Senior Backup and Recovery Engineer

Permanent
Cape Town
Posted 2 years ago

The Senior Backup and Recovery Engineer will be responsible for the administration of multiple back-up technologies including but not limited to Veeam, Commvault platforms and Spectrum protect, as well as developing backup policies and data recovery. This position requires a background in backup solutions as well as some Windows and Linux experience, with a demonstrated ability to design and architect complex solution around the data recovery, data management and data protection needs of a broad and diverse set of applications and business systems.

 

Strong organizational and communication skills are necessary. A strong background in designing, implementing, and supporting disk- and tape-based storage infrastructures is required. A strong background in cloud technologies and the service provider industry is required.

 

As a senior engineer you will be responsible for supporting the Tier 1 Team with complex Incidents, problems and changes adhering to ITIL principles at all times. You will also be required to support the Tier 1 Team out of hours as part of an on-call rota..

 

Experience:

  • Experience of deploying, administering/scheduling Backup and Replication Solutions (HP Data Protector, Veeam, Commvault, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager / Spectrum protect, Veritas Backup Exec).
  • Experience in configuring, troubleshooting, patching and administering the Microsoft Windows Server Operating System (2012, 2016, 2019).
  • Ability to troubleshoot backup failures using key tools, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP IIS, FTP, DFSR/ADFS/AD Connect and Clustering.
  • Administration & troubleshooting of Backup and Recovery Hardware. (Dell, IBM, HP).
  • Experience in maintaining and administrating Azure ASR.
  • Planning and executing DR simulation Tests.
  • Experience of configuring, troubleshooting and administering Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 – 2019.
  • Basic networking troubleshooting.
  • Administrating Microsoft SQL Server.
  • Administration of HP and IBM Tape Libraries.
  • Administration of VLT’s (Multiple Vendors).
  • Experience in managing Azure AD.
  • Experience in maintaining Azure Security Centre compliance.
  • Experience in Dell EMC Avamar.
  • Proficient understanding of PowerShell scripting.

 

Graduate or qualified by experience.

  • Microsoft MCSA / MCSE
  • VMware VCP – (Desirable)
  • Microsoft Azure Administration (AZ-103/104)
  • Veeam Certified Engineer
  • Veritas Certified Professional – (Desirable)
  • Commvault Certified
  • Other Vendor specific backup certifications (Desirable)
  • ITIL Foundation. – (Desirable)

 

Deadline for applications is 30/10/2022

For more information, call Nova Buchan on 073 393 9731 or send your CV to  Nova@capitaledgerecruitment.co.za

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