Role Summary :

Apexon is seeking a Nutanix Engineer with 9 - 12 years of enterprise infrastructure engineering experience, including at least 3 - 5 years of hands-on Nutanix experience, to deliver hyperconverged infrastructure and hybrid cloud migration engagements in India. The role will design, deploy, and operate Nutanix environments; migrate workloads from VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and legacy infrastructure; deploy Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS; and execute AWS rehost migrations.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, deploy, administer, monitor, and optimize Nutanix clusters using AOS, AHV, Prism Element, and Prism Central.
- Lead workload migrations from VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and legacy infrastructure to Nutanix using Nutanix Move.
- Deploy and operate Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS, including account onboarding, VPC and subnet design, capacity planning, networking, and cluster lifecycle management.
- Design secure hybrid connectivity between on-premises Nutanix environments and NC2 on AWS using AWS Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPN, and Transit Gateway.
- Execute AWS rehost migrations using AWS Application Migration Service, covering discovery, replication, test cutover, final cutover, validation, and rollback.
- Assess source environments, identify dependencies, and create migration wave plans using Nutanix and AWS migration tools.
- Develop and execute migration runbooks covering readiness checks, cutover activities, application validation, rollback, and stakeholder coordination.
- Implement Nutanix data protection and disaster recovery, including protection policies, recovery plans, replication, failover testing, and RTO/RPO validation.
- Perform AOS, AHV, and firmware upgrades using Nutanix Life Cycle Manager with minimal service disruption.




- Monitor infrastructure and workloads using Prism Central and Amazon CloudWatch, and troubleshoot issues across compute, storage, virtualization, networking, and AWS.
- Apply security controls, including RBAC, IAM policies, encryption, security groups, and microsegmentation using Nutanix Flow.
- Right-size migrated workloads and recommend suitable Amazon EC2, storage, and NC2 capacity options to optimize cost and performance.
- Automate repeatable deployment and migration activities using Nutanix APIs, Nutanix Calm or Self-Service, Terraform, PowerShell, or Python.
- Produce architecture designs, migration plans, as-built configurations, and operational runbooks; deliver knowledge transfer to client teams.
- Coordinate migration windows with application, infrastructure, network, and security teams, and mentor junior engineers on Nutanix and AWS migration practices.

Mandatory Skills :

- 9 - 12 years of enterprise infrastructure engineering experience, including at least 3 years of hands-on experience with Nutanix platforms.
- Strong administration experience with Nutanix AOS, AHV, Prism Element, and Prism Central.
- Proven experience migrating workloads from VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, or legacy infrastructure to Nutanix.
- Hands-on experience with Nutanix Move and Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS (NC2).
- Proven experience executing rehost migrations using AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN).
- Solid experience with AWS networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPN).
- Current Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI) certification.
- Current AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or higher certification.

Benefits :

- Group Health Insurance covering family of 4
- Term Insurance and Accident Insurance
- Paid Holidays & Earned Leaves
- Paid Parental Leave
- Learning & Career Development
- Employee Wellness

📌 Apexon - Lead Nutanix Engineer/AWS Cloud Migration (India)
🏢 APEXON INDIA PRIVATE
📍 India