Backup & Storage Specialist; System Engineer

Position: Backup & Storage Specialist (System Engineer)

Backup & Storage Specialist (System Engineer) – Starlink Qatar

The Backup & Storage Specialist is responsible for designing, implementing, and operating enterprise backup, recovery, and storage solutions to ensure data integrity, availability, and business continuity. The role supports on-premises, hyperconverged, and hybrid cloud environments, including VMware, vSAN, Nutanix HCI, Azure, and GCP.

Key Responsibilities Backup & Recovery Management

• Implement, configure, and manage enterprise backup solutions (primarily Commvault
  ) across physical, virtual, cloud, and HCI workloads.
• Define and maintain backup policies, schedules, retention, and replication strategies.
• Perform regular backup validation, restore testing, and disaster recovery drills.
• Monitor backup performance, troubleshoot failures, and produce compliance and utilization reports.
• Integrate backup platforms with monitoring and alerting tools.

Enterprise Storage & Hyperconverged Infrastructure

• Administer SAN, NAS, and HCI platforms (VMware vSAN, Nutanix, HPE Simpli Vity, Dell EMC, HPE 3
  
  PAR).
• Design and manage storage provisioning, zoning, LUNs, data stores, and vSAN configurations.
• Monitor capacity, performance, and health; conduct forecasting and capacity planning.
• Implement replication, snapshots, tiering, and high‑availability storage features.
• Align storage configurations with application performance requirements and SLAs.
• Manage hybrid storage and backup integrations across Azure, GCP, and on‑premises environments.
• Provision and manage Azure Blob Storage, Azure Files, and GCP Cloud Storage.
• Configure cloud‑native backup services and integrate them with Commvault
  .
• Optimize cloud storage costs using lifecycle policies, archiving, and deduplication.
• Ensure cloud storage security, encryption, access control, and compliance.
• Support Windows and Linux servers (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, SUSE) with focus on storage performance and integration.
• Administer VMware vSphere and Nutanix AHV environments, including VM provisioning, vMotion, and storage vMotion.
• Integrate servers and hypervisors with enterprise storage using FC, iSCSI, and NFS.
• Develop automation scripts for storage provisioning and backup orchestration.

Incident, Problem & Change Management

• Apply ITIL best practices for incident response, root cause analysis, and change management.
• Resolve backup, storage, and performance incidents within defined SLAs.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventive and monitoring improvements.
• Plan and execute changes such as firmware upgrades, policy updates, and capacity expansions.
• Maintain accurate records in ITSM tools (e.g., Service Now).

General System Management & Documentation

• Perform routine maintenance, patching, firmware upgrades, and health checks.
• Enforce security controls, encryption, vulnerability management, and compliance (e.g., ISO 27001, GDPR).
• Maintain detailed documentation, configurations, and operational runbooks.
• Provide Tier‑2 support and guidance on storage capacity and performance optimization.

Qualifications & Experience Required Experience

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise backup and storage administration.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Commvault in large‑scale, multi‑site environments.
• Proven expertise in VMware vSphere, vSAN, Nutanix AHV, and hyperconverged platforms.
• Solid experience with Windows and Linux server administration.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure and GCP storage and backup services.
• Knowledge of storage protocols (FC, iSCSI, NFS) and enterprise SAN/HCI systems.
• Experience achieving high availability and uptime (99.99%) through resilient design.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Certifications (Preferred)

• Commvault Certified Administrator (CCA)
• VMware VCP‑DCV
• Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP)
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
• RHCSA or ITIL Foundation (advantage)

Key Technical Skills

• Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery (Simpana, Intelli Snap, cloud connectors)
• Enterprise SAN / HCI storage administration and replication
• VMware vCenter, vSAN, NSX, Nutanix AHV
• Azure & GCP storage and backup services
• Windows & Linux performance tuning and multipathing
• Monitoring tools (Solar Winds, Nagios, Splunk)

Seniority Level

Associate

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Information Technology

Industry

Telecommunications

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