Title: Backup Administrator ( IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM))
Experience:
5+ years
Location:
Gurugram Skills Required: Backup Management, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) / IBM Spectrum Protect. Notice Period: Immediate joiner Qualification: B.
E./B.
Tech (CS/IT/ECE) / MCA / M.
Sc. (IT/CS) from a recognised university We at Coforge are seeking a “Backup Administrator " Administer, monitor, and maintain enterprise backup infrastructure using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) / IBM Spectrum Protect. Roles &
Responsibilities:
• Administer, monitor, and maintain enterprise backup infrastructure using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) / IBM Spectrum Protect.
• Configure, implement, and manage backup and recovery policies for servers, databases, applications, virtual machines, and storage platforms.
• Perform backup scheduling, monitoring, troubleshooting, and restoration activities to ensure successful data protection and recovery.
• Manage backup retention policies, storage pools, deduplication, tape libraries, backup repositories, and archival processes.
• Execute daily, weekly, and monthly backup validation and health checks, ensuring adherence to SLAs.
• Plan, test, and support Disaster Recovery (DR) activities, recovery drills, and business continuity initiatives.
• Troubleshoot backup failures, performance issues, and recovery incidents while coordinating with infrastructure, storage, database, and application teams.
• Monitor backup environment capacity, utilization, growth trends, and performance optimization opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with organizational backup standards, security policies, audit requirements, and data retention regulations.
• Prepare operational reports, SOPs, technical documentation, knowledge base articles, and support handover activities.
• Support incident, problem, and change management processes in accordance with ITIL best practices.
• Participate in migration, upgrade, implementation, and modernization of backup solutions across enterprise environments. Required
Skills:
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) / IBM Spectrum Protect Administration.
• Robust experience in backup, restore, recovery, and disaster recovery operations.
• Expertise in managing tape libraries, storage pools, backup repositories, deduplication, and archival solutions.
• Experience with enterprise backup tools such as IBM Spectrum Protect, or similar technologies.
• Good knowledge of Windows and Linux/Unix server environments.
• Understanding of SAN, NAS, enterprise storage systems, and data center infrastructure.
• Experience in troubleshooting backup performance issues and backup environment optimization.
• Exposure to virtualization platforms such as VMware and Hyper-V.
• Familiarity with incident management, root cause analysis, and operational support activities.
• Good understanding of backup policies, retention management, compliance requirements, and audit processes.
• Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills. Preferred
Skills:
• Experience working in large-scale enterprise or government data center environments.
• Knowledge of cloud backup technologies and hybrid backup architectures.
• Understanding of ITIL processes and managed services environments.
• Relevant certifications in IBM Spectrum Protect, Backup Administration.
• Exposure to scripting and automation using PowerShell, Shell Scripting, or Python for operational efficiency. Key
Skills:
• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)
• IBM Spectrum Protect,Backup & Replication
• Tape Library Management
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