Data Centre Services Specialist

Dimension Data / NTT ltd; Abu Dhabi; In loco; AED 240.000 - 420.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

NTT DATA in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Data Centre Services Specialist to design, deploy and support enterprise data centre infrastructure, with hands-on expertise in virtualization, storage, backup and disaster recovery. You will lead data centre transformations, migrations and upgrades, configure Nutanix HCI and VMware vSphere, and guide complex incidents while mentoring junior engineers.

Preferred candidates have 7–12 years in enterprise infra, experience with Dell, NetApp, SAN, Veritas

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• Preferred: Nutanix, VMware, Dell Technologies, NetApp, enterprise backup or SAN certifications (Azure/AWS advantageous).
• 7–12 years of enterprise infrastructure, virtualization, storage and backup experience.

Mansioni

• Design, deploy and support virtualization, HCI, compute, storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Lead data centre transformation, infrastructure migrations and upgrades with minimal disruption.
• Configure and troubleshoot Nutanix, VMware, Dell Technologies, NetApp and backup platforms.
• Assess infrastructure health, performance and capacity and recommend improvements.
• Investigate complex incidents across compute, storage, SAN, virtualization and backup environments; coordinate vendor escalations.
• Develop high‑level and low‑level designs, migration and rollback plans and runbooks.
• Validate backups, test recovery procedures and support business continuity/DR exercises.
• Lead technical discussions and knowledge-transfer sessions; mentor junior engineers.

Conoscenze

Nutanix HCI

VMware vSphere

Cluster management

High availability

Disaster recovery

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in IT / CS / Engineering or related field

Relevant certifications in Nutanix, VMware, Dell Technologies, NetApp, SAN, Azure/AWS

Strumenti

Dell Technologies

NetApp ONTAP

Cisco MDS

Brocade

Veritas NetBackup

Dell PowerProtect

Veeam

Rubrik

Commvault

Descrizione del lavoro

Your day at NTT DATA The Data Centre Services Specialist designs, implements and supports enterprise data centre infrastructure for clients. The role combines hands‑on expertise in virtualisation, storage, backup and disaster recovery with customer engagement, complex troubleshooting and technical leadership.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, deploy and support virtualisation, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), compute, storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Lead data centre transformation, infrastructure migrations and upgrades, minimising disruption to customer operations.
• Configure and troubleshoot Nutanix, VMware, Dell Technologies, NetApp and enterprise backup platforms.
• Assess infrastructure health, performance and capacity, and recommend improvements.
• Investigate complex incidents across compute, storage, SAN, virtualisation and backup environments, coordinating vendor escalations where needed.
• Develop high-level and low-level designs, migration and rollback plans, as-built documentation and operational runbooks.
• Validate backups, test recovery procedures and support business continuity and disaster recovery exercises.
• Lead technical discussions and knowledge-transfer sessions, mentor junior engineers and act as an escalation point for assigned technologies.

To thrive in this role, you need to have:

• Strong hands‑on knowledge of Nutanix HCI and VMware vSphere, including cluster management, high availability, vSAN and disaster recovery.
• Experience with Dell server and storage platforms, NetApp ONTAP, and SAN technologies such as Cisco MDS or Brocade.
• Experience designing and supporting backup and recovery solutions using platforms such as Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect, Veeam, Rubrik or Commvault.
• A sound understanding of infrastructure sizing, performance optimisation, replication, data protection and hybrid cloud integration.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, customer engagement and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to guide junior engineers.

Academic qualifications and certifications:

• Bachelor s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• Preferred: Relevant certifications in Nutanix, VMware, Dell Technologies, NetApp, enterprise backup or SAN technologies. Azure or AWS certifications are advantageous.

Required experience:

• 7 12 years of experience in enterprise infrastructure, virtualisation, storage and backup environments.
• At least five years of hands‑on experience with VMware vSphere, Dell Technologies infrastructure, enterprise storage and backup solutions.
• Three to five years of experience with Nutanix HCI.
• Proven delivery of data centre transformation, virtualisation, storage or backup migration projects in mission‑critical environments.
• Experience troubleshooting compute, storage, SAN, backup, replication and disaster recovery issues.
• Customer‑facing project delivery experience, including technical workshops, solution documentation and implementation planning. Systems integrator or professional services experience is preferred.

Desired Candidate Profile