Job Type: Contract
Work Mode: Remote
Role - Nutanix DR Solution Architect
Job Description – Nutanix DR Solution Architect
Client: Zensar Technologies
Position: Nutanix DR Solution Architect
Location: India
Joining: Immediate Joiner Preferred
Engagement: Project-based
Role Overview
We are looking for a resource to work on a project. The requirement is for a very good
candidate who can be an immediate joiner, preferably India based.
Below are the detailed role requirements and expectations from the candidate:
1. Nutanix DR Architecture
The Architect shall perform the following activities aligned to the proposed DR solution
and Client’s current set up:
• Validate DR design documentation provided by third-party implementation
partner. Where needed create appropriate documentation as needed to
implement and support the DR.
• Lead infrastructure recovery requirements.
• Propose recovery strategies against defined RTO and RPO objectives.
• Propose workload classification and grouping methodology.
• Design disaster recovery sequencing and dependency mapping for infra and
network layer. Provide guidance to the applications team wrt managing the
sequencing and dependency mapping.
• Work with THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER to ensure that DR failover and failback
approaches suits Client’s needs.
• Prepare and produce appropriate DR runbooks, operational procedures and
recovery documentation. Provide guidance and support the applications team to
enable them crate runbooks, operational procedures and recovery
documentation.
• Provide risk-based recommendations and improvement opportunities.
• Define & produce relevant operational artefacts (e.g. a DR Operations Playbook)
that cover end-to-end DR operational processes. Some of these processes
include, but are not limited to - DR scenarios, DR triggers and its SOPs, Failover
processes, Failback processes, frequent DR testing, end-to-end governance &
monitoring.
2. Technical Design (Nutanix DR Set-up)
The Architect shall:
• Produce High-Level Designs (HLD) & Low-Level Designs (LLD) for
implementations needed in Client’s environment.
• Validate High-Level Designs (HLD) & Low-Level Designs (LLD) provided by thirdparty implementation partner.
• Validate implementation plans submitted by third-party implementation partner.
• Produce operational readiness deliverables for current Client environment.
Validate operational readiness deliverables from THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER.
• Work with THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER and prepare test plans and acceptance
criteria.
• Provide risk mitigation approaches.
• Produce infrastructure readiness requirements for current Client environment.
Review infrastructure readiness requirements from THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER.
3. Architecture Governance & Assurance
The Solution Architect shall:
• Review overall Nutanix DR solution architecture proposed by third-party
implementation partner.
• Review THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER solution’s architectural alignment with Client
infrastructure, security and operational requirements. Where needed architect
shall produce relevant architectures in consultation with THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER
and current Client infra support teams.
• Ensure architectural completeness risks and dependencies.
• Design for workload protection coverage for server and VDI platforms.
• Work with THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER to design architecture against business
continuity and resilience objectives.
• Ensure completeness of recovery scenarios, recovery dependencies and service
recovery priorities.
• Ensure architecture scalability, maintainability and operational supportability.
4. Stakeholder Co-ordination
The Architect, for the purpose of architecture reviews, requirement gathering, design
clarifications and governance activities, shall coordinate and engage with:
• Client Infrastructure Manager and Project Manager
• Client BAU Support Team from Zensar
• Client Security Team
• THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER
5. Testing Governance & Quality Assurance
The Architect shall:
• Produce testing methodology along with THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER and Client
teams.
• Produce DR testing scenarios and guide Client teams to produce relevant DR
test cases.
• Provide guidance during test execution.
• Validate test outcomes against agreed objectives.
• Provide architecture readiness recommendations.
6. Operational Readiness & Handover Governance
The Architect shall:
• Review operational handover documentation created and provided by third-party
implementation partner. Where needed, architect shall produce relevant
operational document covering end-to-end DR processes that needs to be
signed off by Client stakeholders mentioned above.
• Review supports readiness.
• Ensure monitoring and operational support requirements and implemented and
documented.
• Assess deployment readiness.
• Ensure the current Operation teams are provided all knowledge and artefacts to
execute the DR processes.
• Provide architecture acceptance recommendations.
Final business acceptance and production approval wherever needed shall remain the
responsibility of Client.
7. Deliverables
The Nutanix DR Solution Architect shall provide the following deliverables:
• Infrastructure Readiness Assessment for Nutanix DR.
• Architecture Gap Analysis
• DR Strategy Recommendations
• Test Readiness Review
• Operational Readiness Assessment
• Executive Steering Updates
• Architecture Sign-Off Recommendation
8. Infrastructure Delivery Governance
To support the Nutanix DR implementation activities, involved Infrastructure DR
Engineer (Nutanix / VMware / Windows) to execute infrastructure readiness, recovery
planning and testing.
The Nutanix DR Solution Architect shall:
• Provide functional guidance and technical direction to the infrastructure support
Engineer throughout the engagement.
• Coordinate, prioritize, track, and govern the execution of infrastructure-related
activities required to support the Nutanix DR implementation.
• Review and monitor completion of infrastructure discovery, dependency
assessment, and readiness activities.
• Govern the preparation of Nutanix, VMware, Windows Server, and associated
infrastructure prerequisites required by the third-party implementation partner.
• Review infrastructure recovery sequencing, dependency mapping, and recovery
runbooks prepared by the Infrastructure DR Engineer.
• Track readiness of core infrastructure services, including Active Directory, DNS,
DHCP, Authentication Services, File Services, and Infrastructure Management
Systems.
• Govern and monitor infrastructure participation in replication, failover, failback,
and recovery validation testing activities.
• Facilitate issue resolution, risk escalation, and stakeholder coordination related
to infrastructure DR readiness.
• Review and report status, risks, dependencies, and delivery progress of
infrastructure workstreams to Client project stakeholders.
• For clarity, the Infrastructure DR Engineer shall remain responsible for execution
of assigned engineering activities, while the Nutanix DR Solution Architect shall
provide governance, oversight, coordination, and technical assurance of the
infrastructure workstream.
• The governance responsibility described above shall be limited to Zensarassigned project resources only and shall not extend to the management,
supervision, or governance of Client personnel, or any other customerappointed third-party personnel.
The candidate should have strong experience in Nutanix DR Architecture, HLD/LLD, RTO/RPO, DR strategy, failover/failback, DR testing, architecture governance and infrastructure readiness.