Backup Engineer (f​/d​/m

For our European Headquarters in Frankfurt am Main area (Offenbach) we are looking for a:

We are currently looking for a Backup Engineer to join our Infrastructure Technology team and support a dynamic, international client environment. In this role, you will be responsible for building, maintaining, and optimizing a rapidly growing backup infrastructure, ensuring reliability, performance, and data protection across systems.

• Support the development and implementation of new technologies within a large-scale systems environment, including advising on design concepts, implementation strategies, and deployment timelines
• Collaborate closely with engineers, software developers, and system analysts to design effective and integrated solutions
• Contribute to the planning and delivery of infrastructure solutions in coordination with technical architects
• Provide reliable operational support for backup infrastructure and ensure high system availability
• Monitor production environments and take proactive corrective actions when required
• Analyze backup capacity, utilization trends, and system performance, and provide recommendations for optimization and scalability
• Prepare and review daily, weekly, and monthly backup reports
• Ensure that all production systems are properly backed up and maintained in an optimal configuration
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency and support the deployment and upgrade of backup solutions
• Participate in the full lifecycle of backup and storage solutions, including planning, design, build, testing, and transition to operations
• Work closely with internal stakeholders, vendors, and suppliers on procurement, support, and maintenance topics
• Create and maintain comprehensive operational documentation for all data protection services
• Support audit processes and ensure compliance with relevant regulations, including GDPR
• Contribute to performance management and capacity planning for backup infrastructure
• Monitor application performance, identify bottlenecks, and collaborate with development teams to implement improvements
• Apply ITIL-based service delivery practices, including Incident, Problem, Change, Configuration, and Release Management

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a comparable qualification
• Strong expertise in backup technologies such as Net Backup, Networker, Arcserve, Veeam, Net Backup Appliances, and Data Domain
• Hands‑on experience with backup configuration and restoration for agent‑based backups (e.g. Oracle, MS SQL, Exchange, PostgreSQL, Active Directory) using Net Backup and Veeam
• Practical experience across all levels of support, including implementation of backup & restore solutions and preparation of disaster recovery (DR) plans
• Solid understanding of SAN and NAS storage environments
• Experience working with VMware ESXi and vSphere
• Strong knowledge of UNIX and Linux operating systems, network protocols, and file systems (e.g. LVM, VXVM)
• Hands‑on experience with hardware‑level troubleshooting
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Strong team player with good interpersonal skills
• Very good English skills, both written and spoken
• Flexible working time
• Work in an international team and versatile environment
• Varied tasks with exciting and challenging projects
• Function‑specific, personal, and technology training
• Attractive salary and excellent compensation and benefits package, including free lunch (as lunch vouchers), a free monthly ticket for public transportation and Wellhub to support your wellbeing
• Relocation support