Job Description
Job Title: Nutanix Expert
Location: Minneapolis MN
Employment Type: Contract
About Smart IT Frame:
At Smart IT Frame, we connect top talent with leading organizations across the USA. With over a decade of staffing excellence, we specialize in IT, healthcare, and professional roles, empowering both clients and candidates to grow together.
Role Overview
The Nutanix Migration Expert will lead large-scale infrastructure modernization and migration projects, focusing on transitioning workloads from legacy environments (VMware, physical servers) to Nutanix Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) platforms. This role demands deep technical expertise in Nutanix technologies, strong project leadership, and hands-on experience in complex enterprise migrations.
Key Responsibilities
- Migration Strategy & Planning
- Conduct discovery and assessment of existing environments.
- Develop detailed migration strategies, runbooks, and risk mitigation plans.
- Design scalable Nutanix AHV/ESXi architectures, including cluster sizing and DR planning.
- Execution & Delivery
- Lead end-to-end migration using Nutanix Move and other tools.
- Perform pre-migration health checks, execute migrations, and validate post-migration functionality.
- Ensure minimal downtime and business continuity during migration.
- Technical Leadership
- Act as SME for Nutanix AOS, AHV, Prism Central, Files, Volumes, and Flow Network Security.
- Provide expert troubleshooting and performance optimization.
- Collaborate with networking, storage, and application teams for integrated solutions.
- Governance & Documentation
- Maintain detailed documentation of architecture, configurations, and DR plans.
- Develop best practices, toolkits, and automation scripts to accelerate migration efforts.
- Client Engagement
- Conduct interactive workshops and provide pre-sales technical support.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and security standards during migration.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Technical Expertise
- 5+ years in IT infrastructure with focus on virtualization and hyperconverged systems.
- 3+ years dedicated to Nutanix migrations (AHV, Prism, Nutanix Move).
- Strong understanding of networking (VLANs, routing, firewalls) and storage concepts.
- Experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi and cross-hypervisor migrations.
- Certifications
- Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP) or higher (e.g., NCP-MCI).
- Preferred: NCX, VCAP, CCNA.
- Tools & Technologies
- Nutanix Move, Prism Central, Nutanix Files/Volumes.
- Familiarity with scripting (PowerCLI, Python) for automation.
- Soft Skills
- Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
- Ability to lead teams and manage complex projects under tight timelines.
Preferred Experience
- Disaster Recovery design using Nutanix Protection Domains and Leap.
- Migration of databases leveraging Nutanix NDB.
- Working in regulated environments with change control processes.
Thanks so much!
Thanks & Regards
ViveK. S
Senior Talent Acquisition Group - North America
svivek@smartitframe.com || +1 201-201-7677