Citrix Support Engineer

Job Title: Citrix Support Engineer

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.

This is a hybrid position located one of offices in New Orleans, LA, Little Rock, AR, The Woodlands, TX, or Jackson, MS. Those outside of these areas would be required to relocate to the area. Relocation assistance is not available for the posting

The job title for this role is IT Specialist I

Job Summary/Purpose

The Citrix Engineer will support the Citrix Administrator in providing management, oversight and maintenance over the Citrix environment supporting a robust cross-functional user base of 15K+ users. The Citrix environment is critical to the successful operations across Entergy and this support role is critical to the success of our employees and contract partners who rely on the environment to perform their work.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

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  Perform daily responsibilities to support the Citrix environment.

  
  


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  Responsible for routine patch management and system maintenance

  
  


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  Assist in the design and implementation of future-state virtual end user computing environments.

  
  


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  Responsible to maintain critical business operations of Citrix 24/7/365 which may require after-hours, additional hours, etc to support this critical environment.

  
  


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  Responsible for Citrix policies and procedures, best practices, and correlated documentation

  
  


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  Responsible to support required system reporting (audit, performance, etc)

  
  

MINIMIUM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Education Required for this Position.

BS/BA degree strongly preferred. Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or other technical area of study preferred.

Minimum Experience Required for this Position.

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  2+ years of experience managing a Citrix environment required

  
  


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  In-depth experience in the installation, configuration and maintenance of the Citrix Infrastructure

  
  


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  Experience with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Storefront Server, Citrix User Profile Manager, Citrix Director, Citrix Studio, Citrix Machine Creation Services

  
  


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  Specific and direct experience with at least one ticketing system (Service Now, Remedy, HEAT, etc.)

  
  


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  Familiarity with business operations and best in class technology landscape

  
  

Knowledge/Skills/Capabilities Required for this position.

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  Professional

  
  


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  Ability to perform daily responsibilities to manage and administer the Citrix environment.

  
  


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  Ability to troubleshoot, with cross-functional teams, issues impacting Citrix users.

  
  


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  Strong communication skills, including the ability to create and articulate technical concepts.

  
  


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  Review regular system monitoring, verifying completion of scheduled jobs.

  
  


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  Provide tier 2 and 3 support for Citrix support issues.

  
  


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  Maintain user accounts, distribution groups, resources, and permissions.

  
  


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  Strong communication skills, including the ability to create and articulate technical concepts to non-technical users.

  
  


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  Ability to work effectively with teams and resources in a multi-location, cross-functional, network/matrix environment.

  
  


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  Ability to leverage continuous improvement practices to provide sustainable value to internal/external customers.

  
  


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  Excellent multi-tasking and time management skills with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

  
  


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  Ability to perform problem analysis, logically organize and prepare technical documentation, and effectively communicate.

  
  


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  Ability to learn quickly and troubleshoot a problem in a methodical manner.

  
  


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  Ability to adhere to Change Management processes.

  
  


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  Readiness and participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation when needed.

  
  


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  Personal Style/s

  
  


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  Has a high degree of integrity and forethought in approach to making decisions?

  
  


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  Ability to act in a transparent and consistent manner while always considering what is best for the organization.

  
  


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  Self-motivated and process-oriented team player with a strong work ethic

  
  


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  Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty; the ability to adapt nimbly.

  
  


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  Ability to evaluate multiple options and make the best decision.

  
  


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  Ability to work well in teams and encourage teamwork.

  
  


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  Ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment.

  
  

Certifications/Licenses Required for this Position:

Relevant Citrix certifications are a plus (Citrix CCA, CCP, CCE)

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Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans || Arkansas : Little Rock || Mississippi : Jackson || Texas : The Woodlands

Job Function : All Other Jobs

FLSA Status : Professional

Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered

Union description/code : NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings : 2

Req ID: 116319

Travel Percentage :Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please clickhere (https://jobs.entergy.com/content/EEO/?locale=en_US) to view the EEI page, or see statements below.

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Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

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WORKING CONDITIONS:

As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

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