Nutanix Engineer

ARES is seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented Nutanix Engineer to join our team in the Falls
Church/Alexandria, VA area. This is a hybrid role supporting the US government.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Act as a support liaison between the customer and Nutanix on any technical issues and contract and
licensing questions
Coordinate and communicate with your assigned Nutanix account team on a regular basis in regard to
your customer’s needs
Provide enterprise server and storage engineering and support in strict coordination with the customer
Conduct operations and maintenance of hypervisors, virtual machines, centralized management
platforms and hyperconverged infrastructure
Provide well-thought-out recommendations on complex or ambiguous IT architecture issues
Ensure that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency
Research latest software releases and bug fixes in relationship to the customers install base and
provide recommendations in line with Nutanix best practices
Act as a resource for direction, training, and guidance for junior staff

Basic Qualifications:
A minimum of three (3) years of strong skills/experience with: Nutanix AOS/Prism, VMware ESXi, AHV,
VM migrations and Linux expertise
Strong experience with server and storage virtualization and hyperconverged infrastructure
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills required
 

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with other Nutanix products such as ERA, LCM, Objects, Files, Volumes, Calm, Flow,
Cloud, Karbon
Experience with other Cloud Service Providers such as AWS, Azure or Google
Strong critical thinking, complex problem solving, appropriate judgment, and decision-making skills
Possess superior technical aptitude and effective written and verbal communications skills
Security Clearance Requirements:
US Citizenship
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance