Backup and Disaster Recovery Engineer

Backup & DR Engineer

Job Description

Your Responsibilities:
The Backup & Disaster Recovery Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-wide backup and disaster recovery (DR) solutions that enable business continuity and data protection across all critical systems and applications. This role requires deep technical expertise in backup technologies, disaster recovery planning, and data protection strategies to minimize data loss and downtime in the event of system failures, disasters, or security incidents.

• Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise backup infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments
• Develop and maintain backup policies, schedules, and retention strategies aligned with business requirements and compliance mandates
• Develop, document, and maintain comprehensive disaster recovery plans for critical systems and applications
• Conduct regular DR testing exercises to validate recovery procedures and maintain Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) / Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) metrics for critical systems
• Perform data restoration requests in accordance with established procedures and SLAs
• Research and evaluate emerging backup and DR technologies and lead implementation projects for new platforms
• Develop automation scripts and workflows to improve operational efficiency
• Maintain regulatory compliance of backup and DR solutions and provide regular reports on backup performance
• Participate in audit activities and provide evidence of data protection controls
• Provide 24/7 on-call support for backup failures and emergency restoration requests

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience in backup and disaster recovery engineering or systems administration
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise backup solutions (e.g., Veeam, Commvault, Veritas NetBackup, Dell EMC Avamar/Data Domain)
• Proven experience designing and implementing disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical environments
• Demonstrated experience conducting DR tests and documenting recovery procedures
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery methodologies, failover/failback procedures, and business continuity planning
• Proficiency with backup technologies: disk-to-disk, disk-to-tape, cloud-based backup, and replication
• Experience with storage technologies including SAN, NAS, object storage, and deduplication appliances
• Knowledge of database backup and recovery for SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL
• Scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or Bash for automation
• Understanding of networking concepts, data transfer protocols, and WAN optimization
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and cloud backup/DR strategies

City

Bengaluru

State

Karnataka

Location Country

India

About ADM

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