Nutanix Infrastructure Engineer

Job OverviewWe are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Lifecycle Manager with strong hands-on expertise in traditional IT infrastructure, legacy platforms, and Nutanix environments. The role involves managing the complete infrastructure lifecycle across industrial and manufacturing environments, including infrastructure assessments, technology refreshes, hardware deployments, virtualization, migrations, upgrades, and infrastructure modernization. The successful candidate will work closely with IT infrastructure, Operational Technology (OT), Plant Engineering, application teams, vendors, and operational stakeholders to ensure secure, reliable, and production-ready infrastructure while minimizing disruption to critical plant operations.

Key Responsibilities
• Manage the complete lifecycle of traditional/legacy IT infrastructure and Nutanix platforms.
• Assess infrastructure health, platform performance, technical debt, hardware obsolescence, and lifecycle risks.
• Plan and execute infrastructure refreshes, upgrades, migrations, and technology replacements.
• Perform hands-on rack-and-stack activities, including hardware installation, cabling, labelling, power validation, configuration, and connectivity testing.
• Deploy, configure, administer, and maintain Nutanix infrastructure.
• Manage Nutanix AHV clusters and Prism Central/Prism Element environments.
• Perform Nutanix node expansion, health checks, capacity monitoring, upgrades, and workload migrations.
• Support Windows and Linux operating systems, virtualization, compute, storage, and networking infrastructure.
• Coordinate infrastructure activities across Plant IT, Operational Technology (OT), Process Control Systems (PCS), and Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM/MES) environments.
• Coordinate operating system deployments, infrastructure patching, vulnerability remediation, and security compliance activities.
• Manage infrastructure asset provisioning, capacity planning, and lifecycle documentation.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure lifecycle roadmaps, asset inventories, technical documentation, and risk registers.
• Prepare implementation plans, migration procedures, cutover plans, and operational handover documentation.
• Coordinate with vendors, site engineers, infrastructure teams, and operational support functions.
• Support service introduction and operational readiness for newly deployed or upgraded infrastructure.
• Contribute to infrastructure modernization and plant technology strategy.
• Travel to nearby plant and industrial locations to perform infrastructure lifecycle activities. Essential Technical Skills & Experience
• Strong hands-on experience in IT infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Practical experience with traditional/legacy infrastructure and Nutanix platforms.
• Hands-on knowledge of Nutanix AHV, Prism Central, and Prism Element.
• Experience with Nutanix cluster administration, node expansion, upgrades, migrations, and capacity management.
• Strong understanding of virtualization technologies, compute, storage, and server infrastructure.
• Good knowledge of Windows Server and Linux operating systems.
• Understanding of enterprise networking, physical connectivity, cabling, and infrastructure hardware.
• Experience with infrastructure assessments, hardware refreshes, obsolescence management, and lifecycle planning.
• Knowledge of Plant IT, OT infrastructure, PCS, and MOM/MES environments.
• Experience working in manufacturing, industrial, or production environments.
• Understanding of infrastructure availability, resilience, capacity planning, and risk management.
• Experience with infrastructure deployments, patching, vulnerability remediation, and migrations.
• Ability to prepare technical documentation, implementation plans, and operational handover materials.
• Experience in vendor management, stakeholder coordination, and change management.
• Nutanix certification is preferred.
• Automation and scripting knowledge is an advantage. Nice-to-Have Skills
• Experience contributing to plant technology strategies and infrastructure modernization roadmaps.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery (DR), business continuity planning (BCP), and operational readiness.
• ITIL knowledge and experience working with IT service management processes.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management. Additional Requirements
• Willingness and ability to travel to nearby industrial and plant locations.
• Ability to drive and travel between sites by car.
• Ability to work independently at different locations.
• Flexibility to coordinate with plant operations and technical teams.
• Relevant technical education or equivalent professional infrastructure experience.