Virtualization Administrator L2

Location: Airoli, Navi Mumbai (WFO) 24*7 Support

Domain: VMware and Nutanix

The candidate will be responsible for managing, troubleshooting, and optimizing VMware vSphere and Nutanix HCI environments.

This role requires hands-on experience in virtualization, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), storage, and networking to ensure high availability and performance of enterprise workloads.

Key Responsibilities

1. Administer, maintain, and optimize VMware vSphere, vCenter, and ESXi environments.

• Manage and troubleshoot Nutanix AHV, Prism Central, and Nutanix Clusters.

• Perform VM provisioning, migration, and capacity planning.

2. Incident & Problem Resolution:

• Act as a Level 2 escalation point for VMware and Nutanix-related incidents.

• Troubleshoot and resolve performance issues, storage latency, and networking problems.

• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective measures.

3. Patch Management & Upgrades:

• Apply firmware, hypervisor, and software updates for VMware and Nutanix environments.

• Ensure compatibility between hardware, hypervisors, and guest OS versions.

• Assist in planning and executing infrastructure upgrades and migrations.

4. Performance Monitoring & Optimization:

• Utilize monitoring tools like VMware vROps, Nutanix Prism for performance analysis.

5. Troubleshoot VM networking, vMotion failures, and connectivity issues.

6. Knowledge of Powershell

7. Documentation & Knowledge Sharing:

• Maintain infrastructure diagrams, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides.

• Train Level 1 engineers and contribute to knowledge base updates.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and Nutanix AHV.

• Strong expertise in vCenter, vSAN, vMotion, DRS, HA, and Nutanix Acropolis.

• Knowledge of VMware NSX, vROps

• VMware and/or Nutanix certifications (VCP-DCV, NCAP, NCP-MCI) are preferred.

Work Environment:

• Participation in on-call rotations for critical issue resolution.

• Collaboration with storage, network, and security teams for infrastructure improvements.