Backup Services Lead

A Bachelor’s or Higher Degree is the minimum entry required for the position.

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Backup Service lead responsible for designing, implementing, and managing enterprise backup, recovery, and infrastructure environments. This role ensures data protection, system reliability, and high availability across on-premises and cloud platforms, with a strong focus on Cohesity backup solutions, Linux/Windows systems, enterprise databases, and Azure cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage enterprise backup solutions using Cohesity Data Protect.
• Configure and maintain backup policies, retention strategies, replication, and archival.
• Strong understanding of Cohesity Cluster Architecture (SpanFS, Nodes, Storage Layer).
• Experience with SpanFS distributed file system, including replication and erasure coding.
• Knowledge of Cohesity Data Platform services and microservices architecture.
• Perform backup monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Execute backup validation and restore testing (DR drills).
• Integrate Cohesity with Azure cloud archival.
• Ensure compliance with RPO/RTO requirements and organizational data policies.
• Implement immutability, ransomware protection, and data security best practices.
• Administer and support backup agents on Linux (RHEL) and Windows Servers.
• Experience on replication & de-replication of data.
• Perform system-level troubleshooting related to backup failures.
• Software/firmware Upgrade.
• Performing data copy utilizing hardware-based data mirroring or snap technology, such as Net App’s Snap Vault, snapshots, or other comparable technology.
• Maintain backup job streams and scripts, including indicating file usages, job dependencies/priorities, and program options available.
• Diagnose backup failures, performance bottlenecks, and node issues.
• Design and implement DR strategies and failover mechanisms.
• Ensure data encryption, access control, and compliance (ISO, GDPR, etc.).

Required Skills

• Well versed in ITIL process (Incident, Problem, Change management).
• Strong hands-on experience with Cohesity backup solutions.
• Expertise in Linux and Windows server administration.
• Experience with enterprise databases: SQL Server/Oracle.
• Strong knowledge of backup/recovery concepts and DR planning.
• Hands-on experience on Azure cloud platforms.
• Understanding of storage technologies (SAN/NAS, snapshots, replication).
• Data replication to security vault (Cyber Ark).

Preferred Skills

• Fluent communication skills - verbal and written.
• Ability to maintain calm and lead/direct teams during crises/disaster-like situations.
• Knowledge of Azure cloud storage is a plus.
• Ability to work with technical experts across varied technologies and promote teamwork.
• Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, ARM templates).

The pay range for this role is $100,000 - $110,000 per annum including any bonuses or variable pay. Tech Mahindra also offers benefits like medical, vision, dental, life, disability insurance and paid time off (including holidays, parental leave, and sick leave, as required by law). Ask our recruiters for more details on our Benefits package. The exact offer terms will depend on the skill level, educational qualifications, experience, and location of the candidate.

Tech Mahindra is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations.

Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities. Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator at ADA_A