NUTANIX STORAGE & VMWARE ENGINEER-Remote

We are urgently seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Senior Virtualization Engineer to backfill a critical role on our infrastructure team. This position is focused on supporting and maintaining our on-premises virtualization environment, primarily built on VMware ESXi and Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure. The current SME has given notice, and we are looking to fast-track the hiring process.

HANDS ON

• Key Responsibilities :

HANDS ON this person is responsible for very MISSION critical work. One miss could take multiple stores out.

Main focus : Understanding Nutanix storage technology, replication all on prem!

If no experience in Nutanix storage replication & storage technology for data replication, they are NOT a fit

NUTANIX :

Nutanix is a U.S.-based cloud computing company that provides software solutions for managing data centers and hybrid multi-cloud environments. Here's a breakdown of what Nutanix offers and why it's significant :

What Nutanix Does

Key Benefits

OFFICIAL JD : Overall Job Summary

This position is responsible for the development and delivery of Virtualization Infrastructure services and automation to support enterprise operations for mission-critical environments.

Role includes responsibility in the design, development, and support of virtualization platforms and services to enable greater agility with fulfillment to accomplish company growth initiatives. Additional key responsibilities include mentor other team members in a DevOps operating model.

Technologies in scope include Nutanix, VMware and Azure virtualization platforms and technologies, data protection solutions, infrastructure automation tools, Ansible, Terraform, CI / CD pipelines and shared-service applications. Knowledge of cloud technology platforms, PaaS, IaaS, containers, Kubernetes, scripting languages such as Bash, PowerShell, Python and other Infrastructure automation languages.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Min 5%)

Required Qualifications

Experience : 6+ years related work experience with Nutanix / VMware or other virtualization platforms, 3+ years related work experience in DevOps utilizing SDLC agile methodology

Education : Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field preferred. Any suitable combination of education and experience will be considered.

Professional Certifications : Preferred Nutanix, VMware, Microsoft Azure Certifications

High Demand IT Specialized skills : DevOps in Public and Private Cloud Environments

Platform knowledge :

Nutanix and VMware Virtualization Platforms and Services

Scripting Languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell, PowerCLI, JSON, KSH, YAML)

Orchestration tools (GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible)

Infrastructure Configuration / Automation development (Ansible, Salt Stack, Puppet)

Cloud services (Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Bluemix)

Container and Platform services (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, CI / CD Pipeline)

Repository tools (GitHub, BitBucket)

Microsoft and Linux based Operating Systems

Preferred knowledge, skills or abilities

Ability to use a variety of open-source technologies and cloud services.

Development and execution of DevOps engineering practices.

Strong knowledge of storage, server and networking technologies and environments.

Ability to comprehend business requirements to ensure technical directions are supportive.

Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.

Analytical and Problem-solving skills.

Knowledge of business process re-engineering from lean principles to agile processes.

Knowledge of open telemetry observability frameworks, pipelines and publish / subscribe models.

Strong understanding of ITIL core principles for incident, request, change, and problem management.