VDI Engineer | TS/SCI

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nations safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.Be part of an exciting opportunity to contribute to one of the nation's most critical intelligence organizations. Your work directly impacts national security and global issues, you will have the chance to contribute to missions that are of paramount importance to the United States and its allies, know that that the environments and programs you support are making a difference on a global scale. Our customers operate at the forefront of technology, dealing with some of the most advanced defense, geospatial, and intelligence systems in the world.

VDI Engineer

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a VDI Engineer at Blackspoke. Here youll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, youll make the end users experience your priority and well make your career growth ours.

At Blackspoke, people are our differentiator. As a VDI Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared VDI Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in Arnold, MO, or Springfield, VA (Arnold, MO is preferred).

What you will be working on:

As the VDI Engineer, you will:

• Design and define VDI system architecture for new or existing computer systems.
• Coordinate system development, including design modeling, security integration, and formal testing.
• Support the design, configuration, and maintenance of a large, globally accessed virtual desktop environment.
• Act as the SME in troubleshooting all related performance issues across the organization.
• Be experienced in system design and integration, identity lifecycle management, and process automation and improvement.
• Provide Tier 3/4 support to system administrators to resolve VDI issues.
• Provide guidance on the optimization of desktops for platform interoperability and act as a liaison between Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) technologies.
• Offer endpoint support on issues and trouble resolution tasks related to Virtual Desktops.
• Maintain advanced knowledge relative to the administration, engineering, and implementation of VDI-related technologies.
• Operate across multiple and complex production environments with multiple stakeholders.
• Apply extensive technical expertise and have full knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Conduct trade studies and make recommendations on solutions and "make buy" decisions.

What you will bring to us (Must):

• Experience providing engineering support for legacy and current versions of Citrix products.
• 1.5+ years of experience with a BS degree or a combination of years of experience and education.
• Progressive roles from Administrator to Sr. Engineer.
• Proficiency with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops v7.15 and later, Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) and Machine Creation Services (MCS), Citrix Cloud Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD), Citrix Netscaler / ADC / VPX, Citrix Workspace Environment Management (WEM), Citrix App Layering, Liquidware Profile Unity, and Hyper-V, VMware VDI (Microsoft or Citrix NetScalers / ADCs).

Would be nice if you bring the following (Highly Desired):

• Experience managing and administering Windows Server clustering.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, etc.
• Familiarity with System Center Virtual Machine Manager/VMware vCenter 6.7.
• Knowledge of Active Directory/Group Policies, Home Directory and Profile management, and Desktop Software provisioning and Support Services.

What you will get:

• Joining a team of technology experts and partners in the same mission.
• A high-growth environment with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as the company grows.
• Owner and Leadership team that come from technical backgrounds so they understand the day-to-day challenges of the technical consulting world and can offer real-life solutions and guidance.
• A highly competitive benefits package that shows we want to hire the very best.