The Hartford

IND Senior Staff Engineer, Infrastructure

India GCC-Puppalaguda Village Full time
IND Staff Engineer, Infrastructure - GCC036

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Position Overview 

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Compute Engineer to lead enterprise-scale infrastructure initiatives. This role is ideal for a seasoned professional with deep expertise in virtual server platforms, capacity management, workload migration from VMware, and automation development across large-scale environments (10,000+ servers). The ideal candidate will also guide junior engineers and drive operational excellence. 

Key Responsibilities 

  • Design, deploy, and manage Virtual Server Clusters (Nutanix) across enterprise environments. 

  • Lead migration efforts from VMware to Nutanix, ensuring minimal disruption and optimal performance. Integrate Nutanix with enterprise automation platforms, observability toolsets, and CI/CD pipelines. 

  • Monitor and forecast infrastructure capacity needs. Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting tools to track utilization and performance metrics. 

  • Build and maintain automation scripts and frameworks (e.g., using Terraform/Ansible) to streamline infrastructure provisioning, patching, and monitoring. 

  • Build and manage a team responsible for 24x7 operations including software patching, technology currency, and vulnerability management. 

  • Oversee incident response, root cause analysis, and resolution processes to ensure infrastructure resilience and compliance. 

  • Leverage enterprise observability toolsets to automate detection of performance issues and monitor the overall health of the compute environment. 

  • Incorporate benchmark-driven changes into automation pipelines and deploy them at scale across the enterprise. 

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including network, security, and application teams to ensure seamless infrastructure operations. 

 

Required Skills & Experience 

  • 9+ years of experience in IT infrastructure engineering, with at least 5 years focused on Virtual Server environments like VMware or Nutanix. 

  • Strong background in capacity planning and performance tuning. 

  • Proficiency in automation tools and scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform). 

  • Experience working in a large-scale enterprise supporting environments with 10,000+ servers. 

  • Excellent communication and leadership skills. 

  • Ability to solve technical problems, guide junior teammates, and partner with US based engineering leads and management. 

  • data across multiple tools and data sources. 

 

Preferred Certifications 

  • Proven experience migrating workloads from VMware to Nutanix. 

  • Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP) or higher 

  • VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 

  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or similar 

 

 

What We Offer 

  • Collaborative work environment with global teams. 

  • Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits. 

  • Continuous learning and growth opportunities in geospatial and risk analytics technologies. 

 

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