Citrix Engineer

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Citrix Engineer implements Citrix products including server application and desktop virtualization, networking, software as a service, and cloud computing technologies. Provides technical support, troubleshoots problem and tests to ensure efficient operation of Citrix technology solutions

Job Outlook

There were 97 Citrix Engineer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 765 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Network Engineer / Architect industry, which includes the Citrix Engineer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Citrix Engineer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $109,149.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $100,082.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Citrix Engineer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $99,640.

Education and Experience

Posted Citrix Engineer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education Level	Percentage
Associate's Degree	0%
Bachelor's Degree	44.44%
Master's Degree	6.93%
Doctoral Degree	0.65%
Other	3.92%

Posted Citrix Engineer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of Experience	Percentage
0 to 2 years	4.68%
3 to 5 years	57.46%
6 to 8 years	21.16%
9+ years	16.7%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Citrix Engineer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (57.91%)
Management (44.71%)
Communication (34.12%)
Problem Solving (31.37%)
Customer Service (23.79%)
Operations (18.69%)
Self-Motivation (13.99%)
Interpersonal Communications (12.94%)
Planning (12.55%)
Prioritization (11.11%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

AppSense (4.87%)
Citrix Workspace (7.37%)
Active Directory (47.29%)
Automation (24.2%)
Microsoft Azure (36.72%)
Operating Systems (36.02%)
Group Policy (30.32%)
Virtual Desktops (30.88%)
Citrix Systems (15.3%)
Windows Servers (29.07%)
Windows PowerShell (36.3%)
Virtualization (35.19%)
Citrix XenApp (51.18%)
Netscaler (61.47%)
Scripting (32.82%)
Xendesktop (44.65%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Business Metrics (8.76%)
Business Process Automation (0.97%)
Application Deployment (5.01%)
Amazon Web Services (17.52%)
IT Infrastructure (5.56%)
Agile Methodology (5.7%)
Change Management (11.4%)
Business Continuity (8.62%)
Technical Support (11.13%)
Systems Engineering (22.53%)
Business Requirements (11.13%)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) (10.01%)
Desktop Virtualization (15.02%)
Python (Programming Language) (5.01%)
Engineering Management (3.48%)
Disaster Recovery (9.87%)
Information Systems (8.34%)
Configuration Management (3.48%)
Computer Science (22.25%)
IT Capacity Management (11.68%)
VMware ESX Servers (11.54%)
System Administration (9.46%)
Firewall (9.32%)
Hyper-V (8.48%)
Operations Support Systems (3.89%)
Storage Area Network (SAN) (9.74%)
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) (4.17%)
Public Cloud (7.51%)
Load Balancing (12.24%)
Hypervisor (7.65%)
Xen Servers (5.56%)
Local Area Networks (9.04%)
Project Management (9.04%)
User Profile (5.01%)
TCP/IP (14.05%)
Process Improvement (7.79%)
Network Switches (8.07%)
Root Cause Analysis (13.63%)
Public Key Infrastructure (3.62%)
SQL (Programming Language) (7.37%)
Remote Access Systems (5.15%)
Problem Management (3.48%)
Virtual Environment (9.04%)
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (7.23%)
Performance Metric (8.76%)
VMware Virtualization (8.07%)
Wide Area Networks (8.07%)
Virtual Machines (3.76%)
Microsoft Office 365 (2.23%)
VMware VSphere (6.4%)
Microsoft Intune (Mobile Device Management Software) (4.73%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

Global Server Load Balancing (4.73%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Citrix Engineer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Citrix Systems Engineer
Citrix Administrator
Professional Services Consultant
VDI Engineer
Citrix Consultant
Infrastructure Operations Manager
Infrastructure Engineer
Systems Engineer
Virtualization Engineer

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Citrix Engineer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Logicalis (42)
Ansys (34)
Next Step Systems (24)
Insight Global (19)
Randstad (13)
Diverse Lynx (11)
Cigna (10)
Motion Recruitment (10)
Modis (9)
TEKsystems (8)

North Carolina

Next Step Systems (24)
Randstad (6)
Novo Nordisk (4)
IT Trailblazers (3)
HCL Technologies (2)
Diverse Lynx (2)
Ansys (2)
ReqRoute (2)
Shaarpro (1)
Crescens (1)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

Computer Networking Master's Degrees

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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