IT DRP, Storage and Backup Engineer

Job Description

Generaldescriptionofthe position:

The DRP, Storage, and Backup Engineer (Cloud-Enabled) is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing resilient storage, backup, and disaster recovery (DR) solutions across hybrid infrastructure including on-premises environments (VMware, Hyper-V), Azure Cloud, Azure Stack HCI, and other supported platforms. This role ensures enterprise-wide data integrity, availability, and compliance using best-in-class solutions such as Veeam (on-prem and cloud), Azure-native tools, Dell Data Domain, Dell Powerstore, and Wasabi for long-term storage. The engineer will play a key role in protecting business-critical workloads across global data centers and cloud platforms, leveraging advanced monitoring tools

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Planning

- Lead the planning and architecture of DR, backup, and storage strategies that span on-prem (VMware, Hyper-V) and cloud (Azure, Azure Stack HCI) environments.
- Develop long-term strategies for capacity management, data lifecycle policies, and disaster recovery across hybrid platforms.
- Work closely with infrastructure, application, and compliance teams to align backup and storage goals with business continuity and regulatory requirements.

Acquisition&Deployment

- Design and implement backup and storage solutions using Veeam Backup & Replication (on-prem), Veeam for Azure, and Azure-native backup tools.
- Manage Dell Data Domain appliances for data protection, deduplication, and secure offsite retention.
- Configure and maintain Dell Powerstore storage arrays for structured and unstructured workloads, including VM-based environments.
- Plan and execute workload migrations from VMware and Hyper-V to Azure, ensuring backup/DR coverage during and after transition.
- Utilize Terraform and Azure Arc to manage hybrid backup policies and DR automation.
- Optimize infrastructure using tools like Azure Cost Management, Azure Advisor, and Veeam ONE.

Operational Handling :

- Administer backup and replication jobs for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Azure VMs, ensuring adherence to RPO/RTO targets.
- Manage and test backup/restoration workflows using Veeam Enterprise Manager, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery (ASR).
- Ensure storage performance and availability using systems like Dell PowerStore and Dell Data Domain.
- Regularly perform DR drills across on-prem and cloud environments using Veeam and Azure Native Backup.
- Configure and enforce data protection policies across multiple environments, ensuring encryption, access control, immutability, and legal hold where applicable.
- Configure and maintain Wasabi cloud storage as a long-term, cost-effective backup target across tools like Veeam and Azure Backup, with immutability and legal hold support.
- Monitor backup operations and storage health using Nagios (on-prem) and Azure Monitor (cloud), with proactive alerting and root cause analysis.
- Monitor, analyze, and report on backup success, DR readiness, storage utilization, and compliance using dashboards and reporting tools.

Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for configurations, processes, and recovery procedures.

Interactions:

- Provide expert-level support for backup/DR escalations and collaborate with global teams to standardize backup policies and practices.
- Guide junior team members and cross-functional partners on the implementation and maintenance of DR and backup solutions.

Participate in audits and compliance reviews, delivering backup reports and supporting remediation efforts where needed.

Must Haves :

- Must have relevant licenses or certifications.
- Must have at least 10-12 years of experience, out of which:
- At least three (3) years experience as a Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer working with 24x7 critical systems following ITIL framework and in projects, working with stakeholders following structured methods. Five (5) years preferred.
- At least three (3) years experience with on-prem, hybrid and cloud platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, Azure Stack HCI and Azure Cloud). Five (5) years preferred.
- At least three (3) years system administration experience (Linux/Unix or Windows) at the command-line level.
- Experience configuring Wasabi cloud storage for long-term archival, immutable backup repositories, and integration with tools such as Veeam and Azure.
- Working technical experience with designing, building, installing, configuring, and supporting storage servers and management software, including Veeam and Wasabi.
- Experience automating infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and managing hybrid environments with Azure Arc.

Basic knowledge of troubleshooting layer 1, layer 2 and layer 3 issues.