Lead Cloud Engineer Citrix and VDI Focus (RapidScale)

Cox Communications
$119,600.00 - $199,400.00 / yr
parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays
United States, North Carolina, Raleigh
301 Hillsborough Street (Show on map)
Jul 15, 2025
At RapidScale, exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. As a growing leader in secure, reliable managed cloud solutions, we help SMBs and enterprises alike simplify IT and unleash innovation. With a broad portfolio spanning AWS, Azure and Google to a full set of Private Cloud and Cybersecurity solutions, RapidScale helps companies turn technology into their biggest competitive advantage. As part of the Cox family of companies, we offer best-in-class benefits, a commitment to work-life balance, and an award-winning workplace experience. We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Cloud Engineer with a strong focus on Citrix and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to take ownership of customer environment management, maintaining, and optimizing secure, scalable, and high-performing virtual desktop environments across our top cloud customers. Hands-on leadership role that blends deep technical expertise with operational excellence and customer-facing collaboration. Key Responsibilities Customer Environment Management: Maintain and optimize multiple client environments, ensuring performance, security, and compliance. Incident & Crisis Management: Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and escalate high-priority issues; lead root cause analysis and resolution. Operational Excellence: Manage ticket backlogs, update environments with LTSR/CU/security patches, and ensure compatibility across OS, apps, and tools. Collaboration & Communication: Deliver a customer-first experience via phone, email, and ticketing systems; interface with vendors and internal teams to resolve complex issues. Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing: Provide technical guidance to Skill PODs, review RFCs, and contribute to internal knowledge base documentation. Automation & Optimization: Use PowerShell and other tools to automate tasks, optimize performance, and streamline operations. Security & Compliance: Implement cybersecurity best practices, including CVE remediation, certificate management, and environment hardening. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 6 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years' experience; or 10 years' experience in a related field Experience with Citrix NetScaler, including Gateway configuration, high availability, MFA integration (Azure/Okta/Duo), nFactor authentication, load balancing, SSL offloading, certificate management, and NetScaler Console (ADM) Experience with Citrix Workspace Environment Management (WEM), including architecture, resource optimization, policy/action configuration, rules/filters, configuration sets, and templates Strong understanding of Citrix Product Sets Demonstrated ability working with customers/clients on providing technical solutions Willingness to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation and work flexible shifts as needed. Preferred Qualifications Certifications: Citrix Certified Associate/Professional (CCA-V, CCP-V, CCP-AppDS) Nerdio Certified Engineer Experience with: Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops 2203 LTSR+, including image management, Citrix Profile Containers, FSLogix, and FAS (Federated Authentication Service) Provisioning Services (PVS) and PowerShell scripting, vDisk versioning, deployment, and automation Windows Server (2016-2025) Management, Active Directory, Group Policy, DHCP, DNS, and Certificate Authority services, including Citrix FAS integration N-able, Veeam, and backup/restoration tools Networking (FortiGate, VPN, VeloCloud, firewalls) MFA/2FA solutions (Duo, Azure MFA, Workspace One) USD 119,600.00 - 199,400.00 per year Compensation: Compensation includes a base salary of $119,600.00 - $199,400.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program. Benefits: The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave. Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. In California, we will consider non-driving candidates who use alternate means of transportation in accordance with applicable law. Application Deadline: 08/31/2025