Sr. Staff Consulting Architect

Nutanix, Inc.; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutanix, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Staff Consulting Architect – Virtualization, Network & Security to architect, design, and deliver enterprise virtualization, networking, and security platforms across hybrid and multi-cloud environments in Singapore.

You will lead workshops, perform technical assessments, and guide modernization initiatives with AHV, vSphere, and SDN technologies. You will mentor consultants, develop reusable assets, and drive successful outcomes for complex engagements while

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise virtualization, networking, cloud infrastructure, or data center engineering.
• Experience in customer-facing consulting, Professional Services, Customer Success, or technical advisory roles delivering enterprise infrastructure, cloud, or platform solutions.
• Virtualization & Compute: Deep hands‑on experience designing, deploying, and administering Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphere, or equivalent enterprise virtualization platforms.
• Networking & Security: Strong expertise in SDN, VMware NSX, Nutanix Flow, VLANs, routing, switching, micro‑segmentation, Zero Trust networking, and enterprise network security architectures.
• Hybrid Cloud & Automation: Experience integrating hybrid cloud platforms and automating infrastructure deployments using REST APIs, PowerShell, Python, Terraform, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Strong understanding of disaster recovery, replication, backup strategies, business continuity planning, and hybrid cloud resiliency.
• Consulting & Leadership: Proven experience leading customer workshops, facilitating architecture discussions, managing technical stakeholders, and building trusted advisor relationships throughout complex consulting engagements.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer discovery workshops and technical assessments to understand infrastructure modernization goals, virtualization requirements, and operational challenges.
• Design enterprise virtualization, networking, and security architectures using Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphere, and Software-Defined Networking technologies.
• Define compute, storage, networking, high availability, security, and disaster recovery architectures supporting enterprise hybrid cloud environments.
• Lead enterprise virtualization implementations, platform migrations, and modernization initiatives from legacy environments to Nutanix AHV while maintaining consulting scope and delivery quality.
• Deploy virtualization platforms, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), and hybrid cloud connectivity solutions supporting enterprise workloads.
• Design and integrate Software-Defined Networking, micro‑segmentation, hybrid networking, and security solutions using Nutanix Flow, VMware NSX, or equivalent technologies.
• Develop automation leveraging REST APIs, PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or similar technologies to improve deployment consistency, operational efficiency, and platform scalability.
• Design disaster recovery, replication, backup, and business continuity solutions across multi‑site and hybrid cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, and security issues while optimizing platform availability, performance scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency.
• Technical Leadership & Practice Development: Lead customer architecture workshops and technical design sessions while providing guidance throughout project delivery.
• Mentor consultants and share technical knowledge across the Professional Services organization.
• Develop reusable Practice Development assets, including Service Enablement Kits (SEKs), automation scripts, network reference architectures, implementation playbooks, and operational runbooks to improve delivery consistency and quality.

Skills

Enterprise virtualization

Networking

Cloud infrastructure

Data center engineering

Technical advisory

Leadership

Mentoring

Customer-facing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Nutanix AHV

VMware vSphere

VMware NSX

Nutanix Flow

REST APIs

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.

The Opportunity

Nutanix is seeking a Sr. Staff Consulting Architect – Virtualization, Network & Security to architect, design, and deliver enterprise virtualization, networking, and security platforms across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

In this role, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor, helping enterprise customers modernize their infrastructure platforms through architecture, hands‑on delivery, automation, and operational transformation. You will combine deep expertise in virtualization, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), micro‑segmentation, disaster recovery, and hybrid cloud technologies to build secure, resilient, and scalable enterprise infrastructure platforms.

About the Team

What makes the Professional Services team at Nutanix unique is our commitment to delivering exceptional services and solutions. We take pride in understanding our customers' challenges and helping them achieve successful business outcomes through innovative technologies and expert guidance.

Our team is made up of highly skilled consultants, architects, and technical professionals who collaborate to solve complex infrastructure and cloud challenges. You will report to the Director, Professional Services, who will support your professional growth and success within the organization.

Your Role

Virtualization Assessments & Solution Architecture

• Lead customer discovery workshops and technical assessments to understand infrastructure modernization goals, virtualization requirements, and operational challenges.
• Design enterprise virtualization, networking, and security architectures using Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphere, and Software-Defined Networking technologies.
• Define compute, storage, networking, high availability, security, and disaster recovery architectures supporting enterprise hybrid cloud environments.

Platform Implementation & Modernization

• Lead enterprise virtualization implementations, platform migrations, and modernization initiatives from legacy environments to Nutanix AHV while maintaining consulting scope and delivery quality.
• Deploy virtualization platforms, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), and hybrid cloud connectivity solutions supporting enterprise workloads.

Platform Integration & Automation

• Design and integrate Software-Defined Networking, micro‑segmentation, hybrid networking, and security solutions using Nutanix Flow, VMware NSX, or equivalent technologies.
• Develop automation leveraging REST APIs, PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or similar technologies to improve deployment consistency, operational efficiency, and platform scalability.

Platform Operations, Security & Disaster Recovery

• Design disaster recovery, replication, backup, and business continuity solutions across multi‑site and hybrid cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, and security issues while optimizing platform availability, performance scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency.
• Technical Leadership & Practice Development
• Lead customer architecture workshops and technical design sessions while providing guidance throughout project delivery.
• Mentor consultants and share technical knowledge across the Professional Services organization.
• Develop reusable Practice Development assets, including Service Enablement Kits (SEKs), automation scripts, network reference architectures, implementation playbooks, and operational runbooks to improve delivery consistency and quality.

What You Will Bring

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise virtualization, networking, cloud infrastructure, or data center engineering.
• Experience in customer-facing consulting, Professional Services, Customer Success, or technical advisory roles delivering enterprise infrastructure, cloud, or platform solutions.
• Virtualization & Compute: Deep hands‑on experience designing, deploying, and administering Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphere, or equivalent enterprise virtualization platforms.
• Networking & Security: Strong expertise in Software-Defined Networking (SDN), VMware NSX, Nutanix Flow, VLANs, routing, switching, micro‑segmentation, Zero Trust networking, and enterprise network security architectures.
• Hybrid Cloud & Automation: Experience integrating hybrid cloud platforms and automating infrastructure deployments using REST APIs, PowerShell, Python, Terraform, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Strong understanding of disaster recovery, replication, backup strategies, business continuity planning, and hybrid cloud resiliency.
• Consulting & Leadership: Proven experience leading customer workshops, facilitating architecture discussions, managing technical stakeholders, and building trusted advisor relationships throughout complex consulting engagements. Demonstrated ability to mentor consultants, navigate technical challenges, and drive successful customer outcomes.
• Communication & Documentation: Excellent verbal and written English communication skills with proven experience authoring High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), implementation plans, migration strategies, and operational runbooks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with public cloud networking and virtualization platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation frameworks, Kubernetes networking, and cloud-native networking technologies.
• Industry certifications such as Nutanix NCP-MCI/NCX, VMware VCP, VMware VCAP, Cisco CCNP, VMware NSX, or equivalent.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in‑person collaboration. In locations where our workplace policy applies (i.e. San Jose, Durham, Mexico City, Bangalore, Pune, Hoofddorp, Belgrade, Barcelona, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo), employees are expected to work onsite a minimum of 3 days per week to foster collaboration, team alignment, and access to in‑office resources. Workplace type may vary based on location and team requirements. Please speak with your recruiter for details. Additional team‑specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.