Veeam Administrator & Cloud Infra Specialist

Requirement Summary

Job Role /Title :
Veeam Administrator & Cloud Servers Infrastructure Specialist

Anticipated Start Date : 3 weeks from offer (pending background checks)

Job Type :
Contract Opportunity. Initial contract for 1 year, with good possibilities of further extensions.

Job Location :
Winnipeg, MB / Toronto, ON / London, ON.

Work Style :
Preferred Hybrid Work - 3 days per week in the office required (Tuesday and Thursday are mandatory).

Work Hours : 37.5 hours/week, typically Monday-Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Contractor to work extra time or be on-call :
Yes, on-call rotation (Monday to Sunday) as required.

Rate Cap :
Up to $100/Hr. (on Incorp), depending on relevant experience. The final compensation will be negotiated between the contractor and recruiter based on experience and engagement terms.

Interview :
Teams interviews; 2 interviews

Required Experience

Hands-on experience designing and implementing Veeam solutions for cloud workloads, including Microsoft 365 (O365) environments.

4+ years of infrastructure administration experience.

2+ years of Veeam administration experience.

Experience supporting enterprise backup, recovery, and DR environments.

Experience with virtualization and cloud platforms.

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Position Overview
The Veeam Administrator is responsible for the design, implementation, administration, monitoring, and support of the organization's backup and recovery infrastructure using Veeam technologies. The role ensures the availability, integrity, recoverability, and security of enterprise data while supporting business continuity and disaster recovery requirements.

Key Responsibilities
Backup & Recovery Administration

Administer Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.

Configure and manage backup jobs, backup copy jobs, and replication jobs.

Create and maintain backup retention policies.

Perform backup restores for servers, databases, applications, virtual machines, and Microsoft 365 workloads.

Validate backup success and recovery readiness through regular testing.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Develop and maintain disaster recovery procedures.

Execute DR testing and recovery exercises.

Support recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) requirements.

Maintain documentation for recovery processes.

Infrastructure Management

Manage backup repositories, proxies, mount servers, and backup storage.

Monitor backup capacity and growth trends.

Optimize backup performance and storage utilization.

Integrate backup solutions with VMware, Hyper‑V, Azure, AWS, or Microsoft 365 environments.

Monitor backup jobs and infrastructure health.

Investigate and resolve failed backups and restore issues.

Perform root cause analysis for recurring incidents.

Work with server, storage, network, and security teams to resolve issues.

Security & Compliance

Implement RBAC and least-privilege access controls.

Manage backup encryption and multi-factor authentication.

Support immutable backup and ransomware protection strategies.

Maintain audit logs and compliance evidence.

Participate in security reviews and risk assessments.

Documentation & Governance

Maintain operational documentation and runbooks.

Develop backup standards and operational procedures.

Support audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements.

Participate in change management and CAB processes.

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Qualifications, Experience and Key Skillset for this Role
Required Technical Skills

Core Technologies

Veeam Backup & Replication

Veeam ONE

Veeam Data Cloud

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Infrastructure Platforms

VMware vSphere

Microsoft Hyper‑V

Windows Server

Active Directory / Entra

AWS

SAN/NAS Storage

Security

MFA

Encryption

RBAC

Cyber Ark/PAM (where applicable)

Backup immutability concepts

Scripting & Automation (Preferred)

Power Shell

REST APIs

Basic automation and reporting scripting

Additional Skills

Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Disaster recovery and business continuity knowledge.

Stakeholder communication and incident management.

Ability to work in high‑availability production environments.

Sample KPI Measures

Backup Success Rate (>98–99%)

Restore Success Rate

RPO/RTO Compliance

Backup Infrastructure Availability

Audit and Compliance Findings

Incident Resolution Time

Disaster Recovery Test Success Rate

Certifications/Education

VMware VCP

ITIL Foundation

We appreciate all applicants for their interest in working with us; however, only those candidates shortlisted for the next steps in the hiring process will be contacted.

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