Data Protection Architect & Backup Specialist

• Size, architect, and design data protection, disaster recovery, and scale-out storage solutions

• Bring new products and processes to life to meet customer demand, improve service SLAs, and minimize gaps

• Serve as the escalation point for L1, L2, and L3 support engineers

• Work directly with customers to solve challenging design and support issues

• Automate the collection of backup system health and streamline tasks

• Monitor backup systems and performance, identifying and troubleshooting issues

• Configure access using a least-privileged approach, audit, and ensure adherence to policies

• Communicate upgrade and rollback plans, and execute upgrades

• Build lasting trust with clients

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in similar roles
• Deep expertise in backup, recovery, and scale-out storage
• Linux and Windows administration
• VMware vSphere
• Cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure / OCI)
• Scale-out storage (Qumulo / Isilon / Net App)
• Data Protection / Backup & Recovery software (Cohesity, Rubrik, Commvault, Veeam, Keepit, Zerto)
• Experience as a System Architect / Administrator
• Experience as a Storage Architect / Administrator
• Experience as a Backup Architect / Administrator
• Familiarity with Git / version control, M365 / Entra, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, Packer), or Kubernetes is a plus
• Strong, professional English is important

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in backup, recovery, and scale-out storage solutions, with a strong focus on Linux and Windows administration, cloud platforms, and data protection software. Proven ability to architect and design robust data protection systems while effectively communicating with clients and managing support escalations.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Backup, Recovery, And Scale-Out Storage Expertise
• Linux And Windows Administration
• VMware vSphere
• Cloud Platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure / OCI)
• Data Protection / Backup & Recovery Software

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Backup, Recovery, And Scale-Out Storage
• Linux Administration
• Windows Administration
• VMware vSphere
• Cloud Platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure / OCI)
• Data Protection Software (Cohesity, Rubrik, Commvault, Veeam, Keepit, Zerto)
• System Architect / Administrator Experience
• Storage Architect / Administrator Experience
• Backup Architect / Administrator Experience
• Infrastructure-As-Code (Terraform, Ansible, Packer)

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Client Trust Building

Industry Keywords

• Data Protection
• Disaster Recovery
• Service SLAs
• Backup System Health Monitoring
• Least-Privileged Access

Tools & Technologies

• Git / Version Control
• M365 / Entra
• Kubernetes