We are seeking an experienced Senior Backup Engineer with deep expertise in Commvault and Veritas NetBackup technologies to join our Professional Services team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing enterprise & cloud backup and recovery solutions that ensure the integrity, availability, and security of our critical data assets. The ideal candidate will bring extensive hands-on experience with Commvault and Veritas environments, strong technical problem-solving skills, and the ability to lead backup infrastructure operations.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain enterprise backup and recovery infrastructure using Commvault and Veritas NetBackup technologies
- Develop and execute comprehensive backup strategies for diverse environments including physical servers, virtual machines, databases, cloud workloads, and applications
- Establish backup policies, retention schedules, and compliance requirements aligned with business needs and regulatory standards
- Monitor backup operations and proactively resolve backup failures and performance issues
- Regularly test restore operations to validate recoverability and refine recovery time objectives (RTOs)
- Lead disaster recovery planning, testing, and implementation as it relates to backup systems
- Implement and maintain backup security protocols to protect againstransomware and other threats
- Optimize backup infrastructure for efficiency, performance, and cost-effectiveness
- Evaluate new backup technologies and features, providing recommendations for platform upgrades and enhancements
- Create and maintain documentation for backup architecture, policies, and operational procedures
- Develop automation solutions to streamline backup operations and reporting
- Mentor junior backup engineers and provide technical guidance on complex backup scenarios
- Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and security teams to ensure comprehensive data protection
- Participate in on-call rotation for critical backup and recovery incidents
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- 7+ years of experience in backup and recovery roles, with at least 4 years focused on enterprise environments
- Extensive hands-on experience with Commvault Backup & Recovery solutions
- Goodexpertise with Veritas NetBackup administration and architecture
- Advanced knowledge of backup methodologies, including full, incremental, synthetic, deduplicated, and cloud-based backups
- Current certifications in Commvault (CVCP/CVCE) and/or Veritas NetBackup (VCS/VCSP)
- Experience backing up diverse workloads including VMware/Hyper-V, OpenStack, major databases (SQL, Oracle, etc.), and messaging platforms
- Strong understanding of storage technologies that interface with backup systems
- Experience with disaster recovery planning and implementation
- Knowledge of compliance requirements related to data retention and protection
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
Additional Skills (Nice to have)
- Experience with additional backup solutions
- Proficiency in scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python, etc.)
- Knowledge of cloud backup technologies and services
- Understanding of tape library technologies and operations
- Experience with backup implementations in large, distributed environments
- Familiarity with containerized application backup strategies
- Knowledge of data archiving solutions and strategies
- Understanding of data classification and its impact on backup policies
- ITIL knowledge and experience with incident and change processes
- Experience with backup security and ransomware protection strategies
- Background in storage engineering or administration
- Knowledge of data governance frameworks and regulations
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