Backup Engineer / Backup Admin - Remote Job

Summary: The Backup Engineer / Admin role focuses on managing and administering backup solutions, specifically utilizing technologies such as Dell EMC, Avamar, and Nutanix. The position requires extensive experience in backup administration and a strong understanding of data protection, disaster recovery, and cloud technologies. The role is remote and involves operational support, including 24x7 availability. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills and the ability to handle complex backup environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Hands on Experience in Setting up a New Backup environment.
• Experience Backup migration from existing to new environments based on the customer needs.
• Experience on configuring Database Backups & restorations.
• Configuring Backups from on-prem to cloud object storage.
• Restore and back up operation unaided for unscheduled / ado requests Backup and restore using native back up commands.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Training/certification is a plus.
• VMware/Hyper-V and Windows/Linux Server basic admin knowledge would be added advantage.
• Participate & run recovery drills once every quarter and restore it back to the production site which will include building backup server and restoring data.
• Report any hardware issues on the data domain, firewall, switch within the vault to Dell support and coordinate any support/hardware issues.
• Run capacity planning report to understand the growth and make sure additional hardware is requested on time.
• Provide suggestions to increase security by bringing in additional software/hardware.

Key Skills:

• Experience in Dell EMC Power Protect, Data Manager, Data Protection Advisor, Data Protection Central, System Manager for Data Domain, Networker, Avamar, Hyper converged Nutanix, Rubrik backup, Dell SRM, Cloud Object Storage.
• Knowledge in Data Backup, Archival & Disaster Recovery.
• Strong understanding of Windows Server environment.
• Strong Understanding of virtualization on VMWare.
• Firmware upgrades and OS/ Security patch update for network switches and storage appliance.
• Handling/ Setting/Configuring Storage & Backup devices.
• Good Understanding of AZURE/Cloud Technologies.
• Good hands-on Experience in diagnostics & troubleshooting of Storage and backup environments.
• Good understanding of HA and DRS environment.
• Operational support with flexibility for 24x7 support.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT