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Richard Hughes-Chen
Citrix Consultant (CCE-V) | CVAD, Citrix DaaS, NetScaler & Azure | FSLogix & VDI Performance Optimization | UK Remote / Contracts | RHC TECH
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Founding Contractor · 2026
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Primary specialism
Infrastructure & Networking
Location / working location
Towcester
Current availability
Available within 2 weeks
Confirmed 25 Aug 2026
Profile status
Active contractor profile
Professional profile
Independent EUC & Digital Workspace Architect with a proven track record of designing, modernising, and securing high-performing virtualisation solutions for global enterprise environments, across Citrix, VMware, and Azure platforms. Engaged by clients on a project and Statement-of-Work basis to translate complex business requirements into resilient, scalable, and secure architectures — spanning Zero Trust access, identity governance, and vulnerability remediation — while future-proofing infrastructure for AI-driven productivity workloads (including M365 Copilot and vGPU-accelerated apps). Operates through own limited company, bringing deep technical expertise in enterprise virtualisation, cloud infrastructure, and modern desktop performance engineering, combined with exceptional stakeholder management and Technical Design Authority experience.
Core skills
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop
Citrix DaaS
Citrix NetScaler
Citrix WEM
Citrix App Layering
FSLogix
ControlUp
AD
Group Policy
What I’m looking for next
Target roles: Citrix SME · Senior Citrix Engineer · Citrx Consultant · EUC Consultant · VDI Specialist
Contract preferences
Working preferenceRemote · Hybrid
Will workUnited Kingdom
IR35 preferenceOutside IR35
SenioritySenior
Contract lengthAny contract length
IT experience15 years
Contracting experience11 years
Available from7 Sep 2026
Relevant work experience
SOW: Platform Upgrade & Modernisation • Delivered the migration and deployment of core infrastructure to Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops 2402 LTSR, ensuring high availability and optimised workloads, including backend Windows Failover Cluster builds, VMware Server upgrades, and associated storage on Hyper Converged storage (HPE Nimble). SOW: Windows 11 VDI Migration • Designed, built, and optimised a non-persistent Windows 11 VDI environment, and delivered the complete user migration path from legacy Windows 10 desktops. SOW: Cloud Transformation (Citrix DaaS) • Architected and executed migration of the on-premises Citrix control plane to Citrix DaaS (Citrix Cloud), modernising cloud connector architecture and reducing infrastructure management overhead. SOW: Security & Authentication Re-design • Re-architected Citrix NetScaler (ADC) remote access infrastructure, integrating Azure MFA with Single Sign-On, StoreFront, and Federated Authentication Services. SOW: Vulnerability Remediation & Infrastructure Security Delivered security hardening usin SOW: Platform Upgrade & Modernisation • Delivered the migration and deployment of core infrastructure to Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops 2402 LTSR, ensuring high availability and optimised workloads, including backend Windows Failover Cluster builds, VMware Server upgrades, and associated storage on Hyper Converged storage (HPE Nimble). SOW: Windows 11 VDI Migration
Experience & credentials
Certifications, sector experience and security clearance are self-declared unless specifically marked as independently verified by IT Contractors UK.
Sector experience
Insurance · Banking · Travel
Certifications
CCE-V · CC-DaaS-CC · CC-VAD-MA
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