The Backup Administrator will be actively involved in the evaluation, review, and management of cloud based and on-premise backup solutions.
You will be part of a Team who supports a wide range of workloads.
You should be well versed in backup administration which includes installation, configuration and troubleshooting.
A strong candidate will be able to rapidly troubleshoot complex technical problems under pressure, implement solutions that are scalable, while managing multiple customer groups.
What You Will Do :
- Execute and translate into operational excellence the database architecture roadmaps and specific plans to implement them.
- Backup firmware and software version upgrades.
- Proactive backup capacity planning.
- Usage of new backup features.
- Performance and scalability goals.
- High availability and disaster recovery goals.
- Data security and protection.
- Functionality, stress, and load testing.
- Compliance initiatives (SOX, PCI, etc.
- Participate in production on-call rotation (one week at a time of 7x24 on-call support for production environments).
- Execute major backup migrations as well as application migrations, with minimal system downtime.
- Ensure backup standards are followed and implemented.
- Backup health monitoring.
- Technical Documentation.
- Review procedures.
- Proactively monitor production backup systems, analyze findings, formulate recommendations, and work with the backup Architect to implement recommendations.
What Experience You Need
BS or Associate's Degree / Technical Certification or equivalent job experience required.5+ years experience as an Vertias(Cohesity) / Commvault production and development.Experience With Linux (and Windows) Required.Knowledge of Backup Tools / Utilities (e.g. , Commserve, Altaview, opscenter, etc.Must have strong analytical and problem solving skills.Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.Ability to plan work to meet project deadlines, accommodate demands by users, set priorities, organize information and escalate issues appropriately.Ability to participate in multiple projects concurrently.Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentation), customer service-oriented, strong problem solving skills, and the ability to understand new technologies quickly are essential.A strong commitment to network availability and performance, and professionalism at all times.Ability to speak to technical groups about designs and implementation.What Could Set You Apart :
Commvault and Cohesity experience.Ability to multitask and work under pressure.Strong ability to prepare and present technical documentation.Ability to communicate in a professional manner when interacting across staff levels and internal / external customers.Google or AWS certifications.Enterprise Storage experience.(ref : hirist.tech)