Data Protection Engineer – Veeam Certified, VMCE
Private Label Staff
Python
Data Engineer, Commvault Certified
Private Label Staff
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • District of Columbia, Washington
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Python
About the role
- Collaborate with the Client’s storage and backup support teams and onsite Resident Experts
- Create and manage project plans centered around backup and data integrity activities
- Track tasks and deliverables across multiple backup and continuity-related workstreams
- Provide routine status reporting and documentation to stakeholders
- Implement and enforce Client-defined data retention standards and policies
- Support data lifecycle management and best practices for backup file retention
- Align data storage and backup allocations with Client-defined service levels and SLAs
- Establish and maintain grandfather-father-son (GFS) backup strategies and rotation schedules
- Define alarm thresholds and ensure proper alarm routing based on severity
- Maintain policies related to data integrity, retention, and restoration
- Monitor and tune backup software performance and ensure compliance with Client policies
- Conduct and document software and regression tests on backup and data protection platforms
- Support version control processes and perform code upgrades per Client policies
- Monitor data movement and replication across systems and geographic locations
- Ensure backup and recovery processes are integrated, tested, and support BRP
- Monitor disk space utilization on backup storage volumes and respond to failed backups
- Respond to system performance alerts, resolve integrity-related incidents, and onboard new systems
- Maintain accurate logs, configuration documentation, and knowledge of DR plans
Requirements
- Public Trust Clearance
- 5+ years of experience managing enterprise data backup and recovery solutions
- Proven experience with data integrity management, GFS strategies, and continuity planning
- Familiarity with federal IT environments, SLAs, and compliance standards
- Strong understanding of backup and storage software (e.g., Cohesity, Commvault, Veeam)
- Experience in scripting/automation of backup operations (PowerShell, Python preferred)
- Certifications (Preferred): Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) or equivalent; Vendor certifications (Cohesity Certified, Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE), Commvault Certified)
- CompTIA Security+ or DoD 8570-compliant equivalent
- ITIL v4 Foundation
