Citrix Platform Engineer - AWS & DevOps

This is a remote position.

• 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.
  

Requirements

• 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.
  

• 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