Cloud Engineer - VMware/Nutanix/Azure

The Brixton Group; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Brixton Group is seeking an experienced IT engineer for a 6+ month, on-site engagement in Cincinnati, OH or St. Petersburg, FL. You will join a technical support team, lead design efforts, and work closely with clients to deliver reliable infrastructure.

Role focuses on VMware, Nutanix, and Azure with vSphere/NSX, Prism, and governance. Requires 10+ years in IT and relevant certifications to coordinate with vendors and project managers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of non-internship IT experience.
• 3–5 years VMware experience.
• 3–5 years Nutanix experience.
• 3–5 years Azure experience.
• Hands-on experience with vSphere environments (ESXi, vCenter).
• Experience with upgrading VMware environments and managing virtual networks using NSX.
• Nutanix Acropolis (AHV) expertise and managing hyper-converged infra.
• Proficiency with Nutanix Prism for monitoring and management.
• Azure VM deployment, storage, and networking experience.
• Azure governance (ARM, policies, RBAC) experience.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a technical support team delivering quality service to clients.
• Analyse client needs and alternative architectures and trends.
• Interview clients' technical teams to gather information for architectural requirements.
• Lead small to medium-scale design projects interfacing with project managers.
• Establish and validate solution testing criteria for projects.
• Design services per client standards and vendor best practices.
• Stay current on vendor best practices for Windows, VMware, Nutanix interlinkages.
• Provide expertise on system performance tuning, capacity planning, maintenance patches and upgrades.
• Develop and maintain standard templates for repeatable build-outs.
• Collaborate with vendors to meet service level obligations.
• Plan and implement small to medium-scale changes on production systems.
• Assess impact and risk of production changes.
• Install, configure, patch, and maintain servers, databases, networks, and storage.
• Design and assist in DR tests and recovery plans.
• Demonstrate commitment to Service Excellence.
• Perform major upgrades of systems and products.
• Act as technical lead for one or more small to medium-scale clients.

Education

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP)

Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP)

Nutanix Certified Advanced Professional (NCAP)

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Associate

Tools

VMware

Nutanix

Azure

vSphere/ESXi

NSX

Nutanix Prism

Nutanix AHV

Azure ARM

Azure governance

Job description

Overview

Duration: 6+ months

Location: On-site 3 days/week in Cincinnati, OH or St Petersburg, FL

Relocation Accepted: Yes

Citizenship/Work Authorization: U.S. Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor or transfer visas at this time.

Vendors/Third Parties: No Vendors/3rd parties.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a technical support team delivering a quality service to single/multiple clients using a variety of hardware and software products.
• Analyse and understand clients' needs and expectations, as well as alternative architectures and trends.
• Interview clients' technical teams to gather relevant information to facilitate architectural requirements definitions.
• Lead small to medium-scale design projects, interfacing with project managers.
• Establish, explain, and validate the solution testing criteria for projects.
• Design services in accordance with Client standards and vendor best practices.
• Remain current on vendor best practices related to the interlinking of technologies (Windows, VMware, Nutanix).
• Provide expertise on system performance tuning, capacity planning, maintenance patching, and new version installation.
• Develop and maintain standard templates for repeatable build-outs.
• Work with vendors and drive them to help meet service level obligations.
• Plan and implement small to medium-scale changes on production systems.
• Analyze and assess the impact and risk of small to medium risk changes on production systems.
• Install, configure, patch, and maintain appropriate technologies (e.g., servers/databases/network/storage).
• Design and assist in small to medium-scale disaster recovery tests.
• Create and review technical system recovery plans.
• Demonstrate commitment to Service Excellence.
• Perform major upgrades of systems and associated products.
• Act as technical lead for one or more small to medium-scale clients.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of non-internship experience in IT.
• 3-5 years of experience in VMware.
• 3-5 years of experience in Nutanix.
• 3-5 years of experience in Azure.
• Hands-on experience with vSphere environments, including managing ESXi hosts and vCenter.
• Experience with upgrading VMware environments and managing virtual networks using NSX.
• Practical experience with Nutanix Acropolis (AHV) and managing hyper-converged infrastructure.
• Proficiency with Nutanix tools like Prism for monitoring and management.
• Deployment and management of Azure VMs, storage accounts, and networking.
• Experience with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and Azure governance (e.g., policies and role-based access control).

Certifications (at least one required)

• VMware Certified Professional (VCP).
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP).
• Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP).
• Nutanix Certified Advanced Professional (NCAP).
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Associate.

Job identifiers: 25-00876

Additional details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Other
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting