Storage & Data Protection Engineer 1

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

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Support day-to-day administration of vSAN storage policies, storage provisioning activities, and assigned storage service requests.

Monitor storage capacity, utilization, and health across VCF environments; escalate threshold or performance concerns.

Assist with routine operation of VCF-native data protection capabilities, including snapshots, replication, and recovery tasks.

Perform basic backup job monitoring, restore validation support, and operational checks across storage and data protection platforms.

Help execute standard recovery procedures and participate in disaster recovery preparation activities under guidance.

Assist with storage performance analysis and remediation for standard workload issues.

Maintain documentation for storage procedures, backup schedules, restore workflows, and operational runbooks.

Follow approved change, security, and compliance processes for all storage and recovery activities.

Participate in incident support and after-action documentation for storage or backup-related events.

Develop working knowledge of adjacent VCF components that interact with storage services.

Schedule & Presence: This on-site role supports 24/7 operations through real-time collaboration, standard shifts occur within a 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM window, Monday through Friday. Additionally, this position requires scheduled on-call flexibility and the ability to remain reasonably reachable during off-hours for critical business continuity.

Exposure to VMware Cloud Foundation environments.

Exposure to backup tools such as Commvault or Veeam.

Familiarity with snapshot-based protection and replication concepts.

Basic knowledge of public cloud storage concepts.

Entry-level VMware or storage-related certification.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent practical experience.

Minimum 1 year of experience in infrastructure, systems, storage, backup, or virtualization administration/support.

Foundational knowledge of enterprise storage concepts such as RAID, SAN, NAS, storage tiers, capacity, and resiliency.

Foundational experience with VMware vSphere and basic familiarity with VMware vSAN.

Basic understanding of backup, restore, replication, and disaster recovery concepts.

Experience working with operational documentation, ticketing, and standard change procedures.

Ability to learn and support technical systems in a structured enterprise environment., If you are required to drive for us, we require a valid driver's license and compliance with our vehicle policy.

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve. Our Commitment As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day. Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.) Folsom, CA; Denver, CO; Englewood, CO: $73,381 - $104,830 Minneapolis, MN; St. Paul, MN: $70,046 - $100,065 Pennington, NJ: $76,717 - $109,595 Woodcliff Lake, NJ: $83,388 - $119,125 Olympia, WA: $66,710 - $95,300