The Data Storage Specialist ensures data protection and disaster recovery by managing backup operations, designing strategies, and optimizing infrastructure for business continuity.
Job Summary:
As a Data Storage Specialist (Disaster and Recovery), you will play a key role in ensuring data protection, disaster recovery, and business continuity for Harris’s global enterprise infrastructure. You will design, implement, and maintain secure and efficient backup and recovery environments that protect critical business data. This role requires strong technical expertise, proactive problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage large-scale.
Backup and Recovery Operations
- Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of data protection services including design, implementation, monitoring, and optimization.
- Oversee day-to-day operations of enterprise backup and disaster recovery environments.
- Monitor and troubleshoot backup and restore failures across multiple geographies.
- Administer and maintain Veritas NetBackup, Cohesity, and related enterprise backup solutions.
- Manage and troubleshoot backups for applications such as Oracle, MS-SQL, MySQL, Exchange, VMware, and NDMP workloads.
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
- Design, implement, and test disaster recovery strategies to ensure data integrity and minimize downtime.
- Participate in enterprise-level business continuity planning and execution.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align RPO/RTO with business requirements.
System Administration & Optimization
- Maintain and enhance backup infrastructure to meet performance, availability, and compliance standards.
- Conduct capacity planning and performance tuning for efficiency and scalability.
- Apply patches, firmware updates, and software upgrades as needed.
- Automate recurring backup and recovery operations using shell or PowerShell scripting.
Cloud & Virtualization
- Support hybrid and cloud-based backup solutions, primarily within Microsoft Azure environments.
- Integrate Azure storage and recovery services with on-premises infrastructure.
- Collaborate with IT and cloud architecture teams to ensure seamless hybrid operations.
Governance, Documentation & Compliance
- Maintain up-to-date technical documentation for configurations, processes, and recovery runbooks.
- Ensure compliance with audit, data retention, and security requirements.
- Operate in accordance with ITIL/ITSM processes for Incident, Problem, Change, and Configuration Management.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
- Serve as a primary technical contact for backup and recovery issues and escalations.
- Partner with internal IT, security, and operations teams to optimize backup and DR strategies.
- Communicate effectively with business units to validate data integrity and backup completeness.
Work Mode: Remote
Shift Timings: 06:30pm to 3:30am IST
Location: Remote -India
What We Are Looking For:
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise data protection, disaster recovery, and storage administration.
- Hands on experience with Linux or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating systems.
- Proven expertise with Veritas NetBackup (including Flex Appliances) and Cohesity platforms.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud (backup, storage, recovery, and hybrid configurations).
- In-depth knowledge of disaster recovery environments and industry best practices.
- Proficiency with Linux and Windows Server operating systems.
- Solid understanding of SAN/NAS, RAID architectures, and tape library management.
- Experience managing backups for SQL Server, Oracle RMAN, and virtualized environments (VMware/Hyper-V).
- Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.
- Strong organizational and time management abilities.
What Would Make You Stand Out:
- Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.
- Familiarity with deduplication, média management, and business continuity planning.
- Knowledge of ITIL or ITSM frameworks.
Soft Skills/ Behavioral Skills:
1. Excellent Communication Skills (Written & Verbal)
2. Working Independently.
3. Critical Thinking
Benefits:
- Annual Public Holidays as applicable
- 30 days total leave per calendar year
- Mediclaim policy
- Lifestyle Rewards Program
- Group Term Life Insurance
- Gratuity
- ...and more!
Top Skills
Cohesity
Azure
Ms-Sql
MySQL
Ndmp
Oracle
Veritas Netbackup
VMware
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