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
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 4, 2011
Riverbed promoted RKON to the Platinum level within their Riverbed Partner Network (RPN) Program, effective November 3, 2011. We were promoted as a result of our growing Riverbed practice—we integrate, consult, support, and provide managed services for Riverbed’s industry-leading WAN optimization and IT performance solutions for networks, applications, and storage.
Additionally, we are one of only four technology integrators in North America to be part of Riverbed Authorized Support Partner (RASP) program as a result of our delivery of high-value support services to Riverbed customers.
Click here to learn more about RKON’s Riverbed practice and solutions.
Date of Event: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Save the Date—Citrix Synergy 2012 will take place May 9-11 at Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. The seminar will focus on presenting the full story of how virtual computing and cloud technologies will transform the way you do business. The three-day event will host more than 6,000 Citrix customers, partners and employees, as well as many leading IT companies, international media and industry analysts.
Click here to learn more or to pre-register to receive event updates.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Riverbed announced the introduction of their new StingrayTM product line today. With Stingray, Riverbed now delivers even better performance from the application to the end user, improving employee productivity, and cutting the cost of IT infrastructure in the datacenter, cloud, and branch office. The Stingray product family is based on technologies acquired from Zeus Technology
Click here to read the press release announcing Stingray.
Click here to watch a quick 3 minute video about Stingray.
Stingray Traffic Manager: Deliver Fast, Secure, and Available Applications for Less Stingray Traffic Manager provides complete control over user traffic, allowing administrators to accelerate, optimize, and secure key business transactions. Available in several configurations to support any size enterprise, Stingray Traffic Manager monthly pricing starts at less than $200 per month.
Stingray Application Firewall: Secure Applications and Confidently Meet Compliance Requirements Stingray Application Firewall is a sophisticated, application-aware, web application firewall for deep application security. Stingray Application Firewall also enables compliance, including the payment card industry data security standard (PCI-DSS), and is available as an add-on that can be managed by Stingray Traffic Manager, or as a standalone solution.
Stingray Aptimizer: Web Content Optimization for Improved Performance Worldwide Stingray Aptimizer is a web accelerator that dynamically groups activities for fewer long distance round trips. Stingray Aptimizer compresses images to maximize available bandwidth, increases caching for faster repeat visits, and prioritizes actions to provide the best possible response time for loading web pages on any browser.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
On Monday, September 12, RKON partnered with Juniper to sponsor a hole at the Boys & Girls Club of Logan Square Charity Golf outing. All proceeds from the event supported the Logan Square Boys & Girls Club whose mission is “to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.”
Monday, September 12, 2011
Congratulations to RKON CEO Jeff Mullarkey, Practice Director Cameron Christo, and Virtualization Consultant Jeff Linkus who all completed the Ironman Triathlon on Sunday, September 11, in Madison, WI. The race consisted of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, followed by a 26.2 mile run. Way to go! Click here to learn more about the race.
Friday, September 9, 2011
RKON’s eighth annual seminar on Thursday, September 1, at Arlington park attracted a record 179 people. Attendees enjoyed interactive IT presentations about security, migrating to the cloud, data center consolidation, and next-generation data center and security strategies, among other topics. Presentations were in the form of interviews with clients, technology demos, and executive panel discussion. The afternoon consisted of a lunch buffet, networking along with networking as we watched the horses thunder down the stretch.
A special thank you to our sponsors this year: Juniper, RES Software, Citrix, Check Point, Riverbed, F5, WhipTail Tech, SafeNet, Sourcefire, Websense, LogRhythm, and Tufin.
To view pictures from the event, click here.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
On Thursday, September 1, join RKON, our technology partners, and other industry leaders for the eighth annual technology seminar at Arlington Park Racetrack. The seminar will include innovative presentations, client case studies, and panel discussion followed by an afternoon watching the horses thunder down the stretch. You will hear from IT leaders across many industries, including a Fortune 50 retail company, global risk management company, large online education provider, leading telecommunications provider, among others. Topics include Application Delivery Frameworks, VDI Implementation, Next Generation Data Center, WAN Optimization for application improvement, and Bring Your Own Device Strategies, among others. Click here to learn more and register.
