Backup and Recovery Engineer
About The Position
The Backup Recovery Engineer will manage backup and recovery processes, ensure data integrity, and troubleshoot backup issues. They will implement and maintain backup procedures, assist in developing and testing disaster recovery and COOP plans. The engineer will perform daily management of backup systems, monitor backup job completions, and resolve backup failures. This role will conduct regular backup verifications and test restores to ensure data recoverability as well as manage tape rotations (if applicable) and off-site storage of backup media. The engineer will assist in capacity planning for backup infrastructure, implement data retention policies, and manage backup schedules to minimize impact on production systems. They will collaborate with system administrators and database administrators to ensure all critical data is properly backed up. This role will participate in disaster recovery exercises, document recovery procedures, and contribute to the continuous improvement of backup and recovery processes. The engineer will stay current with backup and recovery technologies and best practices, and support the integration of backup and recovery processes with broader IT service management frameworks.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree (or an additional 4 years of equivalent experience) in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, or related field
- 4 years of experience implementing and managing backup/recovery in enterprise IT
- Must meet DoD 8140 requirements
- Active Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI, or TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance required, depending on position
Responsibilities
- Manage backup and recovery processes
- Ensure data integrity
- Troubleshoot backup issues
- Implement and maintain backup procedures
- Assist in developing and testing disaster recovery and COOP plans
- Perform daily management of backup systems
- Monitor backup job completions
- Resolve backup failures
- Conduct regular backup verifications and test restores
- Manage tape rotations (if applicable) and off-site storage of backup media
- Assist in capacity planning for backup infrastructure
- Implement data retention policies
- Manage backup schedules to minimize impact on production systems
- Collaborate with system administrators and database administrators to ensure all critical data is properly backed up
- Participate in disaster recovery exercises
- Document recovery procedures
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of backup and recovery processes
- Stay current with backup and recovery technologies and best practices
- Support the integration of backup and recovery processes with broader IT service management frameworks
Benefits
- Hands-on experience
- Certifications
- Industry training
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
