The Hartford
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IND Staff Engineer, Infrastructure - GCC036
We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.
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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