Infrastructure Engineer

Sr. Nutanix & Infrastructure Engineer

Summary
Our client is seeking a Sr. Nutanix & Infrastructure Engineer to serve as the primary engineer for their Nutanix AHV/HCI platform supporting Windows Server workloads and core on-prem Windows infrastructure services.  This role will drive their migration from VMware to Nutanix with an August deadline while providing technical leadership and day-to-day guidance to a distributed support model, including offshore engineers, delivering operational support for Nutanix and Windows infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary engineer for their Nutanix AHV/HCI platform, including cluster operations, capacity/performance management, and troubleshooting.
• Lead and guide offshore infrastructure engineers providing operational support, setting technical standards, and overseeing escalations.
• Plan and execute Nutanix lifecycle activities (upgrades, patching, firmware coordination) and drive platform reliability.
• Provide senior-level engineering support for Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, and PKI certificates.
• Operate and support Nutanix Database (NDB) Service clusters and Nutanix Files Services for Windows Server workloads.

Requirements

• 5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience with 3+ years supporting enterprise virtualization platforms (Nutanix strongly preferred).
• Hands-on Nutanix administration, including clusters, storage/compute, lifecycle/upgrade processes, and performance management.
• Experience supporting Nutanix Files and Nutanix Database (NDB) Service clusters in production.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory (domain services, DCs, Group Policy, DNS integration, trusts).
• Experience managing internal and public certificates (PKI concepts, TLS, certificate chains, renewals).
• Working knowledge of DNS management practices across internal and external platforms (Cloudflare).

Preferred

• Nutanix certifications (NCA, NCP, NCM) or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Experience with the following:
  • Backup, replication, and disaster recovery practices for virtualized workloads;
  • Using Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Microsoft Azure;
  • Rubrik backup administration
  • Microsoft 365 administration (Entra ID, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint/OneDrive);
  • Coordinating vulnerability remediation and operational hardening on Windows servers.

This is a 12-Month Contract opportunity with extensions with our Overland Park, KS client.  Employee benefits include Medical/Dental Benefits, Paid time off, Paid Holidays, and a 401(k) plan (with an immediately vested company match) available with TriCom during the contract period.  H-1 B visa sponsorship is not available for this position.  No third parties, please.