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Sr. Backup Administrator

  • Internship
  • Belton (Lincolnshire)
  • HR / Training

Job description

Job Description

Sr. Backup Administrator

Position Description
CGI is seeking a Sr. Backup Administrator to join a team of Backup and SAN Engineers primarily focused on Infrastructure Storage, Backup and Restoration of mission critical data. Will be responsible to drive best practices, innovation and process improvements at our various Data Center locations. The role will require a solid technical team lead supporting primarily CommVault and Actifio infrastructures. These improvements would increase efficiencies and lower costs to our customers. This includes the setup and configuration of backups using Actifio, & CommVault, setting up backup, retention and rotation plus tape handling responsibilities. It also includes configuring system components, on-going maintenance and restoration of backups and addressing backup issues 7x24. Completion of periodic reports relating to our backups will also be required.

Your future duties and responsibilities
• Installation and configuration of data protection server software and associated components
• Setting up data deduplication disk pools and tape backup devices
• Establishing replication between locations
• Understanding of network routing and firewall requirements to ensure our backups are using our dedicated backup infrastructure
• Develop and implement automated solutions to support operational and SLA objectives.
• Respond quickly and effectively to backup issues and outages
• Strong documentation skills along with the ability to train junior level personnel on day to day data backup tasks
• Provide recommendations to improve design and reduce cost
• Creation of reports for both clients and management
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotations for storage Backup support
• Provide technical leadership to more junior team members
• Has experience working in a large storage environment with formal change management practices
• Experience with Actifio and CommVault preferred
• Experience with Remedy & IPSoft preferred
• Must be detail-oriented with good organization skills
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Additional knowledge in Backup software is desirable: TSM
• Knowledge of encryption of the Backup environment preferred

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
3-5 years of hands on experience with the installation and configuration of Enterprise Class Data Protection infrastructures

Skill Set Years of Experience Proficiency Level
Azure & AWS Experience 3 Years Mid-Level
Actifio & CommVault 3 years Senior

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS/NON-ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED
• Ability to learn quickly and work independently
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Professional and ethical at all times
• Energy, initiative, and a positive attitude
• Must be willing to successfully complete any and all CGI/client specific background & security checks.
• Working knowledge of MS Office products (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint)
• Strong documentation skills along with the ability to train junior level personnel
• Desire to expand responsibilities beyond initially defined job responsibilities to support emerging needs within the organization
• Ability to effectively aggregate, organize, and present information
• Pragmatic ability to balance process compliance, quality, innovation, and expedience
• Exceptional collaboration, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead through influence
• Ability to be effective in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment
• Works well under pressure
• Agile & DevOps Concepts
• Experience with ITIL v3 preferred

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Skills

·  Backup & Recovery
·  SAN

Reference

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