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About this opportunity:
We are seeking an experienced Vmware & Nutanix SME to support and manage enterprise infrastructure environments across VMware, Nutanix, Microsoft Azure, and Windows Server platforms. The role involves day‑to‑day operations, administration, troubleshooting, lifecycle management, and automation, while ensuring high availability of critical infrastructure services.
What you will do:
- Administer, monitor, and support VMware environments, including ESXi hosts, vCenter, clusters, storage, and virtual machines.
- Manage and maintain Nutanix infrastructure, including Prism Central, AHV, cluster health, capacity management, and lifecycle activities.
- Administer Microsoft Azure cloud services, including virtual machines, networking, storage, monitoring, backup, and security controls.
- Perform Windows Server administration, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Manage infrastructure lifecycle activities such as patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and technology refresh initiatives.
- Monitor infrastructure health and proactively address performance, availability, and capacity issues.
- Support incident, problem, change, and service request management in accordance with ITIL best practices.
- Perform root cause analysis for infrastructure incidents and implement preventive measures.
- Support disaster recovery, backup, restoration, and business continuity activities.
- Identify and implement automation opportunities to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- Maintain operational documentation, standard operating procedures, and technical knowledge articles.
- Collaborate with application, network, security, and cloud teams to deliver infrastructure services and projects.
What you will bring:
- BSc in Telecommunications, Computer Science, or equivalent.
- 8–10 years of IT infrastructure operations experience.
- Minimum 6 years of hands‑on VMware administration experience and minimum of 3 years each in Nutanix and Microsoft Azure administration.
- Experience in VMware: ESXi and vCenter administration, HA/DRS, VM provisioning, patching, performance, capacity, and security management.
- Experience in Nutanix: Prism Central and Prism Element, AHV administration, Lifecycle Manager (LCM), capacity monitoring, and data protection.
- Experience in Microsoft Azure: Virtual machines, virtual networks, storage, monitoring, backup, identity and access management, security, and governance.
- Experience in Windows Server: DNS, DHCP, file services, patching, security management, performance monitoring, and PowerShell scripting.
- Infrastructure automation using PowerShell, Ansible, or Terraform is a plus.
- Azure Automation and Azure Monitor is a plus.
- Monitoring tools such as SCOM or HP Service Assurance is a plus.
- ITIL Foundation, VMware VCP, Nutanix NCP, or Microsoft AZ-104 certifications is a plus.
- Ability to manage critical incidents and high‑pressure production environments.
- Customer‑focused with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proactive, detail‑oriented, with strong ownership and operational discipline.
Why join Ericsson?
At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.
Primary country and city: United Arab Emirates (AE) || Dubai
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