Systems Engineer (NAS, VMware, Commvault, NetBackup, Disaster Recovery)

Responsibilities

Administer enterprise storage environments, including SAN/NAS storage provisioning, capacity expansion, connectivity management, and performance optimization.

Manage VMware virtualization infrastructure, including ESXi hosts, vCenter, vSAN clusters, virtual machine provisioning, and resource allocation.

Configure and maintain storage connectivity between virtualization hosts and storage systems using iSCSI and Fibre Channel technologies.

Monitor storage utilization, datastore capacity, infrastructure health, and performance metrics to identify and resolve potential bottlenecks.

Manage enterprise backup solutions, including backup scheduling, policy configuration, job monitoring, retention management, and restoration activities.

Troubleshoot backup failures, validate data integrity, and perform periodic recovery tests to ensure the availability of critical business data.

Implement and maintain disaster recovery solutions using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) or Azure Site Recovery.

Execute replication monitoring, recovery plan validation, and disaster recovery failover/failback testing in line with defined RPO and RTO targets.

Perform VMware infrastructure maintenance, including virtual machine migrations, snapshot management, cluster maintenance, patching, and upgrades.

Conduct infrastructure troubleshooting and root-cause analysis to resolve recurring storage, virtualization, backup, and recovery issues.

Support infrastructure changes, firmware maintenance, and lifecycle activities while minimizing disruption to production workloads.

Maintain technical documentation, including storage configurations, backup procedures, disaster recovery plans, operational runbooks, and incident records.

Collaborate with server, network, application, and security teams to resolve cross-functional infrastructure issues.

Monitor infrastructure availability and capacity, identify potential risks, and recommend improvements to reliability and operational efficiency.

Requirements

Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in IT infrastructure, VMware administration, storage management, enterprise backup, and disaster recovery.

Strong hands-on experience in SAN/NAS Storage Administration, including storage provisioning, capacity management, datastore expansion, and performance troubleshooting.

Practical experience administering VMware ESXi, vCenter, and vSAN, including virtual machine operations, cluster management, and shared storage environments.

Experience with at least one enterprise backup platform: Veeam, Commvault, or Veritas NetBackup, covering backup policy management, job troubleshooting, retention, and restoration.

Hands-on experience with Disaster Recovery solutions, preferably VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) or Azure Site Recovery, including replication management and failover/failback testing.

Experience with SCSI, Fibre Channel, storage connectivity, and virtualized infrastructure dependencies.

Experience in backup validation, recovery procedures, RPO/RTO concepts, and disaster recovery readiness.

Experience in enterprise production support, incident management, root-cause analysis, and change management.

Experience in HPE server infrastructure, hardware lifecycle management, and firmware compatibility is an advantage.

Experience in infrastructure automation or scripting using PowerShell, PowerCLI, or Python is desirable.

Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and cross-team coordination skills.

Experience supporting enterprise VMware and storage environments in production.

Experience in infrastructure monitoring, capacity planning, and performance optimization.

Microsoft Azure certification is preferred.