Specialist - System Management

Backup Storage Engineer L4

Role Purpose

Provide handson L1 L2 and selected L3 operational support for backup and storage services across onpremises infrastructure and cloudintegrated protection platforms

Key Responsibilities

Monitor backup jobs storage s replication appliances media capacities hardware health and service queues take timely corrective action

Perform daily administration of backup policies clients agents schedules retention media pools disk pools tape operations and reporting

Support SANNAS operations including provisioning requests share permissions coordination zoningmasking changes under guidance multipath checks and capacity allocation

Execute approved restores for files VMs databases applications and systems validate requester authorization and document recovery evidence

Support cloudintegrated backup object storage gateway archive snapshot vault and replication services within defined runbooks

Troubleshoot failed jobs connectivity agentservice issues credentials snapshots capacity media catalog hardware and performance symptoms

Follow incident request change problem access configuration and knowledge processes with accurate technical records

Perform health checks housekeeping log reviews patch support upgrades certificate renewals inventory updates and operational reporting

Escalate product defects and complex issues to senior engineers or vendors with logs timelines impact and completed diagnostics

Contribute to SOPs automation shiftleft trend analysis recurringissue elimination DR drills and audit evidence

OnPremises Cloud Scope

Onpremises scope data centers branchcampus locations physical and virtual infrastructure enterprise tools local connectivity operational processes and legacyregulated workloads

Cloud scope AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud SaaS cloudnative monitoring and security identity integration private connectivity resilience tagging cost awareness and sharedresponsibility controls

Hybrid scope consistent governance service mapping monitoring access configuration automation recovery reporting and support handoffs across both environments

Technical Functional Skill Matrix

Skill AreaExpected CapabilityPriority

Backup operationsPolicies agents job monitoring disktape catalogs retention restores and troubleshootingMandatory

Storage operationsSANNAS concepts LUNs shares zoning masking multipathing snapshots replication and capacityMandatory

SystemsWindowsLinux fundamentals virtualization databases networking and application protection basicsMandatory

Cloud protectionExposure to cloud backupvaultobjectarchivesnapshot services and hybrid gatewaysPreferred

ITSMIncidentrequestchange handling SLA awareness documentation knowledge and shift handoverMandatory

ScriptingBasic PowerShell shell Python APIs or reporting automationPreferred

Required Qualifications Experience

5 to 8 years of relevant experience including ownership of complex enterprise services and production support

Bachelors degree in engineering computer science information technology or a related discipline equivalent practical experience may be considered

Demonstrated experience in enterprisescale environments with formal ITSM security audit change and servicelevel controls

Strong analytical troubleshooting documentation presentation and stakeholdermanagement capabilities

Ability to work across distributed teams and participate in planned changes incident bridges and oncall support when required

Preferred Certifications

Vendor backup or storage associate certification

WindowsLinux or virtualization certification

Cloud fundamentals

ITIL Foundation

Success Measures KPIs

Daily backup success and agedfailure reduction

Restore completion and evidence quality

SLA compliance and ticket backlog

Capacity threshold compliance and response

Runbook adherence automation and audit readiness

Behavioral Competencies

Customer and business outcome orientation

Ownership accountability and disciplined followthrough

Clear communication during normal operations and highseverity incidents

Collaboration across towers vendors and geographies

Continuous learning knowledge sharing and improvement mindset

Risk awareness and sound judgment under pressure

Screening Guidance

Candidates should be assessed through a combination of architecturedesign discussion production troubleshooting scenarios operational governance examples cloudonpremises integration experience documentation quality and evidence of measurable service improvement For senior and architect roles validate decisionmaking stakeholder influence commercial awareness risk ownership and mentoring capability in addition to handson depth