Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Job Description
Windows Citrix Administrator
The Windows Citrix Administrator will ensure the stability; integrity and performance of Citrix based services, including XenApp, XenServer, XenDesktop, Provisioning Server and Citrix Edgesite. The Windows Citrix Administrator will support a mixed and growing environment of Citrix Presentation Server/XenServer, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008. This role requires ability to maintain, support, troubleshoot, and optimize of various Citrix Server Environments and various virtualization solutions. As a member of a team that provides 24 x 7 x 365 operational support for an enterprise application delivery solution, individual must be willing and capable of performing hands on management activities. Success in this role demands great customer service skills, strong technical knowledge and, excellent organizational skills.
Required Skills
*Participates in the fulfillment of customer service requests as demand required.
* Collaboration with the team in identifying new technology initiatives, standards & major changes or upgrades to production environments.
* Accurately maintains all documentation as it relates to configuration, processes, service records, asset inventories, topologies, administration manuals, job instructions, support contacts etc.
* Regularly audits and reports on relevant hardware & software sunset dates (EoL, EoS, etc.)
* Participates in assuring operational readiness of new technology releases into production.
* Maintains efficient deployment processes & techniques for continued roll outs of standardized Windows/Citrix hardware & configuration deployments which assure compliance with approved configuration standards.
* May perform technical design for major changes to existing Windows/Citrix environments
* Conducts regular Windows/Citrix maintenance & refresh activities.
* Ensures management is aware of all known and identified risks to system availability, performance, reliability and security.
Key Qualifications
* Minimum 2 years of System Administration on Windows 2003 platforms and experience on Windows 2008 platforms- Citrix certification desired.
* Solid experience in XenApp, XenServer, XenDesktop, Provisioning Server and Citrix Edgesite.
* Capable of working effectively with minimal direct supervision.
* Excellent customer services skills
* Previous experience in enterprise class organizations is strongly preferred.
Technical Qualifications:
* MCSE certification
*Solid experience with Microsoft technologies (Active Directory, Terminal Services, Serve OS, etc)
* Exposure to a broad cross‐section of IT technologies and disciplines including networking, Wintel architectures and virtualization
* Solid theoretical knowledge and hands on experience configuring, troubleshooting, optimizing and managing most of the following software technologies:
Citrix XenApp/Presentation Server; XenDesktop, XenServer; Provisioning
Server; EdgeSite
Education & Certification
* College diploma or university degree in the field of computer science, computer information systems, or computer engineering preferred.
* MCSE certification is required
* One or more of the following certifications is desired:
* CCA for Citrix Provisioning Server
* CCA for Citrix XenApp 5
* CCEA for XenApp
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Are you looking for a Network Engineer position with a leading Chicago technology organization? Are you looking for a position that encourages you to continue your professional growth with real world hands on exposure to a wide variety of today’s networking and security technologies? We are seeking to add an experienced engineer to our Managed Services team. Candidates should thrive in an open, fast-paced environment with a range of learning opportunities. This position will report to our Chicago office and service clients generally in the Chicago Land area.
We are a full service networking consultant team. We also maintain top-tier partnerships with industry leading hardware and software companies such as Cisco, Juniper, Check Point, Citrix, Riverbed, NetApp, F5, and Microsoft.
Responsibilities include:
- Support our customer’s engineers with questions or issues they may have
- Effectively interact with customers whose skills may range to Level 3 expert network engineers
- Engineer and implement Managed Services solutions
- Occasional face to face interactions with customers in pre-sales support role, installations, or onsite projects.
- Design, build & configure Routers, switches, firewalls, and other IT appliances
- Document and diagram clients environments
The following are essential for this position:
- Must have experience with an emphasis on client or customer support as a network engineer
- Must have solid current hands-on expertise with networking technologies – certification highly desired
- Must have solid experience with networking protocols such as BGP & OSPF
- Additionally other technologies such as Citrix, Check Point, F5, Juniper, Riverbed, NetApp experience and certifications a plus
- Proven record of organization and documentation skills
- Minimum of 3-5 years network engineering and support experience.
- Self-motivated and comfortable in a fast-paced startup culture.
- A “smart risk-taker” marked by creativity and strong problem solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral).
- BA/BS in information technology or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Expertise with a variety of tools used for monitoring and managing networks
Please provide desired salary and salary history on resume. If you feel that your skills are a match to our requirements, please email your resume in Word or text format to: resume@rkon.com
Date of Event: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Join F5 and Microsoft for the Optimize Performance, Availability, and Security for SharePoint Server 2010 webinar.
F5′s integrated application delivery solutions for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 are designed to provide a highly scalable, responsive and secure SharePoint deployment. Key features include local and global load balancing, application layer health monitoring, and simple device configuration using iApp.
Attend the Optimize Performance, Availability, and Security for SharePoint Server 2010 webinar to learn how F5′s solutions:
- Ensure high availability and scalability
- Accelerate application performance
- Provide simplified authentication and secure access for mobile users
- Ease deployment and migration
Register now.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Video content including case studies, presentations, interviews, and panel discussion from RKON’s 8th Annual technology seminar at Arlington is now online. Click here to see industry leaders present on a range of IT topics including next generation data center, desktop virtualization, network monitoring, and security strategy, among others.
Friday, November 18, 2011
See how RKON reengineered the data center to maximize the value of their virtual and cloud environment.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Explore Citrix XenDesktop 5 with this interactive demo by RKON Technologies. See the technology first hand, including all the features and improvements from the earlier version. Presentation by RKON Senior Consultant Michael Macupa.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Learn about a successful client implementation where RKON delivered user personalization and improved user experience for an education client. Cameron Christo from RKON Technologies in conversation with Allen Vaughan at McHenry County College.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Learn how enterprises are building their cloud and see how cloud services provider RKON reengineered their data center to maximize the value of their virtual and cloud environment. Presentation by RKON CTO Marc Malizia at RKON Seminar at Arlington 9-1-2011.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Learn about Riverbed Cascade—a tool for network monitoring and visibility Improved time to resolution. Presentation by Jim Hagen, lead Security Engineer at RKON Technologies at RKON Seminar at Arlington 9-1-2011.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Learn how RKON helped a global packaging company migrate to the Cloud. See how RKON’s MSP and virtual infrastructure can help you consolidate, simplify, and optimize your environment. Greg Langosch, Managing Director at RKON in conversation with Kenneth Sweet, VP Global IT for a leading packaging company at RKON Arlington Seminar 9-1-2011.