Sr. Citrix Architect
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title: Sr. Citrix Architect
Location: Chicago IL 3 days week onsite
Job Description:
We are seeking a Citrix Senior Architect with expertise comparable to Citrix Professional
Services to design implement and optimize a best-in-class Citrix VDI and end-user
computing (EUC) platform. This role will own not only the architecture and delivery of the
Citrix environment but also the proactive monitoring and experience management
strategy ensuring user issues are identified and addressed before they are reported.
The architect will define and implement experience-focused monitoring analytics and
XLA-driven metrics to continuously improve platform reliability and end-user satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Delivery
Lead end-to-end Citrix VDI architecture design and implementation
Assess current-state environments and define a scalable resilient target architecture
Design for high availability performance security and future growth
Provide hands-on architectural guidance during build optimization and stabilization
phases
End-User Experience & Proactive Monitoring
Design and implement a proactive monitoring strategy for the Citrix platform
Identify and address user experience issues before they are reported to Service
Desk
Define end-user experience metrics success criteria and experience thresholds
Establish Experience Level Agreements (XLAs) aligned to business outcomes
Analyze login performance session reliability latency and resource contention
trends
Tooling & Observability Strategy
Evaluate existing monitoring and analytics capabilities
Implement or recommend best-in-class EUC and experience monitoring tools
Ensure visibility across:
User sessions
Logon times
Application performance
Infrastructure health
Integrate experience metrics into operational dashboards and reporting
Capacity Lifecycle & Sustainability
Lead capacity planning sizing and growth forecasting
Define platform lifecycle upgrade and technical debt remediation strategies
Ensure alignment with vendor support timelines and enterprise standards
Collaboration & Knowledge Transfer
Partner with infrastructure network security and operations teams
Provide executive-ready insights and recommendations
Deliver architecture documentation operational guidance and knowledge transfer
Required Expertise
Senior-level experience with Citrix DaaS / CVAD VDAs StoreFront and NetScaler
(Gateway)
Proven experience designing enterprise-scale highly available Citrix
environments
Strong expertise in end-user experience monitoring and analytics
Hands-on experience with proactive monitoring and observability solutions
Ability to define and operationalize XLAs and experience-driven KPIs
Strong troubleshooting performance tuning and optimization skills
Ability to operate independently at Senior Architect / Principal level
Location: Chicago IL 3 days week onsite
Job Description:
We are seeking a Citrix Senior Architect with expertise comparable to Citrix Professional
Services to design implement and optimize a best-in-class Citrix VDI and end-user
computing (EUC) platform. This role will own not only the architecture and delivery of the
Citrix environment but also the proactive monitoring and experience management
strategy ensuring user issues are identified and addressed before they are reported.
The architect will define and implement experience-focused monitoring analytics and
XLA-driven metrics to continuously improve platform reliability and end-user satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Delivery
Lead end-to-end Citrix VDI architecture design and implementation
Assess current-state environments and define a scalable resilient target architecture
Design for high availability performance security and future growth
Provide hands-on architectural guidance during build optimization and stabilization
phases
End-User Experience & Proactive Monitoring
Design and implement a proactive monitoring strategy for the Citrix platform
Identify and address user experience issues before they are reported to Service
Desk
Define end-user experience metrics success criteria and experience thresholds
Establish Experience Level Agreements (XLAs) aligned to business outcomes
Analyze login performance session reliability latency and resource contention
trends
Tooling & Observability Strategy
Evaluate existing monitoring and analytics capabilities
Implement or recommend best-in-class EUC and experience monitoring tools
Ensure visibility across:
User sessions
Logon times
Application performance
Infrastructure health
Integrate experience metrics into operational dashboards and reporting
Capacity Lifecycle & Sustainability
Lead capacity planning sizing and growth forecasting
Define platform lifecycle upgrade and technical debt remediation strategies
Ensure alignment with vendor support timelines and enterprise standards
Collaboration & Knowledge Transfer
Partner with infrastructure network security and operations teams
Provide executive-ready insights and recommendations
Deliver architecture documentation operational guidance and knowledge transfer
Required Expertise
Senior-level experience with Citrix DaaS / CVAD VDAs StoreFront and NetScaler
(Gateway)
Proven experience designing enterprise-scale highly available Citrix
environments
Strong expertise in end-user experience monitoring and analytics
Hands-on experience with proactive monitoring and observability solutions
Ability to define and operationalize XLAs and experience-driven KPIs
Strong troubleshooting performance tuning and optimization skills
Ability to operate independently at Senior Architect / Principal level
Required Skills:
NETSCALERCITRIXStorefrontNetscaler
Key Skills
- APIs
- Pegasystems
- Spring
- SOAP
- .NET
- Hybris
- Solution Architecture
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Adobe Experience Manager
- J2EE
- Java
- Oracle
