Sr Exchange & Infrastructure/Storage Engineer

Socket.dev; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer to own Nutanix AHV/HCI operations on Windows Server infrastructure, overseeing capacity, upgrades, firmware coordination, and performance tuning.

You will lead offshore engineers, administer Nutanix Files and Database Service clusters, manage DNS and PKI workflows, and collaborate with application and vendor teams to onboard workloads and document runbooks. Strong communication and change-control discipline are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience, including 3+ years supporting enterprise virtualization platforms; Nutanix preferred.
• Hands-on Nutanix administration across clusters, storage/compute concepts, lifecycle processes, performance, capacity, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Nutanix Files, Nutanix Database Service, Windows Server, file services, NTFS/share permissions, and least-privilege access.
• Strong knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS integration, trusts, replication, authentication, and enterprise troubleshooting.
• Experience managing certificates, TLS, certificate chains, renewals, and incident response for expirations.
• Strong communication, documentation, troubleshooting, and change-control discipline.

Responsibilities

• Own Nutanix AHV/HCI operations, including capacity, performance, upgrades, patching, firmware coordination, and compute/storage troubleshooting.
• Lead offshore engineers by setting standards, reviewing changes, guiding escalations, and mentoring for consistent service delivery.
• Administer Nutanix Files and Database Service clusters, including provisioning, health monitoring, lifecycle activities, and issue resolution.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, database, and vendor teams to onboard workloads, right-size resources, resolve issues, and document runbooks.
• Support Active Directory, domain controllers, Sites & Services, Group Policy, trusts, replication, authentication, and Windows Server infrastructure.
• Manage Microsoft DNS and Cloudflare DNS, and support PKI/certificate issuance, renewals, validation, troubleshooting, and remediation.

Skills

Nutanix administration

Windows Server

Active Directory

DNS & PKI

Group Policy

Capacity planning

Performance tuning

Documentation

Tools

Nutanix Files

Nutanix Database Service

Rubrik

Job description

Provides engineering ownership for the enterprise Nutanix platform supporting Windows Server workloads and core on-prem Windows infrastructure services, including Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, certificates/PKI, and file services. Provides technical leadership to offshore engineers to ensure consistent standards, effective escalation, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Own Nutanix AHV/HCI operations, including capacity, performance, upgrades, patching, firmware coordination, and compute/storage troubleshooting.
• Lead offshore engineers by setting standards, reviewing changes, guiding escalations, and mentoring for consistent service delivery.
• Administer Nutanix Files and Database Service clusters, including provisioning, health monitoring, lifecycle activities, and issue resolution.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, database, and vendor teams to onboard workloads, right-size resources, resolve issues, and document runbooks.
• Support Active Directory, domain controllers, Sites & Services, Group Policy, trusts, replication, authentication, and Windows Server infrastructure.
• Manage Microsoft DNS and Cloudflare DNS, and support PKI/certificate issuance, renewals, validation, troubleshooting, and remediation.

• 5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience, including 3+ years supporting enterprise virtualization platforms; Nutanix preferred.
• Hands-on Nutanix administration experience across clusters, storage/compute concepts, lifecycle processes, performance, capacity, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Nutanix Files, Nutanix Database Service, Windows Server, file services, NTFS/share permissions, and least-privilege access.
• Strong knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS integration, trusts, replication, authentication, and enterprise troubleshooting.
• Experience managing certificates, TLS, certificate chains, renewals, and incident response for expirations.
• Strong communication, documentation, troubleshooting, and change-control discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Nutanix certifications such as NCA, NCP, or NCM, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with backup, replication, disaster recovery, Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure, and Rubrik administration.
• Microsoft 365 administration experience, including Entra ID, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, or OneDrive.
• Experience coordinating vulnerability remediation and Windows Server hardening.