Backup Engineer

Job Summary:

• We are looking for an experienced Backup Engineer with strong expertise in Veritas NetBackup and Veeam Backup & Replication administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and backup infrastructure management.
• The candidate should have hands-on experience in enterprise backup environments, data protection, disaster recovery, and storage technologies.
• Key Responsibilities: Manage and administer Veritas NetBackup and Veeam Backup & Replication environments.
• Configure, schedule, monitor, and troubleshoot backup and restore jobs.
• Perform backup validation, recovery testing, and disaster recovery drills.
• Handle backup policies, retention management, deduplication, and replication.
• Support physical, virtual, and cloud backup infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot backup failures, media issues, tape libraries, storage, and performance bottlenecks.
• Work on VMware, Hyper-V, Windows, and Linux backup environments.
• Monitor backup alerts and ensure SLA compliance.
• Coordinate with server, storage, virtualization, and application teams.
• Prepare daily/weekly backup health and compliance reports.
• Maintain backup documentation, SOPs, and operational procedures.
• Support upgrades, patching, and migration activities.
• Required Skills: Strong hands-on experience in Veritas NetBackup.
• Good experience with Veeam Backup & Replication.
• Knowledge of VMware, Hyper-V, Windows Server, and Linux.
• Understanding of SAN, NAS, Tape Library, and Storage concepts.
• Experience with backup troubleshooting and DR operations.
• Familiarity with cloud backup solutions and replication technologies.
• Good communication and customer handling skills.
• Ability to work in 24x7 support environments if required.
• Preferred Certifications: Veritas Certified Specialist Veeam Technical Certification (VMCE) VMware / Storage certifications preferred