Azure Virtual Desktop / Citrix - Virtualization Engineer

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI ID:

7330598

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Open Until Filled Job Description Job Summary Michigan Medicine's Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) Enterprise Device Engineering and Management (EDEM) Team is seeking a lead engineer for Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). EDEM's role is to provide customer-focused engineering services for the development and management of reliable, secure, and supportable computing devices. The Desktop Virtualization team is responsible for maintaining a legacy Citrix environment; however, their primary focus is supporting and delivering hosted desktops and applications via Microsoft's Azure Virtual Desktop. Supported applications include Epic Hyperspace, Microsoft Office 365 products, and numerous departmental applications tailored to the medical field. A successful candidate for this role will possess substantial experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting Citrix XenApp and Azure Virtual Desktop environments, including hosting Epic Hyperspace within AVD. Experience engineering and supporting AVD in an Academic Medical Center setting is essential. The candidate should have a broad understanding of Windows server and desktop operating systems in enterprise environments, strong analytical skills, and familiarity with ITIL-based tools such as ServiceNow - including proficiency in generating and analyzing reports. A proactive approach to reducing operational overhead and improving efficiencies through incident trend analysis is expected. Additionally, experience with AVD tools such as Nerdio and ControlUp, as well as expertise in Windows Group Policies, Entra, and PowerShell scripting, is highly desirable. Responsibilities• Microsoft Windows Support, maintain and troubleshoot issues with Windows desktop operating systems in Azure Intimate knowledge of the Windows desktop operating system Proficient in creating and supporting AD Group Policy for both Windows Server and Desktop operating systems General Citrix Maintain the health and welfare of the Citrix XenApp infrastructure and maintain system stability and accessibility Key infrastructure components; Netscaler, Storefront, XenApp, Director, Studio Proficiency in the configurations of each of the items mentioned above Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to each infrastructure component Installation of software and patches via SCCM to XenApp servers Monitoring of Citrix infrastructure components via automation tools, third party software, and manual inspection Participate in after-hours system and application updates. This may include late evening, early morning, and weekend work Citrix Workspace/Receiver Proficient in the configuration, feature sets, and usage of the Workspace Ability to integrate the product to meet the needs of the Michigan Medicine user environment (both institution managed and BYO devices) Test and validate Workspace functionality with Citrix hosted applications Facilitate and assist in the installation and support of Workspace from remote devices at affiliate Health Systems Work with vendor to report problems, troubleshoot and diagnose issue related to the Receiver product Apply Now Please mention to the employer that you saw this ad on UniversityJobs.

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