SQL Database Administrator

Yochana; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

Yochana in Cary, NC invites an experienced SQL Server Database Administrator for a contract onsite role. You will administer, monitor, and support Microsoft SQL Server databases across production, test, and disaster recovery environments.

The role requires expertise in Nutanix Database Service (NDB) and Always On Availability Groups, along with on-call support responsibilities and collaboration across infra, security, and DR teams.

Qualifications

• MS SQL Server Database Administration experience.
• Expertise with Always On Availability Groups is required.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and support SQL Server databases across production, test, and DR environments.
• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, migrate, and deploy SQL Server databases and components.
• Provide SME guidance for Nutanix Database Service (NDB) when SQL workloads run on Nutanix.
• Manage high availability using Always On AG, Failover Clustering, Database Mirroring, and Log Shipping.
• Perform performance tuning, capacity planning, monitoring, root cause analysis, and incident resolution.
• Design and maintain backup/recovery, DR, and business continuity solutions.
• Participate in on-call rotation and provide L3 support for critical production incidents.
• Develop and maintain technical runbooks, SOPs, and compliance-related artifacts.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, storage, and DR teams to ensure reliable DB operations.

Skills

SQL Server Administration

Always On Availability Groups

Job description

Role – SQL Server Database Administrator

Location – Cary, NC

Type : Contract & Onsite

Mandatory : Nutanix Database Service (NDB)

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 platform

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 environment

Participate in on-call support rotation and provide L3 support for critical production incidents and outage

Develop and maintain technical documentation, operating procedures, runbooks, and compliance-related artifact

Collaborate with infrastructure, application, security, storage, and DR teams to ensure reliable database operation

Mandatory Skills

• Microsoft SQL Server Administration
• SQL Server Always On Availability Groups