System Architect with Nutanix

The Technical Lead (Architect) serves as a senior technical authority responsible for the strategic design modernization and lifecycle management of enterprise virtualization and compute infrastructure. This is a hands-on leadership role that drives the architecture and delivery of hybrid hyperconverged and cloud-integrated platforms. You will bridge the gap between business requirements and technical execution leading complex modernization initiatives while mentoring Global Server Administration teams and ensuring enterprise-grade scalability resiliency and performance across Nutanix VMware and Hyper-V environments.

• Strategic Architecture: Lead the development of target-state platform architectures defining standards for Nutanix virtualization disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA).

• Infrastructure Transformation: Architect and execute large-scale migrations specifically focusing on transitioning legacy virtualization (VMware) to modern Nutanix HCI ecosystems.

• Technical Leadership: Act as a senior escalation point and primary advisor for complex compute and virtualization challenges. Provide oversight for design reviews proof-of-concepts (POCs) and technical governance.

• Operations & Engineering: Define engineering standards and operational best practices. Drive the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation frameworks (e.g. Ansible Terraform PowerShell) to shift toward self-healing as-code infrastructure models.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with storage networking and application owners to ensure platform capabilities align with business objectives EMR/EHR dependencies (if applicable) and security compliance.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Prepare and deliver executive-level presentations articulating technology strategy risks trade-offs and modernization roadmaps to senior leadership and Architecture Review Boards.

• Core Expertise: Deep expertise in enterprise virtualization platforms specifically Nutanix (AOS AHV Prism) VMware vSphere/vCenter and Microsoft Hyper-V.

• Architecture Proficiency: Strong understanding of HCI architecture converged infrastructure storage (SAN) and hybrid cloud integration.

• Automation: Proven proficiency in automation scripting and orchestration tools (PowerShell Python Ansible or Terraform).

• Soft Skills: Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams mentor engineers and manage stakeholder relationships under pressure.

• Certifications: Active Nutanix certifications (NCP NCM NCA) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) or equivalent.

• Ecosystem Knowledge: Experience with Nutanix DR solutions (Leap replication) Prism Central and modern data center tools (Device42 ServiceNow).

• Hybrid/Cloud: Experience integrating on-premises infrastructure with public cloud (Azure/AWS) and managing hybrid identity/compute patterns.

• Compliance: Familiarity with operating in regulated environments (e.g. healthcare/financial services) and infrastructure security hardening.

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. Repetitive manual movements (e.g. data entry using a computer mouse using a calculator etc.) are frequently required.

Experience: 15 years in infrastructure architecture platform engineering or senior IT leadership roles within large enterprise environments.

• Bachelors Degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Educational requirements may vary by geography.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.