About this opportunity:
We are seeking an experienced Vmware & Nutanix SME to support and manage enterprise infrastructure environments across VMware, Nutanix, Microsoft Azure, and Windows Server platforms. The role involves day-to-day operations, administration, troubleshooting, lifecycle management, and automation, while ensuring high availability of critical infrastructure services.
What you will do:
- Administer, monitor, and support VMware environments, including ESXi hosts, vCenter, clusters, storage, and virtual machines.
- Manage and maintain Nutanix infrastructure, including Prism Central, AHV, cluster health, capacity management, and lifecycle activities.
- Administer Microsoft Azure cloud services, including virtual machines, networking, storage, monitoring, backup, and security controls.
- Perform Windows Server administration, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Manage infrastructure lifecycle activities such as patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and technology refresh initiatives.
- Monitor infrastructure health and proactively address performance, availability, and capacity issues.
- Support incident, problem, change, and service request management in accordance with ITIL best practices.
- Perform root cause analysis for infrastructure incidents and implement preventive measures.
- Support disaster recovery, backup, restoration, and business continuity activities.
- Identify and implement automation opportunities to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- Maintain operational documentation, standard operating procedures, and technical knowledge articles.
- Collaborate with application, network, security, and cloud teams to deliver infrastructure services and projects.
What you will bring:
- BSc in Telecommunications, Computer Science, or equivalent.
- 8-10 years of IT infrastructure operations experience.
- Minimum 6 years of hands-on VMware administration experience and minimum of 3 years each in Nutanix and Microsoft Azure administration.
- Experience in VMware: ESXi and vCenter administration, HA/DRS, VM provisioning, patching, performance, capacity, and security management.
- Experience in Nutanix: Prism Central and Prism Element, AHV administration, Lifecycle Manager (LCM), capacity monitoring, and data protection.
- Experience in Microsoft Azure: Virtual machines, virtual networks, storage, monitoring, backup, identity and access management, security, and governance.
- Experience in Windows Server: DNS, DHCP, file services, patching, security management, performance monitoring, and PowerShell scripting.
- Infrastructure automation using PowerShell, Ansible, or Terraform is a plus.
- Azure Automation and Azure Monitor is a plus.
- Monitoring tools such as SCOM or HP Service Assurance is a plus.
- ITIL Foundation, VMware VCP, Nutanix NCP, or Microsoft AZ-104 certifications is a plus.
- Ability to manage critical incidents and high-pressure production environments.
- Customer-focused with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proactive, detail-oriented, with strong ownership and operational discipline.
Why join Ericsson?At Ericsson, you'll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what's possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems. You'll be challenged, but you won't be alone. You'll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
What happens once you apply? Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.
Primary country and city: United Arab Emirates (AE) || Dubai
Req ID: 786633
Skills Required
- BSc in Telecommunications, Computer Science, or equivalent.
- 8-10 years of IT infrastructure operations experience.
- Minimum 6 years hands-on VMware administration experience (ESXi, vCenter, HA/DRS, VM provisioning, patching, performance, capacity, security).
- Minimum 3 years hands-on Nutanix administration (Prism Central/Element, AHV, LCM, capacity monitoring, data protection).
- Minimum 3 years Microsoft Azure administration experience (VMs, networking, storage, monitoring, backup, identity, security, governance).
- Windows Server administration (DNS, DHCP, file services, patching, security management, performance monitoring, PowerShell scripting).
- Experience supporting incident, problem, change, and service request management aligned with ITIL best practices.
- Ability to manage critical incidents and high-pressure production environments.
- Customer-focused with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proactive, detail-oriented, strong ownership and operational discipline.
- Infrastructure automation using PowerShell, Ansible, or Terraform.
- Experience with Azure Automation and Azure Monitor.
- Experience with monitoring tools such as SCOM or HP Service Assurance.
- Certifications such as ITIL Foundation, VMware VCP, Nutanix NCP, or Microsoft AZ-104.
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Ericsson Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental‑health options are positioned as core benefits with multiple plan choices in key markets. Official materials explicitly emphasize healthcare breadth as part of “Life at Ericsson.”
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Retirement Support — 401(k) with employer matching in the U.S., pensions in some regions, and broad access to an ESPP indicate strong long‑term financial support. Company filings and AGM materials describe share programs and post‑employment benefits as ongoing pillars of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick leave, holidays, and paid volunteer time are highlighted alongside generous parental leave in various locations. Time‑off entitlements are presented as a strong component of the total rewards offering.
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What We Do
Ericsson builds the digital connectivity the world relies on. Our technology underpins the mobile networks, platforms, and systems that billions of people, businesses, and societies depend on every day. We are a global leader in communications technology, delivering mobile network infrastructure, cloud software, and wireless connectivity solutions for service providers and enterprises worldwide. Our networks support connectivity across 180+ countries, helping power everyday communication as well as critical digital services at global scale. Connectivity has evolved far beyond consumer mobile use. Today, nearly 80% of the world’s population accesses the internet via mobile networks, and Ericsson is helping shape what comes next. We are advancing 5G and 5G Advanced, developing network APIs that open connectivity to the global developer ecosystem, and applying automation and AI to make networks more intelligent, efficient, and resilient. Ericsson was the first company to launch live 5G networks on five continents, and our 5G platform is now commercially live in 150+ networks across 60+ countries. We also support more than 36,000 enterprise customers, enabling secure, high-performance connectivity for industries such as manufacturing, aviation, logistics, utilities, and public safety, where reliability and performance are mission critical. Innovation is central to how we work. Ericsson has approximately 28,000 employees in research and development, backed by one of the strongest intellectual property portfolios in the industry with 60,000+ granted patents. Our engineers, researchers, and technologists work across 100+ global R&D sites, helping define how networks evolve and how digital infrastructure is built for the long term. As the world moves toward a mobile-first, AI-powered, and cloud-driven future, connectivity becomes the foundation for digital transformation across every industry. Ericsson is building that foundation, shaping the future of digital connectivity through technology that operates at global scale and supports real-world impact, today and for what comes next.
Why Work With Us
Ericsson is a place for people who want to work on technology that powers everyday life. You’ll contribute to large-scale systems used every day, tackle complex challenges in live environments, and keep developing your skills and career in your own vision.
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