efficiently.

Security Best Practices: Understanding of security principles to configure and maintain a secure Citrix environment.

Essential Experience Required:

Experience leading and mentoring a team of Citrix & packaging engineers.

Essential Qualifications Required:

Citrix Certifications: Certifications like Citrix Certified Professional Virtualization (CCPV).

Other Certifications: Microsoft MCSA or MCSE; AWS certifications.

Automation Skills: Experience with scripting languages (PowerShell) to automate Citrix tasks.

Cloud Knowledge: Understanding of cloudbased Citrix deployments (Citrix Cloud).

Additional information to note:

This role has a requirement for onsite regular attendance in both our Sutton and Kingston offices.

40 Hours (8am 5pm)

The closing date for this position is 24/05/24.