Technical Engineer

Are you a Technical Engineer who is looking to join one of the top companies in the Banking industry?

Are you looking to further your career and grow?

Do you have experience in systems design, management or architecture?

If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!

Acara Solutions seeks highly qualified candidates to work onsite with our client in Buffalo, NY. Interested?

Here's what you'd do:

• The engineer will play a critical role in evaluating the current VDI environment, architecting the future state DaaS platform, and leading the migration, operationalization, and ongoing optimization of the solution.
• This position will also provide technical leadership and mentorship within the VDI team and partner closely with internal infrastructure, security, networking, identity, and application teams.
• A deep understanding of Microsoft Azure architecture, security, identity, and hybrid connectivity, combined with strong expertise in Citrix technologies, is required.
• The ideal candidate brings strong technical depth, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to clearly communicate and influence across teams.
• Work closely with Technology management, senior Engineers, and support teams on a regular basis to implement and manage the design, development, and execution of technical solutions that meet or exceed current and future needs of the organization.
• Responsibilities may include infrastructure architecture and design, research and development of new or expanded systems, creation of technology standards and policies, thorough analysis of user requirements and operational constraints, unit test and system integration, and user acceptance testing.
• Regularly and independently interact with business partners of varying associate and management levels to ensure clarity of the problem/opportunity and elicit business requirements.
• Coordinate vendor interactions or vendor resources as needed.
• Mentor and coach less experienced engineers, technicians, and integrators.
• Review documentation, proposals, and changes proposed by less experienced staff.
• Seek to expand knowledge and understanding of Financial Services trends, practices, and technologies on a continuous basis.
• Follow and promote use of industry best practices, standards and procedures.
• Maintain a strong aptitude and working knowledge of Bank applications, systems, development environments.
• Maintain a detailed understanding of vendor technologies and services used by the Bank.
• Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite.
• Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the client Bank brand.
• Maintain client internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.
• Evaluate the existing onprem or legacy VDI platforms and develop a clear migration and modernization strategy.
• Develop and maintain engineering standards, design documentation, and operational runbooks.
• Collaborate with security, networking, identity, and cloud teams to ensure proper integration with Azure, Entra ID, and on prem systems.
• Coordinate vendor engagements with Citrix and related partners as needed
• Mentor and coach junior engineersreview and provide guidance on designs, changes, and implementations.
• Independently engage with business and technical stakeholders to gather requirements, assess constraints, and recommend solutions.
• Promote and follow industry best practices for cloud, VDI, and endpoint virtualization technologies.
• Identify risks, performance issues, or control gaps and escalate appropriately.
• Ensure compliance with client Bank risk management, regulatory standards, and internal controls
• Support audit activities and ensure timely remediation of findings.
• Architecting and delivering the future-state Citrix DaaS platform within client Bank's Azure tenant
• Driving innovation to support a modern, secure, cloud-first workforce
• Designing and implementing Citrix Cloud services, including Citrix DaaS ,Uber Agent, Citrix Device Trust and App Protection.
• Application containerization, streaming, and optimization for virtual environments
• Developing automation to streamline provisioning, access, entitlements, and lifecycle management
• Designing and delivering platform health, performance, and experience metrics,
• leveraging APIs, Graph, and Power BI
• Serving as a subject matter expert for Citrix and VDI-related technologies across the organization
• Serve as the senior technical specialist for Citrix and VDI technologies, providing architecture guidance, engineering leadership, and hands-on implementation.
• Lead the design, deployment, migration, maintenance, and monitoring of the Citrix DaaS environment in Azure.
• Evaluate the existing onprem or legacy VDI platforms and develop a clear migration and modernization strategy.
• Partner closely with Technology management, senior engineers, and support teams to deliver solutions that meet current and future business needs.
• Design infrastructure architectures that account for security, scalability, resiliency, performance, and regulatory requirements.

Here's what you'll get:

Pay: $ 70.00/hour

Hours: 40 hours/week

Length: Contract (12 month)

Sound like a good fit

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About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier provider of recruiting and workforce solutions-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in a variety of industries around the world, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that Drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

Required skills:

• High School Diploma or GED with 8 years of experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in systems design, management or architecture.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Demonstrated experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale virtual desktop or application delivery platforms.

Preferred skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience in a technical engineering position involving infrastructure design technologies, data management and interchange, system design or development for complex applications.
• Good understanding of the system development and infrastructure lifecycle and architecture, vendor best practices, IT Service Management, and systems design.
• Ability to translate complex business and functional requirements into structured high-quality implementations using any variety of industry standard approaches.
• Advanced technical skills.
• Advanced analytical skills.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.
• Verifiable knowledge and advanced expertise in industry or vendor technologies.
• Able to meet with clients of varying levels to gather, document, and analyze system specifications and requirements, work closely with integrators, developers, and testers in the fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others in team environment.
• Ability to use effective facilitation skills and techniques to elicit and review requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders and group size.
• Understanding of how the people, processes and technology within an organization interact in relationships and patterns to create a feasible solution on projects of medium to high complexity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective influencing skills.
• Process-oriented.
• Logical thinker.
• Strong knowledge of server/client and virtual technologies.
• Ability to complete complex tasks with minimal supervision.
• Adaptable.
• Able to learn quickly in a rapid pace environment.
• Lead Citrix DaaS and VDI architecture, engineering, and implementation in Azure.
• Design, migrate, and operate enterprise VDI platforms with security and resiliency
• Define VDI modernization strategy, standards, and best practices across teams
• Advanced experience with Citrix technologies, including DaaS and Citrix Cloud services
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including:
• Virtual networking and hybrid connectivity
• Identity and access integration
• Security and monitoring
• Proven ability to translate complex business and technical requirements into well-structured, high-quality solutions
• Demonstrated advanced troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Experience working with vendors and integrating third-party solutions
• Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively within cross-functional teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and guide technical decisions
• Process-oriented, logical thinker with strong attention to detail
• Deep knowledge of server, client, virtualization, and cloud-based technologies
• Ability to complete complex tasks with minimal supervision.

Additional Information

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.