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Technical Design Authority - Backup & Data Protection

Bell Integration, City of Westminster

Technical Design Authority - Backup & Data Protection

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Bell Integration, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 days ago, 19 Dec | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 31532f0ff46341dd923730eb603b11c9

Full Job Description

  • Senior technical design authority role, responsible for the architecture of backup and data protection systems aligned with organizational goals.
  • Key accountabilities will be backup solution design, implementation and migrations.
    • Responsibilities
  • Requirements gathering, research and solution design of enterprise level backup and data protection systems.
  • Overall responsibility for data backup and protection roadmap including continuous revaluation and recalibration.
  • Identify resiliency gaps including cyber/security, proactively suggest solutions and implement.
  • Present solutions to forums and stakeholders
  • Work closely with a multiple array of technical, business and 3rd party teams to deliver results.
  • Documentation of designs and refinement
  • Conduct thorough infrastructure assessments to identify backup and recovery requirements.
  • Lead full lifecycle backup infrastructure projects, from initial concept to implementation.
  • Perform detailed migration planning and execution for backup systems and technologies.
  • Available and willing to conduct migration efforts during weekends and off-hours as project requirements demand.
  • Create detailed technical design documents, architecture diagrams, and implementation plans.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including network, storage, platform and application teams.
  • Implement and configure backup solutions using leading technologies (eg NetBackup, TSM, Cohesity, Rubrik).
  • Develop and maintain backup and recovery policies and procedures.
  • Conduct performance tuning and optimisation of backup infrastructure.
  • Ensure compliance with data protection regulations and organisational security standards.

    Solid architectural level understanding of all areas of enterprise backup and data protection technology is a must.
  • At least 15 years of experience working in the backup and data protection subject, with a good level of understanding of the interfacing and function of other inter-connected IT systems such as servers, virtualization layers, databases, and public cloud.
  • Conceptual knowledge of backup and data protection technologies such as Rubrik, Cohesity, Netbackup is essential with the ability to provide high level designs. Low level technical knowledge with ability to provide low level designs and guidance to others would be beneficial.
  • Good awareness and knowledge of emerging technology and trends in data protection domain is a must.
  • In-depth understanding of business continuity plans, disaster recovery of systems and services, recovery time and point objectives and their practical implementations is essential.
  • An up to date understanding of regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, DORA and their organizational impact is a must.
  • Experience in cost calculations, evaluations, and control of storage or other IT systems as well as any other prior work done on budgeting in any capability is desired.
  • Excellent understanding of governance and compliance frameworks for backup systems would be beneficial.
  • A working knowledge of public cloud technology such as AWS, Azure and their relevance to backup technology is desirable.
  • A working knowledge of cyber and other security measures and their implementation in backup and data protection systems would be beneficial.
  • Any prior skills in tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Python, Grafana, ELK would be an added advantage.
  • Strong presentation skills: ability to deliver presentations and optimally communicate at all levels within an organization.
  • Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders including team members, business users, 3rd parties, project managers, senior leadership and answer in-depth questions, accept constructive feedback, and modify work product accordingly.
  • Experience in producing and rapidly delivering minimum viable solutions, results focused with ability to prioritize the most impactful work.

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