Srikanta M
Senior Citrix Specialist
Bangalore
Summary
Results-driven Senior Citrix Virtualization Specialist with 20 years of comprehensive IT experience, including 16 years focused on advanced Citrix technologies. Proven expertise in optimizing virtualization solutions to enhance operational efficiency and drive business success. Seeking a challenging role within a dynamic engineering environment that values innovation and collaboration, where technical skills and resourceful experience can significantly contribute to organizational growth. Committed to leveraging extensive knowledge to deliver high-quality results and foster continuous improvement.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Citrix VDI Project Technical Lead
DXC India
10.2022 - Current
- Working as a Senior Citrix Technical Lead SME for Citrix VDI implementation Project.
- Implementation planning and Migration activities for 3000 + Citrix VDIs.
- High Level proposed Design Diagram creation and end to end solution.
- Leading the VDI program for different customers.
- Successful operation and Leading of running project.
- Improved systems with addition of new features and infrastructure.
- Optimized resource allocation across multiple concurrent projects by closely tracking team capacity levels against project deadlines and milestones.
Citrix Technical Consultant and Lead
Wipro Technology Limited
09.2019 - 10.2022
- Worked as a Citrix Technical Lead and consultant.
- Supporting of large scale persistent and non-persistent DAAS VDI and application virtualization for almost 50000+ VDI and 120 Application.
- Planning of Citrix VDI Migration and XenApp Application Migration.
- Preparation of High Level Design Documents, Standard Operational Procedure and other project delivery documentation.
- Managing a team of 20 recourses and providing them required support and consultancy.
Senior Citrix Administrator, SME
Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2016 - 09.2019
- Installation Configuration and managing of XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6, 7.9, 7.15 VDI and Application virtualization infrastructure.
- Providing Day to day support for production users.
- Troubleshooting for Citrix VDI, Xenapp, Netscaler and user profile related issues.
- Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop HDX and Active Directory Policy Management.
- Citrix App-v, AppSense and AppLayering servers management
Senior Citrix Administrator
Tata Consultancy Services
11.2008 - 06.2016
- Preparation of HLD and LLD (Design documents) for Citrix XenApp 6.5 and XenDesktop Migration
- Preparation Technical Docs, SOP and DR planning for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop Migration
- Migration and consolidation for XenApp 4.5, 5.0 Farms to XenApp 6.5
- Installation and configuration of new XenApp 6.5 Farm
- Installation and Configuration of Citrix XenDesktop 7.5 and 7.6 New Environment
- Installation and Configuration of Citrix Provisioning Services 7.6
- Installation and Configuration of Citrix XenServer 6.5 Hypervisor Environment
- VDI Image updates activities for XenDesktop in both MCS and PVS environment
- Publishing the XenApp Hosted applications as per user requirement
- Monitoring and troubleshooting all the Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop Farms and Sites
- Incident, Work Order and Change management as a Queue manager role.
Junior System Support Engineer
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
11.2001 - 11.2007
- Installation, troubleshooting and support for Windows Desktop machines
- Installation and configuration for Windows 2003 Servers
- Installation and configuration for Active Directory Domain
- Installation and configuration for DNS and DHCP servers
- Installation and managing File and Print Server
- Hardware management and troubleshooting for HP, IBM, ACER desktop systems
- Installation, configuration and managing the Symantec Antivirus server and client
- Installation of WSUS server and Patch Management
- Internet Proxy Server and Firewall (ISA 2000/2004) server management
- Configuration of Cisco Router and network Switches
- Vendor management for all kind of Hardware purchasing
- Installing and managing Local Area Network systems.
Education
Intermediate (HS) -
Rajpur High School
IndiaClass 10 (SSC) - undefined
West Bengal, IndiaDiploma - Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
Ramakrishna Mission Shilpa Pith
Skills
Citrix XenApp
Citrix XenDesktop
Citrix PVS
Citrix NetScaler
Citrix User Profile Management
ESX-VMware
Citrix Servers Script Base Health Monitoring
Citrix Director
Storefront server
Windows Server 2003- 2019
DNS, DHCP and Active Directory
AD Group Policy Management
ServiceNow Incident Management
Citrix License Management
Citrix WEM and Systrack Monitoring
Certification
Citrix Certified Administrator – CCA
Timeline
Citrix VDI Project Technical Lead
DXC India
10.2022 - Current
Citrix Technical Consultant and Lead
Wipro Technology Limited
09.2019 - 10.2022
Senior Citrix Administrator, SME
Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2016 - 09.2019
Senior Citrix Administrator
Tata Consultancy Services
11.2008 - 06.2016
Junior System Support Engineer
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
11.2001 - 11.2007
Class 10 (SSC) - undefined
Intermediate (HS) -
Rajpur High School
Diploma - Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
Ramakrishna Mission Shilpa Pith
Training Attended
- Citrix Presentation server 5.0 Administration
- Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration (NIIT)
- Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 First Track
- Citrix NetScaler MPX Configuration
- Citrix NetScaler 10.5 essentials
- Microsoft Azure Fundamental Training
Personal interests
- Listening Music
- Seeking Knowledge on Indian History and Vedic Civilization
- Driving
- Traveling
Personal Information
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that all the information furnished in this resume is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Srikanta M