Job Summary
Backup & Storage Administrator – Specialist System Engineer Primary Focus: Backup & Recovery (70-80%) Secondary Focus: Storage Administration (20-30%) • Define, implement, and operate backup and recovery strategies, ensuring effective data protection, disaster recovery, and business continuity. • Perform administration and support for backup platforms, including monitoring, troubleshooting, backup optimization, and recovery operations. • Execute and validate backup restores and disaster recovery tests to ensure recovery objectives are met. • Provide basic administration and operational support for storage systems, including Dell EMC, Pure Storage, and NetApp environments. • Monitor backup and storage infrastructure health, capacity, performance, and availability. • Support incident resolution, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions. • Ensure adherence to security, compliance, retention, and data integrity requirements. • Produce, maintain, and regularly update technical documentation, operational procedures, recovery runbooks, and knowledge articles. • Participate in change management activities related to backup, storage, and infrastructure platforms. • Collaborate with infrastructure, server, database, virtualization, and application teams to support business requirements. • Support storage provisioning, capacity management, and routine maintenance activities. • Identify opportunities for automation and operational improvements through scripting and process optimization. • Assist in backup capacity planning, lifecycle management, and infrastructure upgrades. • Ensure backup jobs, replication processes, and recovery services meet defined SLA, RPO, and RTO requirements. • Provide on-call support and participate in major incident resolution when required. Technical skills: • Strong understanding of enterprise backup and recovery concepts, disaster recovery, and data protection. • Experience with backup solutions such as Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, Avamar, or similar. • Basic administration knowledge of Dell EMC, Pure Storage, and NetApp storage platforms. • Understanding of SAN, NAS, storage provisioning, and capacity management concepts. • Experience in troubleshooting infrastructure incidents and performing root cause analysis. • Basic Knowledge of PowerShell, Shell scripting, or other automation tools. • Familiarity with ITIL processes such as Incident, Problem, Change, and Service Request Management. • Strong documentation, analytical, and communication skills. Profile · Bachelor’s degree in IT (or equivalent experience) · At least 5 years of experience in storage and backup administration · Experience in enterprise environments · Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills · Autonomous, rigorous, and team-oriented
Key Responsibilities
Backup & Storage Administrator – Specialist System Engineer Primary Focus: Backup & Recovery (70-80%) Secondary Focus: Storage Administration (20-30%) • Define, implement, and operate backup and recovery strategies, ensuring effective data protection, disaster recovery, and business continuity. • Perform administration and support for backup platforms, including monitoring, troubleshooting, backup optimization, and recovery operations. • Execute and validate backup restores and disaster recovery tests to ensure recovery objectives are met. • Provide basic administration and operational support for storage systems, including Dell EMC, Pure Storage, and NetApp environments. • Monitor backup and storage infrastructure health, capacity, performance, and availability. • Support incident resolution, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions. • Ensure adherence to security, compliance, retention, and data integrity requirements. • Produce, maintain, and regularly update technical documentation, operational procedures, recovery runbooks, and knowledge articles. • Participate in change management activities related to backup, storage, and infrastructure platforms. • Collaborate with infrastructure, server, database, virtualization, and application teams to support business requirements. • Support storage provisioning, capacity management, and routine maintenance activities. • Identify opportunities for automation and operational improvements through scripting and process optimization. • Assist in backup capacity planning, lifecycle management, and infrastructure upgrades. • Ensure backup jobs, replication processes, and recovery services meet defined SLA, RPO, and RTO requirements. • Provide on-call support and participate in major incident resolution when required. Technical skills: • Strong understanding of enterprise backup and recovery concepts, disaster recovery, and data protection. • Experience with backup solutions such as Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, Avamar, or similar. • Basic administration knowledge of Dell EMC, Pure Storage, and NetApp storage platforms. • Understanding of SAN, NAS, storage provisioning, and capacity management concepts. • Experience in troubleshooting infrastructure incidents and performing root cause analysis. • Basic Knowledge of PowerShell, Shell scripting, or other automation tools. • Familiarity with ITIL processes such as Incident, Problem, Change, and Service Request Management. • Strong documentation, analytical, and communication skills. Profile · Bachelor’s degree in IT (or equivalent experience) · At least 5 years of experience in storage and backup administration · Experience in enterprise environments · Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills · Autonomous, rigorous, and team-oriented
Skill Requirements
Backup & Storage Administrator – Specialist System Engineer Primary Focus: Backup & Recovery (70-80%) Secondary Focus: Storage Administration (20-30%) • Define, implement, and operate backup and recovery strategies, ensuring effective data protection, disaster recovery, and business continuity. • Perform administration and support for backup platforms, including monitoring, troubleshooting, backup optimization, and recovery operations. • Execute and validate backup restores and disaster recovery tests to ensure recovery objectives are met. • Provide basic administration and operational support for storage systems, including Dell EMC, Pure Storage, and NetApp environments. • Monitor backup and storage infrastructure health, capacity, performance, and availability. • Support incident resolution, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions. • Ensure adherence to security, compliance, retention, and data integrity requirements. • Produce, maintain, and regularly update technical documentation, operational procedures, recovery runbooks, and knowledge articles. • Participate in change management activities related to backup, storage, and infrastructure platforms. • Collaborate with infrastructure, server, database, virtualization, and application teams to support business requirements. • Support storage provisioning, capacity management, and routine maintenance activities. • Identify opportunities for automation and operational improvements through scripting and process optimization. • Assist in backup capacity planning, lifecycle management, and infrastructure upgrades. • Ensure backup jobs, replication processes, and recovery services meet defined SLA, RPO, and RTO requirements. • Provide on-call support and participate in major incident resolution when required. Technical skills: • Strong understanding of enterprise backup and recovery concepts, disaster recovery, and data protection. • Experience with backup solutions such as Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, Avamar, or similar. • Basic administration knowledge of Dell EMC, Pure Storage, and NetApp storage platforms. • Understanding of SAN, NAS, storage provisioning, and capacity management concepts. • Experience in troubleshooting infrastructure incidents and performing root cause analysis. • Basic Knowledge of PowerShell, Shell scripting, or other automation tools. • Familiarity with ITIL processes such as Incident, Problem, Change, and Service Request Management. • Strong documentation, analytical, and communication skills. Profile · Bachelor’s degree in IT (or equivalent experience) · At least 5 years of experience in storage and backup administration · Experience in enterprise environments · Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills · Autonomous, rigorous, and team-oriented