Backup Administrator

This is a remote position.

 Responsibilities

·         Perform daily monitoring of enterprise backup environments. Document and resolve incidents related to backup/recovery job failures

·         Ability to work from home including facilitating incident calls, monitoring processes, and able to respond to phone calls from remote sites

·         Identify root cause analysis and remediate reoccurring backup/recovery issues

·         Create and provide reports describing operational performance of backup/recovery environments. Identify appropriate targets as key performance indicators of backup/recovery system health and provide recommendations regarding problem resolution in cases where targets are being approached (best case) or are exceeded (worst case)

·         Participate in the building, installation, configuration and testing of servers, storage, and backup infrastructure for new use, upgrades, or lifecycle replacement

·         Create and update documentation for backup environments

·         Operate as an escalation point on all backup issues

·         Provide 24x7 IT operations support on an on-call basis

·         Develop and demonstrate technical subject matter expertise on the assigned backup and storage systems along with associated processes and procedures

·         Comply with and execute change management processes

·         Collaborate effectively within systems administrative team and across functional teams to resolve issues, make design changes, and ensure the backup/recovery environment is running effectively.

·         Experience working in large, enterprise environments, including managing backups related to Oracle and SQL Server database technologies

·         hands-on experience working with Veeam Backup and Replication, NetBackup, and Azure Backup services

·         Knowledge and experience working with tape-based backup hardware

·         Knowledge and experience working with Cloud file storage platforms as a backup storage target

·         Knowledge and experience working with deduplication storage systems

·         Knowledge and experience with SAN Fabric Technologies related to backup infrastructure

·         Knowledge and experience in installation and management of backup integration clients

·         Knowledge and experience in administrating applications operating within clustered environments related to backup infrastructure

·         Knowledge and Experience with disaster recovery as it relates to storage systems and data recovery techniques, including disk replication, snapshots and disaster recovery best practices

·         Knowledge and Experience Ability writing technical design and build documentation for all aspects of Backup infrastructure

·         Experience in system monitoring tools and techniques for supporting Backup operations, alerting, and remediation

Requirements

·         Strong leadership and interpersonal skills

·         Dynamic, hard-working, and ambitious

·         Excellent oral and written communication skills (English language)

·         Ability to multi-task in order to meet project and operational demands

·         Strong ability to self-learn

·         Strong organization, analysis, and problem-solving skills

·         Scripting (e.g., bash, Perl, PowerShell)

·         High level of technical expertise to support complex Storage & Backup devices, including SAN, NAS, and Backup solutions across all tiers, under minimal supervision

·         Strong hands-on technical professional with business acumen

·         Experience developing backup policy/procedures and best practices standards