Infrastructure Engineer (SQL Server & Windows)
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Job overview
NTT DATA’s client seeks a hands-on SQL Server and Windows Infrastructure Engineer to build and configure application environments. The contractor will work with application development and enterprise infrastructure teams to establish SQL Server environments, resolve deployment issues, and reduce infrastructure work handled by developers. The role supports environments in Charlotte, North Carolina, or Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Full job description
NTT DATA's Client is seeking an experienced, hands-on SQL Server and Windows Infrastructure Engineer to support the build-out and configuration of new application environments. The contractor will work with application development and enterprise infrastructure teams to configure servers, establish SQL Server environments, resolve deployment issues, and reduce reliance on application developers for infrastructure-related work. (Charlotte, NC or Minneapolis, MN)
Key Responsibilities
Build and configure Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server environments.
Install, configure, secure, patch, and troubleshoot SQL Server instances.
Configure databases, service accounts, permissions, certificates, storage, networking, and application connectivity.
Support database backup/recovery, maintenance, performance tuning, and production readiness.
Troubleshoot infrastructure, SQL Server, and application deployment issues.
Automate repeatable configuration and operational activities using PowerShell where appropriate.
Coordinate with enterprise infrastructure, security, database, and application teams to move environment requests through established processes.
Document configurations, procedures, dependencies, and operational support requirements.
Required Skills
Strong Microsoft SQL Server administration and engineering experience.
Strong Windows Server configuration and troubleshooting experience.
Advanced T-SQL, including stored procedures, query analysis, indexing, and performance optimization.
Experience building Dev/Test/QA/Production application environments.
Working knowledge of Active Directory, service accounts, certificates, DNS, networking, storage, and firewall concepts.
PowerShell or comparable infrastructure automation experience.
Ability to independently diagnose and resolve complex environment and deployment issues.
Preferred Skills
SQL Server Always On / high availability and disaster recovery.
Azure DevOps, Git, and CI/CD experience.
Experience supporting applications in a large, regulated financial-services environment.
Experience with security hardening, vulnerability remediation, change management, and production controls.
About NTT DATA:
NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us at us.nttdata.com
Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting hourly range for this remote role is ($55.00-$65.00/Hour). This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on several factors, including the candidate's actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications.
NTT DATA endeavors to make https://us.nttdata.com accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at https://us.nttdata.com/en/contact-us. This contact information is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. NTT DATA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. For our EEO Policy Statement, please click here. If you'd like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here. For Pay Transparency information, please click here.
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How this job compares
Set against the 4,994 open Infrastructure Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$55–65/hr
- US median$50–63/hr101 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $60/hr, is 9% above the US median midpoint ($55/hr) — in the middle half of Infrastructure Engineer hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 130 open Infrastructure Engineer jobs in North Carolina and 4,994 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Infrastructure Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 8 years (3,882 postings).
- Education
- 693 of the 4,994 open Infrastructure Engineer jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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