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Nutanix Engineer – Infrastructure & Virtualization

Job Description

The Company is seeking an experienced and hands-on Nutanix Engineer to support the full lifecycle of enterprise Nutanix infrastructure, covering both Day 0 (Design & Deployment) and Day 1 (Operations & Support) activities.

The successful candidate will have strong practical experience with Nutanix AOS, AHV, VMware ESXi, virtualization, infrastructure migration, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, and performance optimization.

Key Responsibilities

Day 0 – Design & Deployment

  • Design, deploy, configure, and implement Nutanix infrastructure based on enterprise requirements.
  • Perform Nutanix cluster deployment, configuration, expansion, and integration.
  • Configure and administer Nutanix AOS and AHV environments.
  • Plan and execute infrastructure migrations, including VMware ESXi to Nutanix AHV.
  • Design and implement Disaster Recovery (DR), High Availability (HA), backup, and business continuity solutions.
  • Participate in infrastructure architecture, capacity planning, and deployment activities.
  • Work with project, infrastructure, network, storage, and security teams during implementation.

Day 1 – Operations & Support

  • Manage and administer Nutanix clusters within production environments.
  • Monitor infrastructure health, capacity, availability, and performance.
  • Perform Nutanix cluster expansion, upgrades, lifecycle management, and optimization.
  • Troubleshoot Nutanix AOS, AHV, virtualization, storage, and infrastructure-related issues.
  • Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for infrastructure incidents and implement corrective actions.
  • Perform performance analysis and tuning to ensure infrastructure stability and efficiency.
  • Support VM migration and virtualization administration activities.
  • Monitor and maintain DR, HA, and backup environments.
  • Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and infrastructure records.
  • Collaborate with vendors and internal technical teams to resolve complex infrastructure issues.
  • Follow enterprise change, incident, and problem management processes.

Requirements

  • Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Virtualization, Systems Engineering, or Data Centre environments.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Nutanix AOS and AHV.
  • Proven experience in Nutanix deployment, cluster expansion, administration, lifecycle management, and optimization.
  • Strong experience with VMware ESXi and enterprise virtualization environments.
  • Hands-on experience with VM migration from VMware ESXi to Nutanix AHV.
  • Experience implementing and supporting Disaster Recovery, High Availability, backup, and business continuity solutions.
  • Strong troubleshooting, RCA, and performance-tuning capabilities.
  • Experience supporting enterprise production infrastructure environments.
  • Good communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Certification Requirements

Candidates should possess relevant Nutanix professional certification, such as:

  • Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP), and/or
  • Nutanix Certified Expert (NCX), or equivalent relevant Nutanix certification.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate should be capable of taking ownership of the complete Nutanix infrastructure lifecycle — from designing and building the environment during Day 0 through operating, troubleshooting, maintaining, and optimizing the production environment during Day 1.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to send their updated resume to: [email protected]

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