Working on behalf of a Local Authority, Aatom Recruitment has a new opportunity for a Cloud and Platform Lead on a 3 months contract initially with a possibility of further extension.

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 also 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) 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.

Skills required:

• Citrix Knowledge: In-depth 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: In-depth understanding of application packaging and delivery within a citrix environment with App-V technologies
• Infrastructure Expertise: Solid knowledge of Windows Server administration, Active Directory, virtualization technologies (like Hyper-V & VMware), networking concepts (DNS, DHCP), and PowerShell scripting.
• Troubleshooting and Problem-solving: Ability to diagnose and resolve complex Citrix issues efficiently.
• Security Best Practices: Understanding of security principles to configure and maintain a secure Citrix environment.

If this sounds good to you, please apply for immediate contact or call Inesa directly.