Data Protection Engineer, Cohesity
Private Label Staff
Python
Data Protection Engineer
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, as well as 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 and 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.
- Conduct and document software and regression tests on backup and data protection platforms; support version control processes and perform code upgrades in coordination with Client policies.
- Monitor data movement and replication across systems and geographic locations; ensure backup and recovery processes are properly integrated and tested; support Business Resumption Planning and perform regular data integrity validations.
- Monitor disk space utilization on backup storage volumes; respond to failed backups, recovery operations, or replication errors; assist in Client-driven disaster recovery testing or invocations.
- Monitor backup software logs and storage infrastructure health; respond to system performance alerts and resolve integrity-related incidents; perform host-level tasks to onboard new systems into the backup environment.
- Maintain current and accurate configuration documentation and knowledge of the Client’s business continuity and disaster recovery plans; support DR invocation or test events within contracted support hours.
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, etc.).
- Experience in scripting/automation of backup operations (PowerShell, Python preferred).
- Certifications (Preferred): Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) or equivalent.
- Vendor certifications (e.g., Cohesity Certified, Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE), Commvault Certified).
- CompTIA Security+ or DoD 8570-compliant equivalent.
- ITIL v4 Foundation.
