THE OPPORTUNITY

This role is open for applicants from the Netherlands or the UK.
The Nutanix Database Solutions Engineering team is looking for a seasoned Database Solution Architect to join our team focused on bringing Hybrid and multi-cloud Database-as-a-Service to the enterprise level. The Database Solutions Architect combines deep technical subject matter expertise with a keen understanding of how to address the critical business needs of enterprise customers through Nutanix products and solutions. This role is a high-impact and high-visibility one. As customers continue their hybrid cloud journey, architect-level guidance is critical to their success.
The architect must be a highly organized, thorough, and motivated professional who understands the importance of being a strong team player and leader when forging a solution and liaising with customers. A deep technical expertise in traditional and next-generation database technologies—including containerized and cloud-native database workloads is a must.
This role is critical to designing scalable, secure, and resilient data architectures that align with our cloud transformation goals and modern application environments. The ideal candidate will lead innovation while ensuring enterprise-grade reliability and performance across diverse deployment models.

• Design and implement robust, high-performing, and future-ready database architectures that support operational, transactional, and analytical workloads.
• Research and assess next-gen database platforms (e.g., vector databases, graph databases, time-series DBs, real-time analytics engines) and recommend adoption paths.
• Develop data strategies that span on-prem, cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), and hybrid environments, including serverless and distributed database models.
• Ensure database solutions comply with data governance, privacy, and security regulations
• Champion innovation by researching new technologies, database engine updates and any other relevant ecosystem update
• Develop and maintain enterprise-grade database DR strategies, including backup/recovery plans, replication, failover mechanisms, and cross-region availability.
• Partner with internal teams, prospects, and customers to expertly design and deploy database workloads on the Nutanix platform, fostering collaboration, technical excellence, and customer success at every stage
• Collaborate with Nutanix’s Engineering by developing and running benchmarks, providing SWOT analysis of the Nutanix Platform in order enhance the Nutanix’s offerings
• Develop robust automation solutions for database provisioning, health monitoring, and lifecycle management to drive operational efficiency, consistency, and scalability.
• Partner with Nutanix sales teams to support large-scale and strategic opportunities, providing technical expertise and solution alignment to drive customer value and deal success.
• Provide help to install, support, and maintain Nutanix solutions during strategic Proof of Concept (POC) deployments
• Be part of a global team of SME’s providing help during customer escalations processes
• Achieve NCX certification within the first year to enhance expertise in customer experience management and establish credibility.