Storage Backup Analyst

Sun Life • Toronto, ON

4d • CA$65,000 - CA$105,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for highly motivated junior Storage & Backup Administrators to join our team. This role offers an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience managing enterprise-level storage and backup systems, learn cutting-edge technology and AWS cloud technology.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1 to 3 years relevant work experience in related role
• Recent graduate with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Basic understanding of backup technologies (e.g., Dell Avamar/PPDM, Rubrik) and storage technologies (SAN, NAS, RAID, etc) and data protection strategies
• Familiarity with Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Experience working on scripting (shell script, PowerShell, Python, etc) or automation tools (like Ansible, Terraform, etc)
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Eagerness to learn and grow in the areas of storage and backup technologies.
• Good communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Self-driven, resourceful individual with an ability to work under little supervision

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing and maintaining storage systems such as SAN, NAS, and cloud-based storage and enterprise backup solutions.
• Perform routine storage provisioning, data migration, and capacity planning tasks
• Provide operational support for day-to-day activities including alerting, monitoring, trending.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot backup and storage hardware and software issues to ensure data integrity and system efficiency
• Develop scripts for automated management (Shell, PowerShell, Python, etc)
• Work with senior admin on service delivery automation by using automation tools (like Ansible, Terraform, CDD etc).
• Work with senior admin to ensure backup and storage system comply with organizational policies, industry standards and regulatory requirement.
• Remediate security vulnerabilities.
• Provision AWS FSx/EFS file share, manage filesystem capacity, performance etc.
• Participate in regular disaster recovery testing and perform data recovery/restore testing
• Document backup and storage configurations, procedures, and best practices
• Participate in on-call rotation

Benefits

• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level