W2 Contract Role_SQL Server DBA / SQL Database Admin_Cary, NC (Onsite Role)

Role: SQL Server Database Admin Location: Cary, NC (Onsite Role) Duration: Long term contract Position Type: W2 Contract only Job Description Position Summary: Seeking an experienced SQL Server DBA to manage and support enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environment. The resource will serve as the primary SME for Nutanix Database Services (NDB) and will be responsible for SQL administration, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, upgrades, migrations, backup/recovery, and production support.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, maintain, troubleshoot, and support Microsoft SQL Server databases across production, test, and disaster recovery environments.
• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, migrate, and deploy SQL Server databases and related components.
• Serve as SME for Nutanix Database Services (NDB) and support SQL workloads hosted on Nutanix platforms.
• Manage SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Database Mirroring, and Log Shipping.
• Perform database performance tuning, capacity planning, monitoring, root cause analysis, and issue resolution.
• Design, implement, test, and maintain database high availability, backup/recovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Administer Dell EMC Avamar and Data Domain backup solutions for SQL Server environments.
• Participate in on-call support rotation and provide L3 support for critical production incidents and outages.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, operating procedures, runbooks, and compliance-related artifacts.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, security, storage, and DR teams to ensure reliable database operations.

Mandatory Skills

• Nutanix Database Service (NDB) Mandatory
• Microsoft SQL Server Administration
• SQL Server Always on Availability Groups
• SQL Server Clustering
• Database Mirroring
• Log Shipping
• Database Migrations and Upgrades
• SQL Performance Tuning
• Dell EMC Avamar
• Dell EMC Data Domain
• SQL Disaster Recovery
• Production Support / On-call Support

Preferred Experience

• 8+ years of SQL Server DBA experience
• Strong Nutanix/NDB hands-on administration experience
• Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise databases
• Experience supporting regulated environments (ITAR/CUI)

Tirath Prajapati Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist Amaze Systems Inc

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