Storage & Data Protection Engineer

Responsibilities

• Independently administer vSAN storage policies, storage tiers, and workload‑aligned provisioning patterns.
• Monitor and manage storage capacity across VCF sites; identify trends and recommend remediation or expansion actions.
• Operate VCF‑native data protection capabilities, including snapshots, replication, and Live Recovery workflows for supported use cases.
• Administer and support backup and recovery operations across virtual infrastructure, storage platforms, and selected cloud services.
• Perform restore testing, recovery validation, and routine disaster recovery procedure support.
• Troubleshoot storage performance issues across workload classes and recommend tuning changes.
• Support migration planning from legacy backup tools to VCF‑native or standardized recovery capabilities.
• Contribute to documentation of backup standards, restore procedures, recovery runbooks, and storage best practices.
• Coordinate with platform, network, and cloud teams on changes that affect storage resiliency and recoverability.
• Develop practical knowledge of adjacent VCF tools and dependencies that influence storage and recovery outcomes.
• Maintain on‑site presence to support 24/7 operations through real‑time collaboration; shifts typically run from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Scheduled on‑call flexibility and ability to remain reachable during off‑hours are required.

• Experience with VMware Live Recovery.
• Experience with Commvault, Veeam, or backup platform migration efforts.
• Familiarity with NVMe, modern storage architecture, and workload performance design.
• Familiarity with public cloud storage protection strategies.
• VMware vSAN Specialist or similar certification.
• Exposure to VCF tools such as SDDC Manager, VCF Operations, or NSX dependencies.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in enterprise storage, backup, virtualization, or infrastructure engineering.
• Hands‑on experience with VMware vSAN administration and storage policy management.
• Experience supporting backup, restore, replication, and disaster recovery processes.
• Experience with storage capacity planning, performance analysis, and operational troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of VMware vSphere and storage interactions within virtualized infrastructure.
• Ability to independently manage routine operational work and contribute to problem resolution.

• United States – Arizona, Phoenix
• United States – Minnesota, St. Paul
• United States – Texas, Austin
• United States – Missouri, Kansas City
• United States – South Carolina, Columbia
• United States – Colorado, Denver
• United States – Virginia, Vienna
• United States – Minnesota, Saint Louis Park
• United States – California, Folsom
• United States – Oregon, Portland
• United States – New Jersey, Pennington
• United States – New Jersey, Woodcliff Lake
• United States – Florida, Orlando
• United States – Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
• United States – Oregon, Salem
• United States – Texas, Fort Worth
• United States – Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
• United States – Texas, San Antonio
• United States – Texas, Dallas
• United States – New Mexico, Albuquerque
• United States – Washington, Olympia
• United States – Colorado, Englewood

We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest or conviction records. At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.