Job Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Storage & Backup Lead to drive strategy, governance, and operations across enterprise storage and data protection platforms. This role will be responsible for ensuring high availability, data integrity, and disaster recovery readiness while optimizing performance and capacity across critical systems.
The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in enterprise storage solutions, backup technologies, and DR planning, with the ability to lead technical teams and engage stakeholders at multiple levels.
Key Responsibilities
Storage Strategy & Governance
- Define and implement enterprise storage and backup strategies aligned with business continuity objectives
- Establish standards for data protection, replication, and recovery across environments
- Ensure storage architecture supports scalability, resilience, and performance requirements
Performance & Capacity Management
- Drive storage performance optimization initiatives across SAN and enterprise platforms
- Monitor utilization trends and forecast capacity requirements to support business growth
- Optimize LUN allocation and storage provisioning strategies
Backup & Disaster Recovery
- Oversee backup operations and ensure success rates meet defined SLAs and compliance requirements
- Validate disaster recovery procedures through regular testing and restoration exercises
- Review backup reports and ensure adherence to retention and recovery policies
Operations & Lifecycle Management
- Manage storage hardware and firmware lifecycle, including upgrades and refresh planning
- Conduct regular health checks and risk assessments across storage environments
- Approve and govern high risk changes to storage configurations
Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- Coordinate with vendors for escalations, maintenance, and support issues
- Collaborate with infrastructure, database, and application teams to align storage requirements
- Support audit activities and ensure compliance with governance standards
Leadership & Continuous Improvement
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to storage and backup engineers
- Maintain up to date documentation for architecture, configurations, and processes
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance availability, efficiency, and recovery readiness
Requirements
- Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related discipline
- Strong hands-on experience with enterprise storage platforms such as Huawei Dorado, Hitachi, Dell Unity, or similar SAN/NAS systems
- Experience with backup solutions such as Dell Data Domain, PPDM, Networker, or equivalent technologies
- Solid understanding of backup, replication, and disaster recovery concepts
- Experience in capacity planning, performance tuning, and storage optimization
- Familiarity with storage networking concepts including SAN, LUN, and replication technologies
- Proven experience in managing vendor relationships and handling escalations
- Strong knowledge of compliance, audit requirements, and data protection standards
- Leadership experience in mentoring or guiding technical teams
- Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills
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