Nutanix Engineer

IT Associates; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

IT Associates is seeking a Nutanix Engineer to lead design, deployment, and configuration of Nutanix clusters across two data centers for a strategic migration and DR program. The role emphasizes delivering complex migration projects within a managed services or enterprise environment.

The candidate should have deep Nutanix expertise, strong data center infrastructure experience, and experience coordinating migrations with multiple stakeholders, including client teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on Nutanix experience in enterprise or managed service environments.
• Deep expertise in AOS, AHV, Prism Element, and Prism Central.
• Strong documentation skills — LLD, runbooks, as-built, and DR test reports.
• Experience operating within ITIL-based change management frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Architect, configure, and deploy multiple Nutanix clusters across 2 data centers, following Nutanix and industry best practices.
• Perform Foundation imaging (AOS + AHV) and cluster creation with Prism Element configuration.
• Configure AOS, AHV, and Prism Central across both sites.
• Define and implement cluster networking including VLANs, bonding, uplinks, and virtual switches.
• Establish storage policies, containers, data tiering, compression, deduplication, and erasure coding configurations.
• Validate cluster health, performance baselines, and redundancy across all nodes.
• Assess existing client environments and develop migration runbooks.
• Utilize native Nutanix replication to migrate VMs with minimal downtime.
• Coordinate migration windows with client stakeholders and teams.
• Plan and execute pre-cutover test failovers for VMs in isolated network.
• Validate post-migration workload performance and connectivity.
• Document pre- and post-migration states including VM inventories and mappings.
• Resolve complex issues across compute/storage, networking, and virtualization layers.

Skills

Nutanix Core

AOS

AHV

Prism Element

Prism Central

Nutanix workload migration

DR planning

Data center networking

Project management

ITIL change management

Tools

Prism Central Flow

Commvault

Job description

• 6 months contract ( option for hire exists )
• 2 openings
• 100% REMOTE; prefer Chicago suburbs based
• Client is a billion dollar MSP

Nutanix Engineer will lead the design, deployment, and configuration of multiple Nutanix clusters across two geographically separated data centers. This role is critical to a strategic initiative involving the migration and replication of existing client workloads onto Nutanix infrastructure, with a fully operational Disaster Recovery (DR) replication strategy.

The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on Nutanix expertise, strong data center infrastructure experience, and a proven track record delivering complex migration and DR projects in managed services or enterprise environments.

Required Skills & Experience

Nutanix Core (Essential)

• 8+ years of hands-on Nutanix experience in enterprise or managed service environments
• Deep expertise in AOS, AHV, Prism Element, and Prism Central
• Strong working knowledge of Nutanix workload migration
• Experience configuring Protection Domains, and Recovery Plans for DR
• Familiarity with Nutanix replication modes: Async, NearSync,

Networking

• Solid understanding of data center networking: VLANs, trunking, routing
• Experience with network configuration within Prism Central Flow is a plus

Project & Communication Skills

• Ability to manage complex technical migrations with multiple stakeholders
• Strong documentation skills — LLD, runbooks, as-built, and DR test reports
• Comfortable presenting technical solutions to both technical teams and client stakeholders
• Experience operating within ITIL-based change management frameworks

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within a managed services provider (MSP) environment
• Familiarity with Nutanix Files, or Volumes for additional workload types
• Prior experience with data center service delivery environments

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architect, configure, and deploy multiple Nutanix clusters across 2 data centers, following Nutanix and industry best practices
• Perform Foundation imaging (AOS + AHV) and cluster creation with Prism Element configuration
• Configure AOS (Acropolis Operating System), AHV (Acropolis Hypervisor), and Prism Central across both sites
• Define and implement cluster networking including VLANs, bonding, uplinks, and virtual switches
• Establish storage policies, containers, data tiering, compression, deduplication, and erasure coding configurations
• Validate cluster health, performance baselines, and redundancy across all nodes
• Assess existing client environments (2 Nutanix clusters at client site) and develop detailed migration runbooks
• Utilize native Nutanix replication to migrate virtual machines from source environments to target Nutanix clusters with minimal downtime
• Coordinate migration windows with client stakeholders and client project teams
• Plan and execute pre-cutover test failovers for a sample of VMs in an isolated network environment
• Validate post-migration workload performance, connectivity, and application integrity
• Utilize native Nutanix replication to migrate virtual machines from source environments to target Nutanix clusters with minimal downtime
• Document pre- and post-migration states, including VM inventories, network mappings, and dependency matrices
• Resolve complex issues across compute/storage, networking, and virtualization layers

Disaster Recovery & Replication

• Design and implement a robust DR replication strategy between the 2 data center Nutanix clusters
• Set up Protection Domains and Recovery Plans with defined RPO/RTO targets aligned to client SLAs
• Implement Async, NearSync, or Sync replication based on workload criticality and bandwidth availability
• Conduct DR runbook testing, failover drill, and document results with lessons learned
• Establish monitoring and alerting for replication health and lag thresholds

Operations & Administration

• Configure and manage Prism Central for centralized multi-cluster visibility, governance, and operations
• Implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), user management, and audit logging across both clusters
• Define and enforce VM placement policies, affinity/anti-affinity rules, and resource reservations
• Integrate Nutanix infrastructure with existing client monitoring tools
• Assist with configuring Commvault backup for the workload running on the Nutanix platform
• Maintain firmware, AOS, and AHV patch levels in alignment with Nutanix LTS release recommendations
• Work closely with client network, security teams to ensure end-to-end solution integrity
• Liaise with client and internal current incumbent technical teams to gather requirements, communicate progress, and manage expectations
• Produce and maintain comprehensive technical documentation including LLD, runbooks, and as-built documentation; step-by-step configuration instructions must be suitable for execution by a third-party managed services provider
• Provide knowledge transfer and training to internal operations staff post-deployment
• Participate in change management processes, CAB meetings, and risk assessments