Senior Lead Architect - Backup & Disaster Recovery

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Architect to lead our Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) initiatives. This role is critical to ensuring the resilience, availability, and recoverability of our cloud infrastructure and services. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and educating other teams on enterprise-grade BDR solutions using Veeam, Zerto, and VMware Live Recovery.
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* Job Summary:

** The Backup and DR Architect position works independently identifying areas of improvement in current processes, procedures, and technical challenges to drive innovation, scaling, and stability within Rapid Scale’s BDR solutions. This person will be responsible for collaborating with all teams to optimize deployment, performance, and support of our BDR product offerings. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in virtualization, cloud services, and infrastructure architecture, with a focus on delivering scalable and secure BDR environments that meet business needs.

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For on-prem solutions, collaboration with the hosted cloud infrastructure team is essential to ensure infrastructure requirements and performance needs are met.  Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and define architecture solutions that align with business objectives.
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Skills:

** Veeam Product Knowledge:
In-depth understanding of Veeam solutions like Continuous Desktop Protection, Veeam Recovery Orchestrator, hardened Linux repositories and immutable backups, Veeam Cloud Connect and Veeam Backup Agents.

Zerto Knowledge:
In-depth understanding of Zerto solutions like Virtual Protection Group configuration and optimization, DR runbook best practices, failover orchestration and replication monitoring.

VMware Live Recovery Knowledge:
In-depth understanding of VMware Live Recovery, Site Recovery Manager, and VMware Cloud Foundation.

Cloud Technologies:
Familiarity with cloud platforms (VMware, vCloud Director, AWS, Azure, GCP) and services, including virtualization and containerization.

Networking:
Strong knowledge of networking concepts, including VPNs, firewalls, load balancers, and DNS. Security:
Understanding security best practices and compliance requirements related to cloud and virtual environments.

Scripting and Automation:
Proficiency in scripting languages (Power Shell, Python) for automation of deployments and management tasks.
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* Minimum Requirements:

*** Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 8 years’ experience in a related field.

The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 6years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 3 years’ experience in a related field; or 12 years’ experience in a related field
* Strong expertise in Veeam, Zerto, and VMware Live Recovery solutions and/or other BDR solutions.
* Familiarity with cloud and virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware, Nutanix AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and hybrid cloud architectures.
* Relevant certifications (e.g., Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE), Zerto Certified Professional (ZCP), VMware Certified Professional (VCP), or similar are a plus.

Monitoring and Performance Tuning:
Ability to implement monitoring solutions and optimize performance across virtual environments.

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