SQL Server Database Administrator

Job Title      : Senior SQL Server Database Administrator 
Location     : Cary, NC(Onsite)

Note - Nutanix Database Service (NDB) Mandatory
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