Cloud Engineer - VMware/Nutanix/Azure

The Brixton Group; Saint Petersburg (FL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services firm seeks a candidate for a technical support role in Florida. Applicants should have extensive experience in IT, especially with VMware and Nutanix, and be comfortable with client interactions and project management. This role emphasizes design, performance tuning, and capacity planning in technical environments. On-site work is required 3 days a week.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical support roles focusing on client needs.
• Ability to lead design projects and interact with project managers.
• Solid understanding of VMware, Nutanix, and Azure technologies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality services to clients using various hardware and software.
• Analyze client requirements for technical needs and architectural definitions.
• Lead design and solution testing for medium-scale projects.

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

Experience with upgrading VMware environments

Practical experience with Nutanix Acropolis

Proficiency with Nutanix tools like Prism

Deployment and management of Azure VMs

Experience with Azure Resource Manager

Job description

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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