Principal Consultant

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**What we're looking for**:
**Job Summary**

The Principle Consultant is primarily engaged on either customer facing or internal professional services engagements. Principle Consultants often lead the technical aspects and the development of project deliverables of internal projects (system integration, whitepapers, scalability and performance tests) to a large extent and can lead standard customer engagements of low to medium complexity.

**Responsibilities**:
The Principle Consultant is responsible for
- continuing to develop the necessary skills required to be effective in the role and to achieve proficiency in one or more relevant technologies.
- The Principle Consultant must be able to solve problems and seek help from more experienced team members or other available sources (e.g. knowledge base articles and manuals) when necessary. The position requires a team player keen to supplement their skills with project experience, self-study manuals and point of need training.
- The Principle Consultant works on internal and customer-facing consulting engagements of low-to-medium complexity and is responsible for completing projects. Senior Consultants are expected to lead ‘standard’ projects of low complexity when required.
- Grows technical capacity beyond the core Citrix products and underlying technologies. Capable of breaking down complex problems into smaller easier to solve problems and to follow a structured process to resolve them.
- A significant individual contributor to the project and team player who helps coordinate activities to ensure task completion.
- Remains current on the latest tools, principles and practices within Citrix and in the industry.
- Proactively contributes information and ideas with others whilst also seeking and accepting advice from others.
- Promotes the services offered by Citrix Consulting both internally and externally.
- Prioritises and focuses on what is most important for their individual deliverables but never at the expense of the overall team deliverables and project success.

**Basic Qualifications**
- 3-5 years of experience as a consultant or 5+ years of experience as a (senior) systems administrator.
- Prepared to travel up to 70-80% of the time (including international travel).
- Demonstrated experience installing, configuring and/or supporting Windows core infrastructure and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (previously known as Citrix XenDesktop) is essential.
- Demonstrated experience configuring and/or supporting network infrastructure. Experience configuring and/or supporting Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) platforms is preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge of server-based computing concepts, software installation guidelines and networking fundamentals (e.g. switching, routing).
- Demonstrated initiative, ability and accountability to execute engagements requiring mínimal direction and supervision.
- Demonstrated ability to independently solve problems.
- Demonstrated professional communication skills and standards of document creation.
- Demonstrated positive customer service attitude.
- Demonstrated leadership skills (professional affiliations).

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Bachelor of Engineering and/or Bachelor of Information or equivalent industry equivalent experience.

**Functional Area**: Consulting
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**What you’re looking for**:
Everyone is welcome at Citrix. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and a culture of belonging, and celebrate bringing our courageous, authentic selves to work. We believe this way of working helps us innovate, and it’s just one of the reasons why our employees continuously recognize Citrix as a great place to work.

Citrix helps make work more sustainable to benefit the planet, our business, and our communities. For more than 30 years, we have empowered individuals and organizations to work remotely or work from anywhere, reducing commuting emissions and energy consumption in the process.

We are the #1 leader in Virtual Client Computing (VCC) and #2 in the Application Delivery Controller (ADC) space, and we have key partnerships with top cloud providers. We’ll give you the tools, learning opportunities, mentorship, and flexibility to achieve your goals. Come see why you belong at Citrix, with our culture supporting purposeful innovation and growth from within.

**The Benefits**:
We offer a competitive total rewards package* that includes:

- 18 weeks of paid parental leave
- Health and wellness benefits
- Employee assistance program
- Retirement benefits
- Time off and absence programs
- Professional development and ment