IT infrastructure Technical Lead
hace 2 días
Brea
Role: Technical Lead Location- Brea, CA preferred; Dallas optional, will be rqd to travel to Brea 50%. Europe (Switzerland) travel rqd for 1-2 months Contract Job description Travel to Europe during the first 1–2 months of the project will be required. Objective We are seeking a highly experienced Technical Lead responsible for driving architecture, delivery, integration, and operational excellence across Microsoft 365, VMware, Citrix, End User Computing (EUC), Windows Server, monitoring platforms, and NOC operations. This role requires strong hands-on engineering expertise, deep troubleshooting capabilities across infrastructure and application layers, and the ability to manage enterprise-level application integrations from the application layer down to infrastructure. The ideal candidate combines technical leadership with SRE practices, automation expertise, enterprise integration knowledge, and end-to-end ownership of complex technical ecosystems. Key Responsibilities Microsoft Ecosystem (AD, MECM, Intune, M365) • Manage Windows Server (2016/2019/2022) environments including patching, performance tuning, and fault resolution., • Oversee Active Directory, GPO, DNS, DHCP, PKI, and domain hardening., • Automate server operations using PowerShell and configuration tools., • Architect, deploy, and optimize Windows 10/11 environments, endpoint security, device management, and hardware lifecycle processes., • Administer Microsoft 365 workloads including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Intune, and Azure AD., • Implement identity protection, conditional access, and compliance policies., • Improve collaboration, endpoint management, and overall cloud security posture., • Manage OS Deployment (OSD), application packaging, patch compliance, baselines, and device reporting., • Automate packaging workflows and improve compliance scoring and reporting. Citrix Administration • Administer Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) including provisioning, image management, policies, profiles, and StoreFront., • Manage Citrix ADC (NetScaler) for load balancing, gateway access, and authentication integrations., • Conduct performance analysis, resource optimization, and troubleshooting across application layers, hypervisors, and network components., • Support application publishing, profile tuning (FSLogix/UPM), and Citrix infrastructure upgrades., • Ensure high availability, disaster recovery readiness, and secure remote access environments. VMware Administration • Manage VMware vSphere/ESXi including cluster operations, provisioning, patching, performance tuning, HA/DRS, snapshots, and automation., • Support virtualization capacity planning, disaster recovery strategies, and security posture improvements. Monitoring Tool Administration • Administer enterprise monitoring platforms such as SolarWinds., • Build custom dashboards, SLIs, alerts, synthetic tests, and telemetry pipelines., • Integrate monitoring with NOC workflows and SRE observability practices., • Expand monitoring coverage to reduce blind spots and improve operational intelligence. Identity Lifecycle Management – ARS (One Identity), Azure SSO & Workday • Automate and maintain identity lifecycle workflows using Active Roles Server (ARS)., • Support Workday $B"*(B AD/M365 provisioning, job change automation, and deprovisioning pipelines., • Maintain RBAC standards and compliant access workflows. Enterprise-Level Application Integration (Application $B"*(B Infrastructure) • Lead integration and troubleshooting for enterprise applications across OS, middleware, networking, identity, virtualization, and database layers., • Support integration patterns using APIs, SAML/OAuth/SCIM, certificates, load balancers, and monitoring agents., • Validate infrastructure requirements such as:, • OS compatibility, • CPU/Memory specifications, • Firewall rules and ports, • Load balancing, • Certificates, • Disaster recovery requirements, • Own the technical integration lifecycle during onboarding, migrations, and modernization initiatives., • Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to ensure stable and scalable integrations. NOC Operations • Lead 24$B!_(B7 NOC teams responsible for monitoring, incident triage, escalation, and availability management., • Develop runbooks, escalation matrices, SOPs, and service health reports., • Drive improvements in incident response, alerting frameworks, and SLA adherence. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practices • Define and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets across services., • Reduce operational toil through automation and self-service tooling., • Implement observability practices covering logs, metrics, traces, and events., • Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement corrective action plans., • Drive resilience engineering across infrastructure and applications., • Integrate SRE frameworks with EUC, Citrix, VMware, M365, and enterprise application workloads. Technical Leadership • Mentor engineering teams across EUC, Cloud, Citrix, Servers, Monitoring, and Virtualization domains., • Lead platform transformation initiatives, upgrades, cloud integrations, and automation programs., • Develop architecture diagrams, documentation, SOPs, and standards., • Act as a technical advisor to leadership and cross-functional teams. Required Skills & Experience • Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops / Citrix Cloud, • Citrix ADC / NetScaler, • MECM / SCCM, • VMware vSphere / ESXi, • Monitoring platforms (SolarWinds, SCOM, Datadog, etc.), • Windows Server & Active Directory, • Microsoft 365 (Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, Intune), • ARS & Workday identity integrations, • NOC operations leadership, • PowerShell scripting and automation, • Enterprise application integrations and infrastructure-to-application troubleshooting Regards Raahul Bansiwal linkedin.com/in/rahul-b-14b5a4168 (2014792186) | Office: (201) 479 2186 EXT: 444 270 Davidson Ave, Suite 704, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA Knowledge is Power.