Backup Services Lead

Backup Services Lead

Portland, OR (or) Vancouver, WA Fulltime

Experience:

5-10 Years

Job Summary:

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;
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• 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 ITL 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
• Scripting/automation skills (Power Shell, Python) preferred
• Ability to work with technical experts across varied technologies and promote teamwork
• Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, ARM templates)