Solution Architect

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Solutions Architect who would be excited to join us in Australia and work with us to build modern Hybrid Cloud solutions and shape the future of our product. In the Nutanix Solution Team, we will be working with the most demanding customers, creating Nutanix documentation artifacts (Reference Architectures, Best Practices Guides, Nutanix Validated Design) and working with PM\ENG on the product roadmap.

Nutanix Solutions team oversees creating Nutanix Validated Designs, Reference Architectures, Technical Notes, Best Practices Guides, and Reference Architectures across multiple verticals like Hybrid Cloud, Networking, EUC, Database, SAP, and Security.

The team attracted several senior technical experts, including many with VCDX and NPX certifications from various areas.

About the Team

At Nutanix, the Solutions Engineering team is a dynamic and geo-dispersed group committed to pushing the boundaries of innovation within the tech landscape. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative environment where team members share ideas, leverage diverse perspectives, and work together on cutting-edge solutions that address the challenges faced by our clients. This team thrives on creativity and continually seeks new ways to enhance our offerings and deliver exceptional results.

You will report to the Director of Solutions Engineering, who is dedicated to mentoring the team and cultivating a supportive atmosphere that encourages professional growth. The work setup follows a hybrid model, requiring you to come into the office three days a week to collaborate with colleagues and engage in team-building activities. Travel requirements are as needed, allowing for on-site customer engagements, conferences, or team meetings that enhance your learning experience and foster connections across the organization.

Your Role

• Take technical leadership in architecting, designing, documenting, and validating Hybrid Cloud solution based on Nutanix Cloud Platform.
• Create and maintain the Nutanix Solutions team's artifacts.
• Work closely with Engineering & Product Management to represent the voice of our customers and curate requirements spanning large customers to find common themes and ensure that these are well understood by both the Engineering and Product Management teams, and executed holistically.
• Focus on customer opportunities to expand our platform and products in the top 2% of our customer base.
• Provide broad Enterprise Architecture expertise to help customers understand how multiple Nutanix & third-party products can be integrated to create desired outcomes to accelerate adoption and expansion in high-growth accounts.

What You Will Bring

• 6 - 9 years of proven experience in architecting, deploying, or managing large-scale solutions.
• Deep understanding of virtualization technologies and software-defined data center architectures.
• Thought leadership in your respective area of expertise.
• Expertise in designing or managing legacy storage systems.
• Experience in designing and managing Private, Public, and Hybrid Multi-cloud computing environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware)
• Ability to execute on a broad strategic vision and, when needed, dive deep into detail to drive meaningful outcomes.
• Good understanding of external storage platforms like Dell, NetApp, Pure, and others.

Even better if you bring:

• Experience in a solution engineering, architect, or tech lead role.
• Experience in building a scalable cloud solution on one of the leading public clouds: AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI.
• Hands-on experience in IaC frameworks like Terraform, Ansible, and PowerShell
• Coding in Python
• Previous experience working with Product Management and Software Engineering groups.
• Understanding of containers and cloud native constructs
• Self-motivated and can work without a lot of structure to develop meaningful strategies and drive execution to achieve established goals.
• Good understanding of two or more of the following disciplines:
• Backup and Disaster Recovery
• Software Defined Networking
• Physical, virtual, and cloud networking
• Automation
• Security
• K8s
• Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, VCDX, NPX)

Work Arrangement

Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. In locations where our workplace policy applies (i.e. San Jose, Durham, Mexico City, Bangalore, Pune, Hoofddorp, Belgrade, Barcelona, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo), employees are expected to work onsite a minimum of 3 days per week to foster collaboration, team alignment, and access to in-office resources. Workplace type may vary based on location and team requirements. Please speak with your recruiter for details. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.