Job Title: Geospatial Analyst – MAP / Citrix Engineer
Location: Columbus, OH
Experience: 8–10 Years
BGV: Must be cleared before start
 

Top 3 Required Skills

1. VDI – VMware Horizon

2. Citrix / VDI – Citrix Cloud

3. PowerShell

Required Technical Skills

• Citrix

• Citrix Cloud / VDI

• VMware Horizon / VDI

• PowerShell

• Windows Virtual Desktop environments

• Group Policy

• User profile management

• VDI provisioning and administration

• VDI performance monitoring and tuning

• Incident, problem, and change management

Job Summary

The Geospatial Analyst – MAP / Citrix Engineer will design, optimize, administer, and support secure virtual desktop environments using PowerShell, VMware Horizon, and Citrix Cloud for a global enterprise customer base.

The role focuses on reliable delivery of map-oriented, data-intensive, and graphics-intensive applications, performance tuning, incident resolution, automation, security, and operational excellence. The position follows a day-shift, onsite work model in Columbus, OH.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable VDI environments supporting geospatial applications and tools.

• Administer VMware Horizon environments and optimize desktop sessions and resource utilization.

• Configure and manage Citrix Cloud deployments for enterprise application delivery.

• Develop and maintain PowerShell automation scripts for VDI provisioning, profile management, capacity checks, monitoring, and maintenance.

• Monitor VDI performance and proactively identify service degradation.

• Troubleshoot complex VMware Horizon and Citrix incidents and perform root-cause analysis.

• Implement access controls, patching, hardening, and security procedures for VDI environments.

• Create and maintain architecture documentation, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and automation documentation.

• Translate business requirements for mapping/spatial applications into VDI capacity and configuration plans.

• Perform regression validation and impact assessments for VDI upgrades and configuration changes.

• Provide day-shift operational support for incidents, service requests, and changes.

• Analyze recurring incidents and recommend improvements to reduce future disruptions.

• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to junior technical staff.

Candidate Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in VDI, Citrix, VMware Horizon, systems engineering, or related technologies.

• Strong hands-on experience designing and administering VMware Horizon VDI environments.

• Advanced experience with Citrix Cloud, including application delivery, profiles, and policy management.

• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation experience.

• Solid understanding of Windows-based virtual desktop operating systems and Group Policy.

• Experience with user profile solutions and VDI lifecycle management.

• Strong incident management, problem management, troubleshooting, and change-management experience.

• Experience supporting data-intensive or graphics-intensive applications.

• Knowledge of VDI performance tuning, resource sizing, image optimization, and connection latency mitigation.

• Strong communication and documentation skills.

• Understanding of VDI security, access control, patching, and compliance practices.

Preferred Certifications

• VMware Certified Professional

• Citrix Certified Associate

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty – beneficial

 

 

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's pay range is $45.00/hr – $50.00/hr.