Role Description
Zensar Technologies is looking for a Cloud Support Engineer to join our Citrix managed services team. The L1 engineer is the first line of defence for Citrix DaaS (Cloud) and CVAD environments, performing eyes-on-glass monitoring, runbook-driven incident response, and proactive health checks around the clock.
Qualifications
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5+ years in Cloud Operations (SRE); good to have 2+ years hands-on with Citrix environments
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Strong Azure fundamentals - VDA hosting on Azure, Azure Monitor alerts, basic VM/networking operations
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Good scripting in PowerShell or Bash for log parsing, alert triage, and simple automation
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Strong runbook discipline - ability to execute SOPs accurately without deviation
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Good understanding of latency and quality metrics
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Good understanding of ITSM tools Knowledge and PagerDuty alerting
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App configuration and common auth-failure troubleshooting
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Good verbal and written English communication for shift handover and stakeholder updates
Requirements
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Good to have: Citrix DaaS (Cloud) or CVAD (on-prem/hybrid) administration - VDA lifecycle, session management
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Good to have: Citrix Director and Monitor dashboards - proactive fault identification and triage
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Good to have: Understanding of HDX/ICA protocol
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Exposure to any ITSM-adjacent tooling: PagerDuty, Ansible playbooks, or CI/CD pipelines
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Experience in a NOC or managed services delivery environment
Key Responsibilities
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Perform 24x7 eyes-on-glass monitoring of Citrix Director, Monitor, and Azure-based alerts
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Monitor Cloud Connector availability; restart Connector services and validate tunnel health
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Triage HDX/ICA latency, packet loss, and frame-rate alerts; escalate with diagnostic data
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Execute runbook-based resolutions for session launch failures, logon storms, and black screens
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Classify and manage incidents per P1-P4 SLA targets using Wolken ITSM and PagerDuty
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Perform StoreFront authentication failure triage and store enumeration checks
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Escalate unresolved or P0/MIM-level incidents to L2/L3 (CSG/Citrix) with a complete handover note
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Monitor MCS provisioning status and machine power states in Citrix Cloud
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Verify Delivery Group availability and report capacity anomalies to the on-call L2 team
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Execute SOPs for VDA reboots, certificate renewals, and patch verification tasks
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Produce daily health reports and contribute to weekly SLA dashboards
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Ensure complete shift handover documentation with open incidents, actions taken, and pending items