Senior Backup Engineer

Senior Backup Engineer

Location:

Chicago, Illinois (Partial Remote)

We are seeking a technical Senior Backup Engineer to assist with designing, implementing, and automating enterprise backup, cyber recovery, and data protection platforms. This role will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for modernizing backup infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and recovery testing. The ideal candidate possesses expertise in enterprise backup technologies, cyber resiliency, and cloud infrastructure.

• Design, implement, and optimize enterprise backup and recovery platforms across various workloads.
• Lead the architecture of immutable and air-gapped backup environments to defend against cyber events.
• Develop enterprise backup standards, engineering patterns, and operational procedures.
• Perform capacity planning, lifecycle management, performance tuning, and storage optimization.
• Design and engineer logically and physically isolated cyber recovery environments.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules for deploying backup infrastructure.
• Automate backup deployments using Infrastructure as Code principles and scripting with Power Shell, Python, and Bash.
• Build and maintain dedicated backup testing and validation environments.

• Education:
  
  A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience is required.
• Experience:
  
  Candidates must have at least 8 years of enterprise backup engineering experience, with 5 or more years designing enterprise backup architectures. Experience in highly regulated environments and with hybrid cloud infrastructure is also required.

• Backup Technologies:
  Experience with one or more:
  Cohesity, Dell Power Protect, Rubrik, Veeam, Commvault, or Veritas Net Backup.
• Infrastructure as Code:
  Strong expertise in Terraform, Terraform Modules, Git Hub, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Scripting:
  Advanced experience with Power Shell, Python, Bash, and REST APIs.
• Cloud Platforms:
  Experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, VMware Cloud, and Kubernetes/Open Shift.
• Operating Systems:
  Proficiency with Windows Server, Linux (RHEL preferred), and VMware ESXi.

• Experience designing enterprise cyber recovery architectures.
• Knowledge of NIST Cybersecurity Framework and ransomware recovery best practices.
• Familiarity with enterprise observability platforms such as Dynatrace or Splunk.
• Experience with storage technologies including Dell Power Store, Power Scale, Net App, or Pure Storage.
• Experience supporting the financial services industry.
• Relevant certifications (AWS, Azure, VMware, Hashi Corp Terraform, Cohesity, Dell Technologies, Veeam, or similar).

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including Clearly Rateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

• Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Everforth Apex also offers an HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other…