Virtualization Architect

Role Purpose-

Virtualization Architecture & Design

• Design and maintain enterprise virtualization architecture standards with a primary focus on Nutanix platforms.
• Define blueprints for compute, storage, and software defined networking components.
• Ensure designs support scalability, performance, security, and operational efficiency.
• Participate in architecture reviews and ensure alignment with enterprise standards.

Nutanix Platform Leadership

• Lead the design, deployment, and operation of Nutanix AHV, AOS, and Prism environments.
• Provide hands on expertise in Nutanix cluster design, lifecycle management, and upgrades.
• Ensure optimal configuration and utilization of Nutanix infrastructure components.

Hybrid & Multi Cloud Integration

• Design and support hybrid and multi cloud virtualization environments.
• Integrate on premises virtualization platforms with public cloud services where required.
• Support cloud adjacent and cloud integrated workloads without requiring deep hyperscaler specialization.

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

• Design and operate highly available virtualization platforms, including active active datacenter architectures.
• Implement and maintain disaster recovery solutions using synchronous and asynchronous replication.
• Plan, execute, and document DR testing and business continuity scenarios.

Software Defined Networking & Security

• Design and operate software defined networking solutions within virtualized environments.
• Ensure secure segmentation, traffic management, and network resiliency.
• Apply zero trust and defense in depth principles within virtualization platforms.

Centralized & Unified Management

• Implement and maintain centralized management, monitoring, and automation platforms.
• Ensure unified visibility across compute, storage, network, and DR layers.
• Define operational dashboards, alerts, and performance KPIs.

Operations, Monitoring & Optimization

• Ensure stability, availability, and performance of virtualization platforms.
• Perform capacity planning, performance optimization, and lifecycle management.
• Lead root cause analysis and continuous service improvement initiatives.

Project Delivery & Technical Leadership

• Lead virtualization initiatives end to end including new builds, upgrades, migrations, and consolidations.
• Provide technical leadership to engineers during implementation and operations.
• Contribute to automation, standard operating procedures, and documentation.

Stakeholder & Cross Team Collaboration

• Work closely with network, storage, security, database, and application teams.
• Communicate technical designs and operational considerations clearly to business and technical stakeholders.
• Support vendors and partners during solution delivery and support engagements.

Qualification-

• 8 - 10 years of experience in enterprise virtualization and infrastructure environments.
• Strong hands on experience with Nutanix platforms in production environments.
• Proven experience designing and operating active active data center architectures.
• Solid experience in hyperconverged, hybrid and multi cloud virtualization environments.
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery, business continuity, and high availability concepts.
• Hands on experience with software defined networking and centralized infrastructure management.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Nutanix certifications (NCP, NCM, or equivalent) are highly desirable.
• Network defined / software defined networking certification is strongly preferred.
• Cloud foundation certifications are desirable but deep Azure or GCP specialization.
• Expert knowledge of Nutanix AHV, AOS, Prism Central, and lifecycle management.
• Strong understanding of virtualization networking, micro segmentation, and security controls.
• Experience with active active data centers, metro clusters, and DR orchestration.
• Strong skills in centralized monitoring, automation, and capacity management.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex, multi layer infrastructure issues.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.