Sr Systems Engineer

Essential Functions:

• Analyzes, architects, designs, configures, installs, and manages enterprise server, storage, and hyperconverged infrastructure.
• Administers the Nutanix environment end to end, including AHV clusters, Prism Central and Prism Element, node and cluster expansion, AOS and LCM upgrades, Nutanix Files and Objects, and capacity planning.
• Maintains up to date knowledge of server, storage, and hypervisor vendor technologies and associated software.
• Engages in technical administration of physical and virtual servers running Windows Server and Linux, along with clusters, load balancers, and out of band management.
• Designs and maintains automation for provisioning, patching, configuration, and remediation using Ansible Automation Platform (Ansible Tower), PowerShell, and Python. Treats manual, repeatable work as a defect to be automated.
• Writes, reviews, and maintains infrastructure as code and playbooks in source control, with peer review and version history.
• Configures, monitors, and troubleshoots enterprise systems equipment and the supporting monitoring and alerting stack.
• Resolves complex issues spanning compute, storage, network, OS, and application layers.
• Assists other teams with installing and configuring Windows and Linux servers and provides automated build standards so those teams can self-serve.
• Works with vendors such as Nutanix, Microsoft, and enterprise storage and backup providers.
• Designs, tests, and documents backup, replication, and disaster recovery, including restore testing and recovery time validation.
• Mentors other Systems Engineers and raises the team's automation and scripting skill level.
• Provides on call support required to bring production systems to operational states.
• Oversees diagnosis and troubleshooting activities and resolves technical problems that occur.
• Performs system administration functions necessary to support continuous day to day operations.
• Performs expansion, relocation, and consolidation of systems infrastructure for all corporate locations.
• Develops and maintains systems documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
• Supports patching, hardening, and audit and compliance requirements through documented change control.
• Provides root cause analysis for outages and delivers SOPs.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum eight (8) years of experience with Windows Server and Linux Server operating systems, enterprise virtualization, storage, and backups.
• Minimum three (3) years of hands-on experience with Nutanix AHV and Prism, or equivalent hyperconverged platform experience with a clear path to Nutanix.
• Demonstrated experience automating infrastructure at scale with Ansible or Ansible Automation Platform, including inventory design, roles, and job templates.
• Advanced PowerShell scripting, including modules, remoting, error handling, and automation against Active Directory, Windows Server, and REST APIs. Candidates should expect to discuss real scripts they have written.
• Working Python experience for automation, API integration, and tooling.
• Experience with AWS core services and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Experience with Git and source-controlled infrastructure code.
• Experience with enterprise backup and DR platforms such as Veeam, Rubrik, or Commvault.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tooling.
• Experience or strong knowledge with Docker and container orchestration preferred. Kubernetes experience is a plus.
• Strong Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, PKI, and Group Policy experience.
• Experience in a regulated or compliance sensitive environment preferred.

Certifications (preferred):

• Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP-MCI) or Nutanix Certified Master
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or SysOps Administrator
• Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-800/AZ-801)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) a plus

Pay Range: $105,000.00 - $150,000.00/yr