Principal Backup/dr Architect

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

A Principal Backup/DR (BDR) Architect is a multi-talented information technology professional and accomplished backup and disaster recovery expert that will contribute to a dynamic, infrastructure design team making a difference. The Principal BDR Architect core objectives include designing and executing on architectural directives while ensuring 24x7x365 business continuity for an energy efficient, global semiconductor company.

**PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Initiate and lead architecture and design discussions to create next generation BDR solutions
- Conduct thorough risk assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities and assess the impact of various disasters on the organization
- Collaborate with stakeholders to create comprehensive disaster recovery plans tailored to the organization’s needs
- Perform business impact analyses to understand the potential consequences of disruptions to different business functions
- Oversee the implementation of recovery strategies outlined in disaster recovery plans
- Regularly monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of disaster recovery plans
- Maintain detailed documentation of disaster recovery plans, actions taken during emergencies, and lessons learned from each incident
- Stay informed about emerging threats, technologies, and best practices in disaster recovery
- Ensure disaster recovery plans comply with relevant legal and regulatory requirements
- Evaluate BDR solutions for continuous improvement of business continuity
- Define and develop technical BDR architecture and standards Coach and mentor others

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Minimum of 20 years’ progressive information technology experience
- Minimum of 15 years’ experience designing and engineering BDR solutions in an enterprise environment
- Minimum of 8 years’ of Commvault experience with proven product expertise
- Expertise with VMware virtual infrastructure BDR
- Extremely self-motivated professional who is committed to success, quickly adapting to change and maintaining composure in high-pressured environments
- Mastery of technical expertise in identifying, evaluating and developing procedural and system solutions that are cost effective and meet requirements
- Experience designing and implementing BDR solutions on premisis and in the cloud
- BDR experience for containerized workloads (e.g. Kubernetes)
- Solid Linux and/or Windows system administration competency
- Experience with NFS and fibre channel protocols
- Solid storage experience, preferably with NetApp FAS and E-Series, HPE 3PAR SAN, and/or Dell/EMC SAN and NAS products Experience with public cloud storage (Azure Blobs, Files, Queues, Tables, and Disks; AWS EBS, S3, FSx, etc.)

**NON-TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES**:
Effective Communication
- Highly effective communication (oral and written) skills and interpersonal relationship skills
- Effectively interact with business and technical audiences, tailoring the communication to broad audiences to achieve desired results
- Exceptional use of visual communication (PowerPoint, Visio, etc.) tools
- Demonstrated expertise presenting at all levels, ranging from technical to non-technical resources, including C level executives
- Ability to effectively socialize and acquire approval for ideas, concepts, designs, and solutions is an absolute must

Business Strategy
- Proven track record in working directly with clients to define, influence and negotiate solutions that enable their business objectives

Mentoring
- Effective coaching and mentoring skills

Leadership
- Strong initiative of owning major roles and responsibilities in projects and resolution of issues

Customer Empathy
- Exceptional ability interacting with customers in a professional manner providing friendly and effective customer service

Strategic Thinking
- Understand Company infrastructure roadmap and align all solutions accordingly

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**onsemi **(Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.

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**EDUCATION**:

- Bachelor's degree (minimum requirement) or master’s degree (preferred) from a regionally accredited institution in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Information Sciences, Information Technology, or Software Engineering