Senior VMware & Nutanix Infrastructure Engineer

Ericsson GmbH; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Ericsson seeks an experienced VMware & Nutanix SME to support and manage enterprise infrastructure across VMware, Nutanix, Microsoft Azure, and Windows Server platforms. The role covers day-to-day operations, administration, troubleshooting, lifecycle management, and automation to ensure high availability of critical services.

You will administer VMware, Nutanix, Azure, and Windows Server environments, drive automation, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate with security, cloud, and

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of IT infrastructure operations experience.
• Minimum 6 years of hands-on VMware administration experience and minimum 3 years each in Nutanix and Microsoft Azure administration.
• Experience in VMware: ESXi and vCenter administration, HA/DRS, VM provisioning, patching, performance, capacity, and security management.
• Experience in Nutanix: Prism Central and Prism Element, AHV administration, Lifecycle Manager (LCM), capacity monitoring, and data protection.
• Experience in Microsoft Azure: Virtual machines, virtual networks, storage, monitoring, backup, identity and access management, security, and governance.
• Experience in Windows Server: DNS, DHCP, file services, patching, security management, performance monitoring, and PowerShell scripting.
• Infrastructure automation using PowerShell, Ansible, or Terraform is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and support VMware environments, including ESXi hosts, vCenter, clusters, storage, and virtual machines.
• Manage and maintain Nutanix infrastructure, including Prism Central, AHV, cluster health, capacity management, and lifecycle activities.
• Administer Microsoft Azure cloud services, including virtual machines, networking, storage, monitoring, backup, and security controls.
• Perform Windows Server administration, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Manage infrastructure lifecycle activities such as patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Monitor infrastructure health and proactively address performance, availability, and capacity issues.
• Support incident, problem, change, and service request management in accordance with ITIL best practices.

Skills

VMware ESXi

vCenter

Nutanix AHV

Azure

Windows Server

PowerShell

Automation

ITIL

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

BSc in Telecommunications, Computer Science, or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

SCOM

Hypervisor management tools

Job description

Ericsson seeks an experienced VMware & Nutanix SME to support and manage enterprise infrastructure across VMware, Nutanix, Microsoft Azure, and Windows Server platforms. The role covers day-to-day operations, administration, troubleshooting, lifecycle management, and automation to ensure high availability of critical services.

You will administer VMware, Nutanix, Azure, and Windows Server environments, drive automation, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate with security, cloud, and