Enterprise Data Protection Engineer: Fort Worth, TX

About the role

Textron is a renowned global multi-industry company with a diverse portfolio spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care, and fuel systems. Our brand lineup includes leading names like Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft, E-Z-GO, Lycoming Engines and many others. With a strong worldwide presence and a workforce of 34,000 individuals across 25 countries, we prioritize attracting top talent. The Enterprise Data Protection Engineer is a hands-on engineer responsible for the day-to-day operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Textron's enterprise data protection, backup, and storage environment across on-premises and cloud (Azure commercial and GCC High) platforms, globally across Textron and its subsidiaries. Working within a distributed team, this engineer helps ensure the data protection, availability, cyber resiliency, and recoverability of business-critical systems. The role partners with senior engineers and architects to plan and implement backup, storage, replication, and disaster-recovery solutions consistent with company goals, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements. Over time, the role is expected to broaden into adjacent compute and cloud operations responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor daily backup and replication jobs; troubleshoot and remediate failures, and escalate repeat or systemic issues to server support teams and/or suppliers.
• Perform day-to-day administration of the enterprise backup platform (Commvault) and associated storage, including job scheduling, capacity management, and performance tuning.
• Build, configure, and support backup for a diverse estate: VMware, Azure IaaS/AKS, physical and virtual servers, and databases (SQL, Oracle, HANA, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, DB2) across Windows, Linux, and AIX.
• Contribute to the architecture and implementation of global backup and storage solutions aligned to the long-term strategy for enterprise file/block storage, multi-cloud recovery, business continuity/DR, automation, and cost optimization.
• Implement and validate data protection controls including immutable/WORM backups, encryption at rest and in transit, and retention/compliance policies.
• Design and distribute backup reports to system owners and stakeholders, and help enforce architecture and configuration standards in collaboration with application owners, developers, and end users.
• Develop and document processes and procedures for deployment, maintenance, and administration in accordance with company policies, industry standards, and recommended practices.
• Support and help audit third-party / managed-service activities for adherence to Textron policies, procedures, and architecture standards.
• Plan and coordinate upgrades, data migrations, and system refreshes.
• Participate in critical incident response, troubleshooting, and remediation during outages or performance degradation, including occasional off-hours work.
• Represent data protection interests in global change-management processes for activities that may impact backup/storage availability, replication, or performance.
• Cross-train with peers and, over time, take on growing responsibility within the broader midrange and cloud operations space.
• Ensure the protection and privacy of employee personnel records and other sensitive information.
• Perform other duties as assigned and remain open to future career-development opportunities within Textron.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years in Information Technology Infrastructure, preferably with experience in backup and storage systems
• Working knowledge of both on-premises and cloud (Azure or AWS) compute and storage environments
• Understanding of backup and storage architecture principles and practical experience designing, building, configuring, and supporting backup systems and management software, preferred
• Direct experience with compute/cloud operations, preferred
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Commvault, Microsoft Azure such as AZ-104/AZ-500, storage/DR) are a plus

Skills & Attributes

• Strong troubleshooting, organizational, and time-management skills
• Willing to work occasional unusual hours and after hours support
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Highly self-motivated, self-directed, and eager to grow technically into a broader operations role over time

Benefits

• Generous time-off package and a culture that encourages connection and engagement
• Employee Resource Groups and fun workplace activities
• Collaborative environment with diverse mix of experience levels where mentorship and knowledge sharing thrive
• Competitive total rewards package
• Industry-leading 401(k) matching
• Generous tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive health, dental, and more