Senior Database Consultant

Nutanix; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking an experienced Consultant in the Riyadh Region. You will engage with clients to evaluate database technologies, design and manage database services, and provide consultancy to Nutanix customers. The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of experience with Oracle or SQL Server, along with proficiency in Cloud migrations. Fluency in Arabic and English is required, and knowledge of Open Source databases is an advantage.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of database experience in Oracle, SQL Server, or other platforms.
• Experience in handling multiple Cloud Environments for migrations is preferable.
• Knowledge of replication technologies and database design in virtual environments.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients to evaluate database technologies.
• Design, develop, deploy, and manage database services.
• Provide consultancy to existing and potential Nutanix customers.

Skills

Database experience in Oracle or SQL Server

Database implementation skills

Cloud environments for database migrations

Scripting and automation

Fluency in Arabic & English

Knowledge of Open Source databases

Job description

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Consultant to join our Professional Services team in EMEA. The Consultant will work in the Services organization to help clients establish architectural vision and direction. He or she will help clients design, deploy, and migrate Nutanix Database Service (NDB) related projects, as well as work with software developers, consultants, and engineers to create scalable and repeatable solutions for partners.

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.

About The Team

The Nutanix Professional Services team delivers a strong influence on the success of each Nutanix implementation by its customers. The Services function ensures success by engaging with customers in the pre‑sales and post‑sales stages by assisting in their software‑defined data center (SDDC) strategy and architecture. Besides helping customers implement Nutanix products successfully, the Professional Services team, working with our partners, ensures customer success in fully implementing their virtualized and software‑defined data centers. The Nutanix Professional Services Consulting function includes assessment, design, implementation, integration, and automation services as well as project management.

Your Role

• As a consultant, engage with clients to compare and contrast various database technologies and provide value propositions according to the client’s application landscape.
• Responsible for the design, development, testing, deployment, and management of database services utilizing Nutanix NDB on on-prem as well as NC2 Cloud.
• Provide Database consultancy services to existing Nutanix customers as well as potential customers.
• Evangelize the Nutanix platform to Application owners, DBAs, and management.
• Participate in a pre‑sales involvement to provide services overlay to the existing sales motion primarily as an SME.
• Create toolkits and best practice documents and whitepapers.

What You Will Bring

• Minimum 3 years of database experience in Oracle, SQL Server, or other commercial/open‑source database platforms, preferably on large scale environments.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in database implementation such as Oracle, Oracle RAC, SQL Server, SQL Server Always On.
• Experience in handling multiple Cloud Environments for database migrations for Oracle/MySQL/Postgres databases is preferable.
• Experience operating mission‑critical database applications in on‑premise, cloud, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience in migrating mission‑critical database environments from one platform to another.Experience working with high availability, disaster recovery, and server tuning strategies including parameters, resources, contention, etc.
• Experience with scripting and automation, expertise with writing and reading SQL queries.
• Knowledge of replication technologies such as Oracle GoldenGate, Oracle Dataguard, and SQL Server Log‑Shipping.
• Database design experience in virtual environments.
• A good team player with effective communication and the ability to work independently.
• Knowledge and operational experience of Open Source databases like MongoDB, MySQL, or PostgreSQL will be an advantage.
• Fluency in Arabic & English is required; additional language is nice to have.