Staff Consulting Architect - NKP

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart. The Opportunity Nutanix is seeking a Staff Consulting Architect – Cloud Native to architect, design, and deliver enterprise Kubernetes platforms across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. In this role, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor, helping enterprise customers modernize their application platforms through architecture, hands-on delivery, automation, and operational transformation. You will combine deep expertise in Kubernetes, virtualization, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud-native technologies to build secure, resilient, and scalable platforms that accelerate application modernization and business outcomes. About the Team What makes the Professional Services team at Nutanix unique is our commitment to delivering exceptional services and solutions. We take pride in understanding our customers' challenges and helping them achieve successful business outcomes through innovative technologies and expert guidance. Our team is made up of highly skilled consultants, architects, and technical professionals who collaborate to solve complex infrastructure and cloud challenges. You will report to the Manager, Professional Services, who will support your professional growth and success within the organization. Your Role Cloud-Native Platform Assessments & Architecture •Lead customer discovery workshops and technical assessments to understand application modernization goals, platform requirements, and operational challenges. •Design enterprise Kubernetes platforms using Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) across Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphere, bare-metal, and hybrid cloud environments. •Define networking, ingress, persistent storage, security, and high-availability architectures for production containerized workloads. Platform Implementation & Modernization •Deploy Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) and establish platform lifecycle management processes, including upgrades, backups, disaster recovery, and ongoing maintenance. •Lead Kubernetes platform implementations, workload migrations, and customer onboarding while maintaining consulting scope and delivery quality. Automation & Platform Integration •Build Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and GitOps workflows using Argo CD, Helm, GitHub Actions, or similar automation technologies. •Develop automation leveraging NKP, hypervisor, and cloud APIs to improve deployment consistency, operational efficiency, and platform scalability. Platform Operations & Optimization •Implement RBAC, Network Policies, and Policy-as-Code (OPA/Gatekeeper) across multi-tenant Kubernetes environments. •Design monitoring, logging, and observability solutions while troubleshooting complex platform issues and optimizing cluster performance, scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency. Technical Leadership & Practice Development •Lead customer architecture workshops and technical design sessions while providing guidance throughout project delivery. •Mentor consultants and share technical knowledge across the Professional Services organization. •Develop reusable Practice Development assets, including Service Enablement Kits (SEKs), automation scripts, GitOps assets, reference architectures, implementation playbooks, and operational runbooks to improve delivery consistency and quality. What You Will Bring •10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, virtualization, cloud engineering, or platform engineering. •Experience in customer-facing consulting, Professional Services, Customer Success, or technical advisory roles delivering enterprise infrastructure, cloud, or platform solutions. •Virtualization & Compute: Deep hands-on experience with Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphere, or equivalent virtualization platforms. •Cloud-Native & Kubernetes: Deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture, operations, and platform management (Nutanix Kubernetes Platform, OpenShift, Tanzu, or equivalent), with a strong understanding of Cluster API (CAPI) for declarative cluster lifecycle management. •Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Strong experience with Terraform, Ansible, GitOps methodologies, Argo CD, Helm, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar automation technologies. •Core Infrastructure: Strong knowledge of enterprise networking, DNS, LDAP, SSL/TLS, ingress controllers, persistent storage, load balancing, disaster recovery, and CLI/API-based troubleshooting. •Consulting & Leadership: Proven experience leading customer workshops, facilitating architecture discussions, managing technical stakeholders, and building trusted advisor relationships throughout complex consulting engagements. Demonstrated ability to mentor consultants, navigate technical challenges, and drive successful customer outcomes. •Communication & Documentation: Excellent verbal and written English communication skills with proven experience authoring High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), implementation plans, migration strategies, and operational runbooks. Preferred Qualifications •Experience with managed Kubernetes services such as Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE, or equivalent cloud-native platforms. •Familiarity with Platform Engineering, Developer Experience (DevEx), service mesh technologies, and Organizational Change Management (OCM) practices supporting enterprise platform adoption. •Industry certifications such as CKA, CKAD, Nutanix NCP/NKP/NCX, VMware VCP, Red Hat Ansible, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, or equivalent. •Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. 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. --