Senior Consultant
Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.
The Opportunity
Are you a seasoned professional with deep expertise in virtualization, software-defined networking, and network security, eager to drive innovative solutions for next-generation data centers? If so, joining our team as a Senior Consultant offers you the opportunity to work at the forefront of technology, collaborate with talented professionals, and influence significant projects that shape hybrid cloud environments while allowing you to enhance your skills in a supportive, hybrid work culture.
About the Team
The team for the Senior Consultant position is part of the Professional Services organization at Nutanix, located in Singapore. This diverse and dynamic team is dedicated to delivering innovative solutions in virtualization, software-defined networking, and network security. The culture fosters collaboration, continuous learning, and a strong commitment to customer satisfaction, all while working towards the mission of enabling organizations to harness the full potential of their IT infrastructure. The team is passionate about driving transformation in data centers and cloud environments, ensuring that clients achieve optimal performance and security.
You will report to the Senior Manager of Professional Services, who is known for their empowering leadership style and emphasis on mentorship. The manager values open communication and encourages team members to take ownership of projects while providing guidance and support when needed. This position is hybrid, requiring you to be in the office for three days per week, allowing for collaborative onsite work while also offering flexibility for remote tasks.
The role entails a travel requirement of approximately 15%, which will involve visiting client sites or attending industry events as necessary. This travel is essential for building relationships with clients and ensuring that projects are executed effectively in various environments.
Job Summary
The Nutanix Services and Customer Solutions team delivers a strong influence on the success of each Nutanix implementation by its customers. The Services function ensures success by engaging with customers in the pre-sales and post-sales stages by assisting in their software-defined data center (SDDC) strategy and architecture. Besides helping customers implement Nutanix products successfully, the Services team, working with our partners, ensures customer success in fully implementing their virtualized and software-defined data centers. The Nutanix Services Consulting function includes assessment, design, implementation, integration and automation services as well as project management.
Responsibilities:
- Billable Project work 80% of time.
- Design and/or implement Nutanix solution for customers primarily in Singapore in both onsite and remote model.
- Prepare Implementation Documentation and perform knowledge transfer and handover to customer
- Flexible to work outside of business hours and/or weekends at times to adhere to customer’s change window. In such cases, off-in-lieu will be provided.
What You Need to Bring
Required Qualifications:
- A minimum of 5 years of experience as consultant in the storage, virtualization, VDI, or cloud space.
- Deep understanding of virtualization technologies (Broadcom VMware, KVM, Hyper-V)
- Deep understanding of storage fabrics and technologies like SAN, NAS, file, block and object storage services, DFS.
- Good understanding of data protection technologies like replication, snapshot, backup, restore, etc.
- Ability to independently analyze and diagnose highly complex networking problems across different platforms. Understanding of datacenter network fabric topologies and common architecture (both L2/L3 based), firewall, Ethernet, Radius, etc.
- Ability to be technically hands-on in servicing the requirements of a client.
- Robust customer relationship attitude with a focus on customer satisfaction
- High level of comfort performing whiteboarding sessions and PowerPoint presentations, create best practice white papers.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior Nutanix deployment experience
- High comfort level using one or more automation tools or orchestration frameworks such as VMware vCO, Microsoft Systems Center Orchestrator, PowerShell, Python, Bash, Puppet, Chef, OpenStack.
- Deep understanding of software-defined storage with a particular focus on distributed storage.
- Experience with Microsoft Virtualization Technologies and Azure pack.
- AWS certified solutions professional.
- Desktop Virtualization technologies such as Citrix Xen Desktop and VMware Horizon View.
- Migration of workload, both P2V and V2V.
- Experience in network virtualization with a focus on NSX or ACI
- Experience in virtualizing enterprise applications (SQL, Exchange, Oracle).
- Industry certifications such as MCSA, MCSE, VCAP, VCIX, CCNA, CCIA and RHCE.
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems.
How we work
This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. For most roles, that will mean coming into an office a minimum of 3 days per week, however certain roles and/or teams may require more frequent in-office presence. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.
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Nutanix is an equal opportunity employer.
Nutanix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and (in the U.S.) an Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected by applicable law. We hire and promote individuals solely on the basis of qualifications for the job to be filled. We strive to foster an inclusive working environment that enables all our Nutants to be themselves and to do great work in a safe and welcoming environment, free of unlawful discrimination, intimidation or harassment. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by contacting [email protected].