Senior Backup Engineer - Cyber Resiliency & Cloud Automation

We are seeking a highly technical Senior Backup Engineer to assist with designing, implementing, automating, and continuously improve enterprise backup, cyber recovery, and data protection platforms across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments along with a DTE (Dedicated Testing Environment). This role will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for modernizing backup infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, immutable air-gapped architectures, and recovery testing., * Design, implement, administer, and optimize enterprise backup and recovery platforms across physical, virtual, cloud, and containerized workloads.

• Lead the architecture and operational management of immutable and air-gapped backup environments to defend against ransomware and destructive cyber events.
• Develop enterprise backup standards, engineering patterns, and operational procedures.
• Perform capacity planning, lifecycle management, performance tuning, and storage optimization.
• Ensure backup solutions consistently meet enterprise RTO, RPO, security, and compliance requirements.

Air-Gapped Cyber Recovery

• Design and engineer logically and physically isolated cyber recovery environments.
• Implement immutable backup strategies utilizing modern cyber vault technologies.
• Validate secure backup replication into isolated environments.
• Build automated processes for backup validation and malware-free recovery verification.
• Partner with Cyber Security teams to support ransomware recovery strategies and cyber resilience initiatives.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Develop reusable Terraform modules for deploying backup infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Automate backup deployments using Infrastructure as Code principles.

• Create automation utilizing: o PowerShell o Python o Bash o REST APIs

• Build self-service deployment capabilities and standardized backup patterns.
• Integrate automation into enterprise CI/CD pipelines.

Recovery Testing & Engineering

• Build and maintain dedicated backup testing and validation environments.
• Design automated recovery validation frameworks.

• Lead enterprise recovery exercises including: o Backup restore validation o Bare metal recovery testing o Database recovery o File recovery o VM recovery o Cloud workload recovery o Cyber recovery scenario testing

• Continuously improve testing automation to increase confidence in recoverability.

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer backup solutions supporting:

• AWS
• Microsoft Azure
• Private Cloud
• VMware
• Hyper-V
• Kubernetes/OpenShift
• Traditional on-prem infrastructure

Support cloud-native backup strategies including immutable object storage and cloud disaster recovery. Engineering & Continuous Improvement

• Build engineering standards and reusable automation frameworks.
• Evaluate emerging backup and cyber recovery technologies.
• Optimize backup performance and reduce operational complexity.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Participate in architecture reviews and enterprise resiliency initiatives.

The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in enterprise backup technologies, cyber resiliency, cloud infrastructure, Terraform development, scripting, and large-scale recovery validation. They should be comfortable architecting secure solutions while driving automation and operational excellence within a highly regulated enterprise., * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

• 8+ years of enterprise backup engineering experience.
• 5+ years designing enterprise backup architectures.
• Experience supporting Fortune 500 or highly regulated environments.
• Extensive experience with hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of cyber resiliency principles.

Required Technical Skills Backup Technologies Experience with one or more:

• Cohesity
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Dell PowerProtect Data Manager
• Dell Cyber Recovery Vault
• Rubrik
• Veeam
• Commvault
• Veritas NetBackup

Air-Gap & Immutable Backup Deep experience implementing:

• Immutable backup repositories
• Air-gapped backup solutions
• Cyber recovery vaults
• Secure recovery environments
• Clean room recovery concepts
• Ransomware recovery strategies

Cloud Platforms Experience with:

• AWS
• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Local
• VMware Cloud
• Kubernetes/OpenShift

Infrastructure as Code Strong expertise in:

• Terraform
• Terraform Modules
• GitHub
• Git-based workflows
• CI/CD pipelines

Scripting Advanced scripting experience with:

• PowerShell
• Python
• Bash
• REST APIs
• JSON/YAML

Operating Systems Experience with:

• Windows Server
• Linux (RHEL preferred)
• VMware ESXi

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise cyber recovery architectures.
• Knowledge of NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-209, and ransomware recovery best practices.
• Experience integrating backup platforms with SIEM, monitoring, and automation tools.
• Familiarity with enterprise observability platforms such as Dynatrace or Splunk.
• Experience with storage technologies including Dell PowerStore, PowerScale, NetApp, or Pure Storage.
• Experience supporting financial services or other highly regulated industries.
• Relevant certifications (AWS, Azure, VMware, HashiCorp Terraform, Cohesity, Dell Technologies, Veeam, or similar).

Leadership Competencies

• Exceptional troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Strong automation-first mindset.
• Ability to simplify complex technical problems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative leader capable of influencing cross-functional engineering teams.
• Passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Ability to mentor engineers while driving engineering standards and best practices.