Backup Platform Engineer
About The Position
We are seeking a Backup & Legal Hold Platform Engineer to support and enhance enterprise data protection and legal hold services across cloud and on-premises environments. This role will focus on operating and improving the Commvault platform, supporting Microsoft 365 legal hold workflows, and contributing to the reliability and automation of backup services in AWS, Azure, and on-prem environments. This is a contract-to-hire position intended for a mid-level engineer with strong technical fundamentals and the desire to grow into broader platform ownership and automation responsibilities.
Requirements
- Experience supporting enterprise backup and recovery platforms (Commvault preferred)
- Exposure to Microsoft 365 backup, legal hold, or eDiscovery workflows
- Working knowledge of AWS and/or Azure fundamentals
- Experience supporting production systems and participating in on-call rotations
- Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and work independently
- Strong communication and documentation skills
Nice To Haves
- Scripting experience (PowerShell, Python, or similar)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code or automation tools
- Experience with object storage, encryption, or data immutability concepts
- Exposure to multi-region or hybrid cloud environments
Responsibilities
- Support enterprise backup and recovery services using Commvault across AWS, Azure, and on-prem environments
- Configure and maintain backup policies, retention, and recovery workflows
- Support legal hold and eDiscovery requirements for Microsoft 365 workloads, including Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams
- Participate in on-call rotation to support backup incidents and restore requests
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in collaboration with internal teams and vendor support as needed
- Support backup infrastructure deployed across multiple regions and platforms
- Work with core AWS and Azure services related to networking, storage, identity, and security
- Assist with platform upgrades, maintenance, and infrastructure changes
- Develop familiarity with cloud-native capabilities that support enterprise backup and recovery solutions
- Identify opportunities to automate operational tasks and improve service reliability
- Contribute to scripting and tooling efforts to support backup operations
- Create and maintain technical documentation and operational runbooks
- Assist in improving onboarding, monitoring, and reporting processes for backup services
- Monitor backup job health, capacity utilization, and service performance
- Participate in recovery testing and audit readiness activities
- Follow operational best practices and contribute to continuous service improvement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
