Backup Storage Engineer - Senior Level

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Job # 10195 – Posted 2/16/2023 – Downey CA

Backup Storage Engineer is responsible for 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. This classification needs to plan, install, configure, test, implement and manage core system hardware and software products in support of an organization’s IT architecture and business needs. Special organizational or functional industry position titles for backup storage engineers include but are not limited to Backup/Recovery Engineer, Storage Engineer, Backup Engineer, Backup Administrator, and Storage Administrator.

Backup Storage Engineer, in maintenance and support of various backup and storage systems (that includes Comm Vault, Dell/EMC, IBM, Net App, and Pure Storage), is responsible for the administration, installation, configuration, and maintenance of all backup and storage systems to include creating Comm Vault backup jobs for Linux, UNIX, Windows hosts, Network Attached Storage (NAS) NDMP, databases (DB2, SQL, Oracle, Postgre

SQL), masking/zoning/provisioning of storage to UNIX/Windows/VMware servers, performing data recoveries, and general troubleshooting. The engineer will be responsible for all data backup/recovery support for cloud service providers (Amazon Web Services – AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform – GCP, IBM Cloud), planning and upgrading the systems on a regular basis, checking the health of all the systems, and making necessary changes as required.

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/or ensuring the security products are patched on a regular basis.

• In-depth knowledge of Comm Vault Complete Data Protection
• VMware data protection and recovery using VADP (VMware vStorage API for Data Protection)
• Configure, administer, tune, and optimize NFS/CIFS protocols on Net App storage array
• Command line and shell scripting
• UNIX (IBM AIX, Linux, HP-UX)
• TCP/IP, Administration of networking hardware

• Three (3) years of experience within the last five (5) years working as a backup administrator using, configuring, implementing, and troubleshooting Comm Vault data backup systems for enterprise environments.
• Three (3) years of experience within the last five (5) years with Dell/EMC, IBM, Net App, 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.

This classification requires the possession of a bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Engineering field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

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• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Information Technology