Hello it's me Nik!
Freelancer Citrix Specialist / Consultant / Architect
Profile
Full name
Nik Heyligers
BORN
8 mei 1976 – Amsterdam
info@nikit.nl
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Education
CITRIX CERTIFIED ENTERPRISE ENGINEER
CCEE for Virtualisation - Graduation May 2014
For seasoned professionals, this certification demonstrates the ability to implement multiple Citrix products into a comprehensive virtualization solution, as well as smoothly plan and integrate Citrix implementations.
Engineers who hold a CCEE have the proven knowledge and experience to build optimal Citrix environments that include datacenters, private clouds, and desktops. Aligned with key industry trends, the CCEE addresses security and workforce mobility issues through technologies that deliver applications and desktops on demand, and seamlessly integrate with any user device.
The CCEE include requirements that align to Citrix XenDesktop 5.5, Citrix XenApp 6.5, and Citrix XenServer 6.0 and is designed to test skills for working in a Windows Server 2008 R2/2012 R2 environment
CITRIX CERTIFIED ADVANCED ADMINISTRATOR
CCAA for Citrix CenApp 6 - Graduation January 2013
The CCAA for XenApp 6 for Windows Server 2008 R2 certification builds upon the CCA certification by focusing on advanced and additional tasks in a Windows Server 2008 R2 environment, such as monitoring, optimizing and troubleshooting.
CITRIX CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATOR
CCA for Citrix XenServer 6 - Graduation December 2012
The CCA for Citrix XenServer 6 certification is designed to validate the ability to effectively install, configure, administer, troubleshoot, and maintain XenServer 6.0 Enterprise edition and Provisioning Services 6.0 in an enterprise environment.
CITRIX CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATOR
CCA for Citrix XenApp 6 - Graduation May 2012
The CCA for Citrix XenApp 6 is designed to certify knowledge of Citrix XenApp 6 desktop solutions. This certification demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure, and administer Citrix XenApp 6 on-demand applications.
CITRIX CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATOR
CCA for Citrix XenDesktop 5 - Graduation May 2011
The CCA for Citrix XenDesktop 5 certifies the expertise required to install, administer, and troubleshoot an enterprise environment containing a XenDesktop implementation, including Provisioning Services, XenServer, XenApp and the Desktop Delivery Controller.
CITRIX CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATOR
CCA for Citrix XenServer 5 - Graduation November 2010
The CCA for Citrix XenServer 5 certification is designed to validate the ability to effectively install, configure, administer, troubleshoot, and maintain XenServer 5 Enterprise edition and Provisioning Services 5 in an enterprise environment.
CITRIX CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATOR
CCA for Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003 - Graduation April 2010
The CCA for Citrix XenApp 5 is designed to certify knowledge of Citrix XenApp 5 desktop solutions. This certification demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure, and administer Citrix XenApp 5 on a Windows Server 2003 platform.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Pink Elephant
Sr. Citrix Engineer - July 2018 - Current
Part of managed services team that is responsible for managing environments of about 30 customers. Private cloud based environment with Citrix and RES technologies used
eQuensWorldline
Sr. Citrix Engineer - September 2017 - June 2018
Primarily responsible for the build and implementation of a new Citrix environment for 2250 users – XenApp 7.17 – Windows 2012R2 and 200 developers – XenDesktop 7.17 Windows 7. Citrix MCS technology used
Blokker
Sr. Citrix Engineer - August 2017
Audit of current environment and write advice report on improvements and strategy for breaking up the Citrix environment for seperate businesses
Solipsis Managed Services
Sr. Citrix Engineer - October 2016 - Juli 2017
Primarily responsible for the build, implementation and upgrade of 4 small company’s to the new Cloud solution.
Equipped with a XenApp and XenDesktop 7.7 environment.
Amsterdam Medical Center
Sr. Citrix Engineer - April 2016 - August 2016
Primarily responsible for the upgrade of the PVS environment based on 38 servers
Equipped with a XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 environment. 9000 desktops and 10.000 users.
Vancis advanced ICT Services
Lead System Engineer Citrix - May 2015 - April 2016
Primarily responsible for the Citrix environment from six customers in the Educational Sector.
Equipped with a XenApp 6.5 environment. 2,500 users, distributed across different environments.
IBM / TaTaSteel
Citrix Specialist/Consultant - November 2014 - April 2015
Migration of 20,000 workstations and users to completely new environment based on thin clients and XenApp 7.6 environment. 48 physically provisioned servers spread across two datacenters..
CapGemini / Kadaster
Citrix Specialist/Consultant - August 2014 - October 2014
Migration of outsourcing environment of the complete office environment from Kadaster to CapGemini environment.
Rabobank
XenApp/XenDesktop Specialist/Consultant - June 2010 - August 2014
Rabobank environment includes a Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 / XenApp / XenDesktop environment. The network covers two locations, and is connected via LAN / WAN links connected to each other. The workstations are equipped with Windows 7. The Citrix environment consists of approximately 350 Windows 2003 servers serving XenApp environment. The XenDesktop environment consists of 12 clusters with 150 hosts serving a total of 10,000 virtual desktops.
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Citrix Sr. Specialist / Consultant / Architext - February 1998 - May 2010
View my resume for more of my work experience, downloadable via link at the top of this website
SKILLS
Citrix Skills
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Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 90%
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Citrix NetScaler 60%
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Citrix Provisioning 90%
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Citrix StoreFront 90%
Generic Windows Skills
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Windows Server 2008/2012/2016 80%
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Windows 7/8/10 80%
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AD/DHCP/DNS 75%
Virtualisation Skills
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Vmware vSphere 75%
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Microsoft HyperV 60%
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Citrix XenServer 85%
User Enviroment
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RES Workspace Manager 70%
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Immidio Vmware 50%
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Citrix Profile Management 60%
Technical concepts and programming languages
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Powershell 90%
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WMI 70%
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HTML/CSS/PHP 80%
Professional Skills
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Communication 90%
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Leadership 60%
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Confidence 75%
Interests
Sports
Snooker is a sport that I have been practicing since 1996.
Games
World of Warcraft is one of the games that I spend most of my time on. Together with my wife we run a Guild with about 35 people
Personal
Spending time together with my Wife and our son Liam Caine. Also we have a dog and cat.
