platform engineer in private cloud

Nexcess provides specialty cloud solutions for organizations that need to balance performance and compliance. It serves businesses worldwide, from agencies scaling client sites to enterprises running mission-critical operations.

• Own platform features end to end within the Private Cloud Solutions domain
• Take work from specification through implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing production support across Nutanix and VMware environments
• Design, deploy, and maintain private cloud infrastructure
• Build and operate multi-tenant Nutanix environments
• Support cluster design, deployment, administration, lifecycle management, and maintenance in shared production environments
• Improve platform reliability and operational efficiency by automating repetitive work, standardizing configurations, and reducing operational risk
• Translate requirements into technical specifications, identify dependencies, capacity needs, failure scenarios, and operational risks, and resolve ambiguity before implementation
• Verify platform changes before production by validating them, exercising failure scenarios, and providing evidence that they are safe and production-ready
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools for implementation, automation, and review while remaining accountable for the quality and operability of the result
• Review other engineers’ infrastructure and technical changes, identify risks, and provide actionable feedback
• Participate in the on-call rotation, respond to incidents, document root causes and follow-up actions, and reduce operational toil
• Make safe, incremental improvements in complex or legacy environments and improve their documentation and instrumentation
• Mentor other engineers by sharing technical knowledge, explaining design and operational decisions, and supporting less experienced engineers through implementation and review
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and work with relevant engineers to avoid delivery blockers
• Declare risks and timelines in writing, flag potential delays early with evidence, and deliver commitments at the agreed quality
• Understand the customer and business value of the work and clarify requirements before implementation

• 5+ Years of Nutanix administration experience, including initial cluster design, deployment, and setup
• 5+ Years of experience with Nutanix multi-tenant environments, including installation, administration, maintenance, and lifecycle management
• Strong understanding of virtualization, compute, storage, networking, and production infrastructure
• Experience building, operating, and supporting highly available private cloud or virtualized environments
• Experience troubleshooting complex issues across multiple infrastructure layers
• Experience planning and executing infrastructure changes in production environments
• Experience participating in an on-call rotation and responding to production incidents
• Ability to work effectively in unfamiliar or legacy environments and make safe, incremental improvements
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted engineering tools in day-to-day technical work
• Clear written communication skills and ability to work effectively in a distributed team across multiple time zones
• Будет плюсом: 5+ years of Linux administration experience, VMware administration and virtualization experience, infrastructure automation and configuration management, multi-tenant private cloud platforms, managed hosting, cloud platforms or other high-availability service environments, reviewing infrastructure changes, mentoring other engineers

• Work locations: Bratislava, Slovakia; Lemesos, Cyprus; Sofia, Bulgaria