Backup Recovery Engineer

Summary

Join GeorgeJon as a Backup & Recovery Administrator/Engineer and architect, administer, monitor, and optimize enterprise-grade backup, replication, and disaster recovery solutions. You will leverage platforms like Commvault, Veeam, Veritas NetBackup, and Quest Rapid Recovery in hybrid cloud and on-prem deployments. Responsibilities include designing and deploying backup infrastructure, monitoring and responding to incidents, architecting disaster recovery strategies, ensuring data integrity and compliance, optimizing storage, automating tasks, and maintaining thorough documentation. The ideal candidate possesses 3-5+ years of experience in enterprise environments with backup/recovery systems across Windows/Linux workloads and hands-on experience with at least one enterprise B&R suite. This remote position offers a competitive benefits package.

Requirements

• Experience: 3–5+ years in enterprise environments with backup/recovery systems across Windows/Linux workloads
• Platforms: Hands-on with at least one enterprise B&R suite (Commvault, Veeam, NetBackup, Rubrik, Quest Rapid Recovery)
• Virtualization/Cloud: Experience with vSphere/Hyper-V, plus integration with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Storage & Network: Working knowledge of NAS/SAN (NFS, SMB, iSCSI), cloud object storage (S3), and networking performance considerations
• Scripting: Proficiency in PowerShell or similar

Responsibilities

• Backup Infrastructure Design & Deployment
• Architect and implement enterprise backup solutions using tools like Commvault, Veeam, NetBackup, and Quest Rapid Recovery
• Leverage Quest Rapid Recovery's Rapid Snap for Applications to create incremental-forever snapshots of mission-critical workloads (Windows/Linux), capturing full application states every five minutes
• Configure backup targets across D2D, D2T, SAN/NAS, and cloud tiers
• Operational Monitoring & Incident Response
• Establish and refine monitoring/alerting protocols for backup jobs, replication tasks, and DR status
• Use tools like Quest’s Verified Recovery to perform automated integrity checks and ensure restorable snapshots
• Troubleshoot failures, bottlenecks, and restore issues in real-time
• Disaster Recovery Architecture
• Collaborate on DR strategy and develop automated runbooks
• Utilize Rapid Recovery’s Live Recovery and Virtual Standby features to ensure near-zero downtime and quick failover of workloads to VMs in the event of outages
• Conduct regular DR simulations across VMware, Hyper-V, and physical platforms
• Data Integrity & Compliance
• Enforce retention schedules, legal holds, and encryption strategies in compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, and other frameworks
• Leverage Universal Recovery in Quest to restore everything from single files to entire systems—even to dissimilar hardware
• Storage Optimization
• Analyze usage trends and adjust deduplication/compression policies in platforms like Rapid Recovery to maximize storage efficiency (up to 95% savings)
• Plan capacity across on-prem and cloud (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
• Automation & Scripting
• Use PowerShell, Bash, or Python to automate tasks, integrate with tools like ServiceNow, Zabbix, or Splunk, and streamline backup operations
• Documentation & Knowledge Management
• Maintain thorough documentation of backup designs, DR plans, configuration files, and recovery procedures
• Contribute to SOP libraries and internal knowledge bases

Preferred Qualifications

• Commvault Certified Professional or Engineer
• Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE)
• Quest Rapid Recovery training/certification (preferred but not required)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Backup and Site Recovery
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
• Bonus for experience scripting DR tests or backup APIs

Benefits

• A high-value, low-cost BCBS health insurance plan
• 401(k) with company match
• Ample time off including a full week in December
• Paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
• A wellness reimbursement program
• Remote-first work environment