Virtualization Architect

Black & Grey HR is recruiting for an established technology solutions and services provider in Doha, Qatar. Our client is seeking an experienced Virtualization Architect to design, implement, and operate enterprise-grade virtualization platforms, with a strong focus on Nutanix technologies. The role will be responsible for building highly available, scalable, secure, and resilient virtualization environments across hybrid and multi-cloud platforms, including active active datacenter architectures, software-defined networking, disaster recovery, and centralized infrastructure management. Key Responsibilities: Virtualization Architecture & Design - Design and maintain enterprise virtualization architecture standards, with a primary focus on Nutanix platforms. - Define architecture blueprints covering compute, storage, virtualization, and software defined networking components. - Ensure virtualization designs meet requirements for scalability, performance, security, availability, and operational efficiency. - Participate in architecture reviews and ensure solutions align with enterprise technology standards. - Design resilient virtualization architectures supporting business-critical workloads and enterprise applications. Nutanix Platform Leadership - Lead the design, deployment, and operation of Nutanix AHV, AOS, and Prism environments. - Provide hands-on technical expertise in Nutanix cluster design, configuration, lifecycle management, and upgrades. - Optimize Nutanix infrastructure components for performance, capacity, availability, and operational efficiency. - Define Nutanix platform standards, best practices, and operational procedures. - Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex Nutanix infrastructure issues. Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Integration - Design and support hybrid and multi-cloud virtualization environments. - Integrate on-premises virtualization platforms with public cloud services where required. - Support cloud-adjacent and cloud-integrated workloads across enterprise environments. - Ensure seamless integration between on-premises virtualization infrastructure and cloud platforms. - Contribute to cloud transformation and virtualization modernization initiatives. High Availability & Disaster Recovery - Design and operate highly available virtualization platforms, including active-active datacenter architectures. - Design and implement synchronous and asynchronous replication solutions. - Support metro clusters, disaster recovery, business continuity, and DR orchestration initiatives. - Plan, execute, and document disaster recovery testing and business continuity scenarios. - Ensure virtualization platforms meet defined availability, resilience, and recovery objectives. Software-Defined Networking & Security - Design and operate software-defined networking solutions within enterprise virtualization environments. - Implement secure network segmentation, traffic management, and network resiliency. - Apply micro-segmentation, Zero Trust, and defense-in-depth principles across virtualized environments. - Collaborate with network and security teams to ensure secure and resilient infrastructure architectures. - Support troubleshooting of complex virtualization networking and security issues. Centralized Management & Automation - Implement and maintain centralized management, monitoring, and automation platforms. - Provide unified visibility across compute, storage, networking, virtualization, and disaster recovery layers. - Define operational dashboards, alerts, performance metrics, and infrastructure KPIs. - Support automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual activities. - Establish standardized monitoring and management practices across virtualization platforms. Operations, Monitoring & Optimization - Ensure the stability, availability, security, and performance of enterprise virtualization platforms. - Conduct capacity planning, performance analysis, optimization, and lifecycle management. - Lead root cause analysis for complex infrastructure incidents and recurring issues. - Identify opportunities for continuous service improvement and infrastructure optimization. - Maintain operational standards, procedures, and technical documentation. Project Delivery & Technical Leadership - Lead virtualization initiatives end-to-end, including new deployments, upgrades, migrations, consolidations, and technology refreshes. - Provide technical leadership and guidance to infrastructure engineers during implementation and operations. - Support automation, standard operating procedures, technical documentation, and knowledge transfer. - Coordinate with vendors and technology partners during solution implementation and support engagements. Stakeholder & Cross-Team Collaboration - Work closely with network, storage, security, database, application, and infrastructure teams. - Communicate technical designs, architecture decisions, risks, and operational considerations to technical and business stakeholders. - Participate in technical workshops, architecture reviews, and solution discussions. - Coordinate with vendors and partners to ensure successful delivery and resolution of technical issues. Requirements Requirements: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. - 8–10 years of experience in enterprise virtualization and infrastructure environments. - Strong hands-on experience with Nutanix platforms in production environments. - Proven experience designing and operating active-active datacenter architectures. - Strong experience with hyperconverged, hybrid, and multi-cloud virtualization environments. - Solid understanding of High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), and Business Continuity concepts. - Hands-on experience with software-defined networking and centralized infrastructure management. - Experience with Nutanix AHV, AOS, Prism Central, and Nutanix lifecycle management. - Strong understanding of virtualization networking, micro-segmentation, and infrastructure security controls. - Experience with active-active datacenters, metro clusters, replication, and DR orchestration. - Strong troubleshooting skills across complex, multi-layer infrastructure environments. - Excellent documentation, communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills. Required Skillset - Nutanix AHV, AOS, Prism Central, and Lifecycle Management. - Enterprise virtualization architecture and HCI platforms. - Active-active datacenter architecture and metro cluster technologies. - Disaster Recovery, replication, backup, business continuity, and DR orchestration. - Hybrid and multi-cloud virtualization environments. - Software-defined networking, virtualization networking, and micro-segmentation. - Zero Trust architecture and defense-in-depth security principles. - Centralized infrastructure monitoring, management, automation, and capacity planning. - Infrastructure performance optimization and lifecycle management. - Architecture documentation, technical design, solution blueprints, and operational procedures. - Strong cross-functional collaboration with infrastructure, network, security, storage, database, and application teams. Certifications - Nutanix certifications such as NCP, NCM, or equivalent are highly desirable. - Software-defined networking / network virtualization certification is strongly preferred. - Cloud foundation certifications are desirable. Benefits - Competitive Salary + Benefits Package