Backup Engineer - Senior

Skills Required

• Leading and/or working on the most complex IT infrastructure, modification, installation, testing, implementation, and support of new or existing system hardware and software products.
• Planning, installing, configuring, testing, implementing and managing core system hardware and software products in support of an organization’s IT architecture and business needs.
• Administering, installing, configuring, and maintaining all backup and storage systems, including creating CommVault backup jobs for Linux, UNIX, Windows hosts, Network Attached Storage (NAS), NDMP, databases (DB2, SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL), masking/zoning/provisioning of storage to UNIX/Windows/VMware servers, performing data recoveries, and general troubleshooting.
• Supporting cloud service providers (Amazon Web Services – AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform – GCP, IBM Cloud) with data backup/recovery, planning and upgrading systems, checking system health, and making necessary changes.
• Analyzing issues reported by internal/external teams and making necessary recommendations; planning and designing systems architecture; working with customers to test applications after changes.
• Upgrading hardware in a timely manner with a minimum downtime window; evaluating new applications software technologies; and ensuring the security products are patched on a regular basis.

Experience Required

• Three (3) years of experience within the last five (5) years with Dell/EMC, IBM, NetApp, and Pure Storage solutions from midrange to enterprise class storage arrays for enterprise environments.
• Two (2) years of experience within the last five (5) years using, configuring, implementing, and troubleshooting cloud-based backup, servers, and storage systems for enterprise environments.
• Three (3) years of experience within the last five (5) years working as a backup administrator using, configuring, implementing, and troubleshooting CommVault data backup systems for enterprise environments.

The Following Skill Sets Are Required To Perform The Job

• Perform zoning on Cisco MDS switches
• Configure active-active block storage
• Configure SMB/CIFS file systems
• Configure NFS file systems
• Configure Multi-protocol file systems
• Configure CAS Bucket
• Configure AWS S3 Bucket
• Troubleshoot performance issues
• Familiarity with IBM Power Series
• Familiarity with VMware ESX
• Familiarity with AIX, HP-UX, RHEL, and Windows
• Familiar with RedHat Ansible Tower

Education Required

• This classification requires the possession of a bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Engineering field.