What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior SQL Server Database Administrator (ITAR SQL/Nutanix SME) position at Tekfortune Inc.?
Job Title : Senior SQL Server Database Administrator (ITAR SQL/Nutanix SME)
Location : Cary, NC(Onsite)
Note: Client is not willing to sponsor any visa.
Position Summary: Seeking an experienced SQL Server DBA to manage and support Benchmark's 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
ITAR / Export Control eligible (U.S. Person required)
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)
Salary : $45 - $48