About Cognizant
Role Summary
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain enterprise virtualization platforms with a primary focus on Nutanix and Microsoft Hyper‑V.
- Administer and operate virtualization clusters, including upgrades, health checks, capacity monitoring, and lifecycle planning.
- Own virtualization storage operations, including performance troubleshooting, capacity optimization, and data protection integration.
- Define and enforce virtualization standards related to host builds, virtual machine templates, naming conventions, and resource sizing.
- Plan and execute platform upgrades, maintenance, and expansions through formal change management processes.
- Troubleshoot complex issues across compute, storage, and virtualization networking components.
- Partner with network and security teams to ensure proper segmentation and secure access to virtualization infrastructure.
- Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting for virtualization performance, health, and capacity.
- Support disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities, including replication and recovery testing.
- Automate repeatable tasks using scripting and infrastructure tooling.
- Provide escalation support, root cause analysis, documentation, and operational runbooks.
- Participate in after‑hours support for critical incidents as required.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as a systems administrator or systems engineer.
- Strong hands‑on experience administering enterprise virtualization platforms.
- Knowledge of storage technologies, performance troubleshooting, and capacity planning.
- Understanding of virtualization networking concepts, including VLANs and host networking.
- Experience supporting backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Proficiency with scripting and automation, with PowerShell preferred.
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
- Familiarity with secure configuration practices and supporting compliance‑driven environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with hyperconverged infrastructure platforms.
- Experience producing operational standards, diagrams, and runbooks.
- Familiarity with IT service design and infrastructure best practices.
Work Model
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in our office in Blue Ash, Ohio. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.
We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
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What we offer
- The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
- Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
- The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and a pension plan with matching contributions.
- Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
- True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.
About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
Other employment-related information
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
