BACKUP & STORAGE

Exp - 8+ Yrs

Backup Storage

Location - Banglore/Chennai

5 days WFO

Description

Storage, Backup and Cyber Resiliency SME

Location-Bangalore,chennai

Role Title

Storage, Backup and Cyber Resiliency SME / Lead Engineer

Role Summary: We are looking for a strong Storage, Backup and Cyber Resiliency SME with hands-on experience across on-premises, colocation, VMware, AWS, VMC on AWS, NetApp, Dell storage and enterprise backup environments. The candidate should be able to assess the current storage and backup landscape, reduce dependency on vendors, identify operational gaps, support cloud migration initiatives, and improve service transparency, resiliency, utilization, and cost optimization across hybrid infrastructure environments.

Key Responsibilities

Assess and document the current storage, backup, cyber recovery, VMware, cloud and colocation footprint across APAC, EMEA and North America environments.

Work closely with vendor teams, cloud teams, VMware teams, application teams and internal stakeholders to clarify ownership, map dependencies and resolve operational gaps.

Manage storage administration activities including provisioning, capacity planning, utilization monitoring, performance review, allocation, expansion and day-to-day support.

Support backup administration, restore operations, retention policy alignment, backup failure resolution and long-term retention requirements including seven- and ten-year compliance-driven retention.

Support migration from legacy colo and VMware environments to AWS, VMC on AWS, EC2, FSx for ONTAP and future GCP environments where applicable.

Implement and support cyber resiliency capabilities including immutable backups, cyber vaulting, clean-room recovery, isolated recovery environments, data scanning and RTO/RPO validation.

Drive cost optimization by analyzing storage allocation, snapshot retention, backup utilization, infrastructure sizing and lower-cost platform alternatives.

Contribute to automation using Terraform or similar infrastructure automation tools for repeatable provisioning, configuration and operational efficiency.