Nutanix Admin

Wipro; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro is seeking a Nutanix Administrator in Mumbai to manage end-to-end Nutanix-based HCI infrastructure across client data centers. You will handle server induction, monitoring, capacity management, troubleshooting, upgrades, and ensure high availability, while coordinating with a 24/7 operations team and vendors.

The role requires 1–4 years of experience and hands-on work with Nutanix HCI, AHV virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
• Strong technical expertise in Nutanix HCI, AHV virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Nutanix HCI infrastructure including AOS, AHV, Prism Element, and Prism Central.
• Manage Nutanix Prism Central for advanced operations, monitoring, RBAC, and policy management.
• Manage VM lifecycle: provisioning, cloning, templates, snapshots, protection domains, scheduling, and replication.
• Perform LCM-based upgrades of AOS, AHV, BIOS, Firmware, HBA, and other hardware components.

Skills

Nutanix HCI

AHV virtualization

Prism Central

VM provisioning

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Nutanix Move

ServiceNow

Job description

Job Title: Nutanix Administrator

Hours of Operation: 24 7 rotational support (weekdays, nights, weekends, and holidays)

Experience: 1-4 Years

Job Summary:

The Nutanix Administrator is responsible for the end-to-end management of Nutanix-based HCI infrastructure across clients primary data centres. This includes server induction, monitoring, capacity/resource management, troubleshooting, incident handling, upgrades, and ensuring high system availability. The role also requires managing and mentoring a 247 operations team, coordinating with vendors, and delivering infrastructure projects end-to-end.

Key Responsibilities:

Nutanix HCI & AHV Administration

• Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Nutanix HCI infrastructure including AOS, AHV, Prism Element, and Prism Central.
• Resolve issues related to hardware, software, configuration, performance, and operational failures across Nutanix environments.
• Manage Nutanix Prism Central for advanced operations, monitoring, RBAC, and policy management.
• Manage VM lifecycle: provisioning, cloning, templates, snapshots, protection domains, scheduling, and replication.
• Perform VM migrations including cross-cluster live migrations.
• Troubleshoot cluster health issues, networking, storage, redundancy factor, metadata, and performance anomalies.
• Manage AHV networking including vSwitches, Bridges, VLANs, and Uplink configurations.
• Implement and maintain Nutanix Data Protection, Replication Factor, and disaster recovery configurations.
• Perform LCM-based upgrades of AOS, AHV, BIOS, Firmware, HBA, and other hardware components.

Hardware & Infrastructure Management

• Hands-on experience with HPE, Dell, Cisco, and Lenovo hardware platforms.
• Perform firmware, BIOS upgrades using Nutanix LCM and OEM tools.
• Troubleshoot hardware alerts, disk failures, node reboots, memory errors, and cluster expansion tasks.

Tools, Automation, & Process Management

• Experience with Nutanix Move for migrations/replications.
• Create and run automation playbooks (where applicable).
• Work with ServiceNow for Incident, Change, and Problem management.
• Prepare root cause analysis (RCA) for major incidents.
• Maintain documentation of SOPs, upgrade procedures, and architecture diagrams.
• Operations & Team Management
• Participate in daily operational calls, major incident bridges, and weekly management meetings.
• Manage 247 operations team including task assignments, escalation handling, and skill development.
• Work with OEM vendors for support cases, hardware faults, and escalation coordination.
• Plan and execute cluster expansion, resource augmentation, and capacity forecasting.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong technical expertise in Nutanix HCI, AHV virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure