Lead Nutanix Engineer (NC2 on AWS & Cloud Migration)

About Apexon

Apexon is an AI-first technology services firm that engineers Intelligent Enterprises. Our interconnected disciplines of Domain & Strategy, Cognitive Architecture, and Harness Engineering guide every engagement, helping clients deliver meaningful business outcomes while applying collective intelligence to confidently scale from early AI strategies to enterprise-grade production systems. For over three decades, we have helped organizations by leveraging our deep and practical expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Data & Analytics, Digital Engineering, and Experience, combined with our industry knowledge across Banking & Financial Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences to create lasting business value. Apexon is backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Everstone Capital.

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Role Summary

Apexon is seeking a Nutanix Engineer with 9 to 12 years of enterprise infrastructure engineering experience, including at least 3 to 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. The ideal candidate combines strong Nutanix and AWS expertise with disciplined migration planning, secure hybrid cloud design, automation, troubleshooting, and client-facing delivery capabilities.

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 Required

• 9 to 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.
• Experience designing, deploying, monitoring, upgrading, optimizing, and troubleshooting Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure.
• Proven experience migrating workloads from VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, or legacy infrastructure to Nutanix.
• Hands-on experience with Nutanix Move, including discovery, replication, test migration, cutover, validation, and rollback.
• Experience deploying and operating Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS, including NC2 Console, AWS account onboarding, VPC and subnet design, bare-metal capacity planning, networking, and cluster lifecycle management.
• Proven experience executing rehost migrations using AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN), including agent deployment, replication configuration, launch templates, test cutover, final cutover, and post-migration validation.
• Working knowledge of AWS core services, including Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, AWS Identity and Access Management, and Amazon CloudWatch.
• Strong experience with AWS networking, including Amazon VPC, subnets, route tables, security groups, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPN, and Amazon Route 53.
• Experience designing and supporting hybrid connectivity between on-premises infrastructure and AWS.
• Working knowledge of Nutanix Disaster Recovery, protection policies, recovery plans, replication, and failover operations.
• Experience using Nutanix Life Cycle Manager for AOS, AHV, firmware, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Experience administering Windows and Linux server environments.
• Strong migration planning, change management, troubleshooting, client communication, and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to create migration wave plans, cutover runbooks, validation procedures, rollback plans, as-built documentation, and operational handover materials.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline. Equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Current Nutanix Certified Professional – Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI) certification.
• Current AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or higher certification.

Mandatory Skills - Nutanix AOS/AHV/Prism administration, Nutanix migration using Nutanix Move, NC2 on AWS deployment and operations, AWS migration using AWS Application Migration Service (MGN), AWS core infrastructure and networking.

Preferred Skills - VMware vSphere and HCX, Nutanix Disaster Recovery and Flow, Terraform and infrastructure-as-code, PowerShell or Python scripting, AWS Migration Hub and Migration Evaluator, hybrid DNS with Route 53 Resolver.

Tools & Technologies - Nutanix AOS, AHV, Prism Central, Nutanix Move, Life Cycle Manager (LCM), Nutanix Disaster Recovery, Nutanix Flow, NC2 Console, AWS Application Migration Service (MGN), AWS Migration Hub, AWS Application Discovery Service, AWS EC2/EBS/S3/VPC/Transit Gateway/Direct Connect/Route 53/CloudWatch/IAM, VMware vSphere, Terraform.

Nice to Have Skills

• VMware vSphere and VMware HCX.
• Advanced experience with Nutanix Disaster Recovery, Nutanix Flow, Flow Virtual Networking, and microsegmentation.
• Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices for Nutanix and AWS.
• PowerShell or Python scripting.
• Nutanix APIs and Nutanix Calm or Self-Service.
• AWS Migration Hub, AWS Application Discovery Service, and AWS Migration Evaluator.
• Hybrid DNS design using Amazon Route 53 Resolver.
• Experience with the AWS assess, mobilize, and migrate methodology.
• Nutanix Certified Professional – Cloud Integration (NCP-CI) certification.
• Nutanix Certified Master – Multicloud Infrastructure (NCM-MCI) certification.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification.
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty certification.
• VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) certification.

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Our Perks and Benefits

Our benefits and rewards program has been thoughtfully designed to recognize your skills and contributions, elevate your learning/upskilling experience, and provide care and support for you and your loved ones. As an Apexon Associate, you get continuous skill-based development, opportunities for career advancement, and access to comprehensive health and well-being benefits and assistance.

We also offer:

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

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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