Role Description Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Storage & Backup Architect to design, implement, and govern enterprise storage, backup, disaster recovery, and data protection solutions across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring data availability, security, scalability, performance, and compliance while supporting business continuity and disaster recovery objectives.

Key Responsibilities Storage Architecture Design and implement enterprise storage solutions including SAN, NAS, Object Storage, and Hyperconverged Infrastructure.

Develop storage architecture standards, roadmaps, and best practices.

Perform storage capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.

Evaluate and recommend storage technologies, platforms, and vendors.

Lead storage migration, consolidation, and modernization initiatives.

Ensure high availability and optimal utilization of storage environments. Backup & Recovery Design, implement, and manage enterprise backup and recovery solutions.

Define backup, retention, archival, and recovery policies.

Ensure backup success rates and recovery readiness through regular testing.

Implement immutable backups, ransomware protection, and cyber recovery solutions.

Establish and maintain Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO).

Develop enterprise data protection strategies and governance frameworks.

Disaster

Recovery & Business Continuity Design and implement Disaster Recovery (DR) architectures and replication solutions.

Conduct DR drills, failover testing, and recovery validation exercises.

Develop and maintain DR runbooks, recovery procedures, and documentation.

Ensure business continuity requirements are met for critical applications and infrastructure.





Cloud

Storage & Data Protection Design storage and backup solutions across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud platforms.

Implement hybrid cloud backup and disaster recovery strategies.

Optimize cloud storage utilization and control operational costs.

Manage secure data movement between on-premises and cloud environments.

Establish cloud governance and compliance controls. Security & Compliance Implement encryption standards for data at rest and in transit.

Design secure backup and storage environments aligned with Zero Trust principles.

Partner with cybersecurity teams to implement ransomware protection strategies.

Support audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements.

Manage access controls, key management, and data security policies. Operations & Governance Define operational procedures, standards, and architecture guidelines.

Monitor storage utilization, backup health, and infrastructure performance.

Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and problem management activities.

Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to infrastructure teams.

Collaborate with vendors, project teams, and business stakeholders.

Mandatory Skills Storage Technologies

Dell EMC PowerStore

Dell EMC Unity

Dell EMC VMAX / PowerMax

NetApp ONTAP

IBM Storage Solutions

HPE Primera / Nimble

Pure Storage

SAN & NAS Administration

Storage Virtualization

Brocade SAN Switches





Cisco MDS Switches Backup Technologies Veritas NetBackup

Commvault

Veeam Backup & Replication

Dell EMC Networker

Rubrik

Cohesity Cloud Platforms Microsoft Azure

AWS (Amazon Web Services)

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Azure Backup & Recovery Services

Azure Storage Accounts

AWS Backup

Amazon S3

Amazon Glacier Virtualization VMware vSphere

Microsoft Hyper-V Operating Systems Windows Server

Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, SUSE) Security & Governance Data Encryption

Key Management

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Zero Trust Architecture

Ransomware Protection

Compliance & Audit Management Preferred Skills Infrastructure Architecture Design (HLD/LLD)

Enterprise Data Protection Strategy

Capacity and Performance Planning

Disaster Recovery Architecture

Cloud Migration & Modernization

Storage Consolidation Projects

Infrastructure Automation

ITIL Framework

Vendor Management Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.

12+ years of overall IT Infrastructure experience.

Minimum 8 years of experience in Storage, Backup, and Disaster Recovery technologies.

Experience designing enterprise-scale storage and backup environments.

Strong expertise in cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions.

Preferred Certifications

Dell EMC Proven Professional

NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA)

Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE)

Commvault Qualified Certification

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate/Professional

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

ITIL Certification Skills Encryption, Resource Management, Performance Tuning, High Availability and Disaster Recovery

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