Nutanix Hyper Converged Infrastructure Hci Resident

We are seeking an experienced Nutanix / Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Resident Engineer Federal Programs. Pl. go through the below description and let me know your interest. If you are interested, kindly share a copy of your resume to along with the rate / salary and best time to reach you.

Job Title: Nutanix / HCI Resident Engineer (Federal Consultant)
Location: United States Contractor Facilities (Government-site access may be required)
Employment Type: Federal Contract Position
Anticipated Start Date: November 2026
Security Requirement: U.S. Citizenship Required

Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced Nutanix / Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Resident Engineer to support a mission-critical enterprise infrastructure environment for a U.S. federal government customer. The ideal candidate will possess hands-on experience in Nutanix infrastructure administration, enterprise virtualization, software-defined storage, infrastructure lifecycle management, migration, disaster recovery, performance optimization, and security compliance. The Resident Engineer will collaborate with federal technical teams, infrastructure administrators, OEM support organizations, and other stakeholders to maintain secure, highly available, scalable, and reliable infrastructure services.

Key Responsibilities
HCI Infrastructure Administration
Administer, monitor, maintain, and optimize enterprise Nutanix or equivalent HCI environments.
Support Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS), and associated infrastructure components.
Monitor cluster health, resource utilization, infrastructure availability, system performance, and operational readiness.
Troubleshoot virtualization, storage, networking, and infrastructure performance issues.

Virtualization and Infrastructure Migration
Support multi-hypervisor environments, including Nutanix AHV, VMware ESXi, and other supported virtualization platforms.
Plan and execute workload migrations, hypervisor transitions, and infrastructure upgrades.
Conduct workload assessments, dependency analysis, migration validation, and rollback planning.
Minimize operational disruption during infrastructure modernization and migration activities.

Lifecycle Management and Performance Optimization
Support infrastructure upgrades, patching, firmware updates, driver management, and compatibility validation.
Perform capacity forecasting, utilization analysis, performance tuning, and resource optimization.
Support infrastructure scalability and growth planning.
Execute lifecycle management activities in secure, restricted, or disconnected environments.

Storage, Backup, and Disaster Recovery
Administer and troubleshoot software-defined storage, including block, file, and object storage services.
Support backup and recovery operations, replication, disaster recovery planning, and failover testing.
Coordinate interoperability with HYCU, Commvault, Cisco ACI, and other supported enterprise infrastructure technologies.
Validate data protection and recovery procedures.

Kubernetes, AI/ML, and GPU Infrastructure
Support Kubernetes cluster operations, deployments, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle activities.
Assist with Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) and Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI) environments.
Support GPU-enabled workloads, AI/ML infrastructure, model-serving operations, and performance monitoring.
Assist with database infrastructure services, including Nutanix Database Service (NDB), as applicable.

Security and Compliance
Support infrastructure hardening and secure configuration management.
Assist with STIG, SCAP, FISMA High, and applicable federal information security requirements.
Support role-based access control, authentication, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and audit logging.
Maintain compliance with Government security, privacy, confidentiality, and access-control requirements.

Technical Support, Reporting, and Documentation
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
Coordinate incident resolution and escalations with federal stakeholders and OEM technical support teams.
Prepare technical documentation, operational runbooks, migration procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
Provide infrastructure health, performance, capacity, lifecycle, and incident reporting.
Deliver knowledge-transfer sessions and technical guidance to Government operations personnel.

Preferred Technical Experience
Nutanix: NCI, NCM, NUS, NAI, NKP, NDB, and Nutanix enterprise support.
Virtualization: Nutanix AHV, VMware ESXi, KVM, and Microsoft Hyper-V.
Storage: Distributed software-defined storage, block/file/object storage, replication, and data protection.
Networking and Backup: Cisco ACI, HYCU, and Commvault.
Cloud-Native Infrastructure: Kubernetes, container storage interfaces, lifecycle management, and monitoring.
AI/GPU Infrastructure: Enterprise AI platforms, GPU monitoring and scheduling, model serving, and inference infrastructure.
Security: STIG, SCAP, FISMA High, Zero Trust, CAC/PIV, MFA, and access-control frameworks.
Government Environments: Prior experience supporting U.S. federal agencies, regulated infrastructure, or Government-controlled offline/disconnected systems.

Why Join This Opportunity?
This role provides an opportunity to support a large-scale federal HCI environment spanning enterprise virtualization, modern storage infrastructure, Kubernetes, AI/ML, GPU technologies, disaster recovery, and cybersecurity operations.
The selected candidate will work with enterprise infrastructure technologies while supporting the reliability, security, and continuity of mission-critical federal systems.

How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit an updated resume highlighting their experience with Nutanix or equivalent HCI platforms, enterprise virtualization, infrastructure operations, storage, migration, disaster recovery, security compliance, and relevant federal government projects.
Note: This position supports an anticipated federal contract opportunity. Employment is contingent upon contract award, funding, and successful completion of required personnel onboarding and suitability processes.