On-Call Nutanix & Networking Engineer (Freelance)

ITProposal; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 165,000 - 248,000; Part time

Job summary

ITProposal is seeking an experienced Nutanix Engineer / Networking IT Support Engineer for an on-call freelance role in Abu Dhabi. You will diagnose and resolve hardware, virtualization, and network incidents, with Nutanix and CCNA as core requirements.

Strong English communication is essential. The role involves on-site and remote Break & Fix support, deploying Nutanix HCI, performing upgrades, and collaborating across distributed teams on infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of infrastructure, virtualization, networking, or IT support engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Nutanix ecosystem (AOS, AHV, Prism).
• Experience supporting VMware and/or Hyper-V environments.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, routing and switching.

Responsibilities

• Provide onsite and remote Break & Fix support for networking and infrastructure incidents.
• Deploy, configure, and manage Nutanix HCI environments (AOS, AHV, Prism).
• Perform system upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management activities.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, virtualization, and network issues.
• Diagnose and resolve network connectivity problems (TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, DHCP).
• Implement and support backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Respond to critical incidents within agreed response times.
• Collaborate with global teams on infrastructure and cloud projects.
• Maintain technical documentation and incident reports.

Skills

Nutanix/Networking troubleshooting

Nutanix AOS/AHV/Prism

VMware/Hyper-V

Networking fundamentals

Break & Fix support

PowerShell/Python scripting

Education

CCNA Certification

Nutanix Certification (NCP+)

Tools

Nutanix (AOS/AHV/Prism)

VMware/Hyper-V

Ansible/Terraform

Job description

ITProposal is seeking an experienced Nutanix Engineer / Networking IT Support Engineer for an on-call freelance role in Abu Dhabi. You will diagnose and resolve hardware, virtualization, and network incidents, with Nutanix and CCNA as core requirements.

Strong English communication is essential. The role involves on-site and remote Break & Fix support, deploying Nutanix HCI, performing upgrades, and collaborating across distributed teams on infrastructure projects.