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

Job Tags

Similar Jobs