Backup Architect | Pune | Immediate Joiner

Key Responsibilities:

1. Backup Architecture Design:

• Design and architect enterprise-level backup solutions tailored to meet the businesss data protection, retention, and compliance needs.
• Develop backup strategies for diverse environments, including physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures, ensuring full system backups, incremental backups, and data replication are effectively planned and executed.
• Ensure data protection solutions are scalable and meet growing data volumes, considering both operational and business requirements.
• Implement tiered storage architectures to optimize backup and recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO).

1. Disaster Recovery Planning:

• Work with disaster recovery (DR) teams to design and implement backup strategies that are aligned with the organizations DR requirements.
• Develop and maintain recovery procedures and disaster recovery plans to ensure rapid restoration of critical systems in the event of system failures, disasters, or data loss.
• Regularly test backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure data can be restored effectively and efficiently.

1. Backup System Implementation and Deployment:

• Oversee the deployment and configuration of backup systems, including software and hardware-based solutions (e.g., Veritas, Commvault, Veeam, NetBackup, etc.).
• Ensure that backup systems are optimized for performance and reliability, minimizing data loss risk and ensuring compliance with organizational policies.
• Integrate backup solutions with other IT systems, including virtual environments (VMware, Hyper-V) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

1. Automation and Optimization:

• Automate backup and restore processes where possible to improve efficiency, reduce human error, and ensure consistency in backups.
• Continuously monitor backup processes to ensure they are running correctly, investigating any failed backups and troubleshooting issues promptly.
• Optimize backup schedules, ensuring minimal impact on system performance and business operations.
• Implement data deduplication, compression, and other technologies to optimize storage utilization and reduce backup costs.

1. Data Security and Compliance:

• Implement and enforce encryption for backup data at rest and in transit to protect sensitive information and ensure compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS).
• Work with security teams to ensure that backup systems meet internal and external security requirements.
• Define and enforce backup retention policies and ensure that backup data is managed in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Regularly audit backup systems and processes to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.

1. Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning:

• Conduct regular capacity planning exercises to ensure backup infrastructure can scale to meet the needs of growing data volumes.
• Monitor backup system performance, identifying bottlenecks or inefficiencies, and implementing improvements.
• Ensure that backup infrastructure has the required redundancy and fault tolerance to minimize system downtime and data loss.

1. Monitoring, Reporting, and Analytics:

• Implement monitoring tools and dashboards to track backup success rates, system performance, and storage utilization.
• Develop and deliver regular reports to management on backup health, recovery readiness, and data protection status.
• Analyze backup logs and reports to identify potential issues and recommend improvements to backup strategies or infrastructure.
• Respond promptly to backup failures or performance issues, investigating root causes and ensuring corrective actions are taken.

1. Collaboration and Training:

• Work closely with other IT teams, including storage, networking, and security, to ensure that backup and data protection systems integrate seamlessly with the overall IT infrastructure.
• Provide guidance and training to other IT staff on backup processes, recovery procedures, and best practices.
• Collaborate with other business units to ensure that data protection strategies align with organizational goals and requirements.

1. Vendor and Service Management:

• Manage relationships with backup software and hardware vendors, ensuring that products and services meet organizational needs.
• Evaluate and select backup tools, technologies, and services, staying informed about new trends and products in the backup and disaster recovery space.
• Oversee vendor support relationships and ensure that service-level agreements (SLAs) are met, including response and resolution times for critical backup-related issues.

1. Documentation and Best Practices:

• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for backup solutions, architectures, and recovery procedures.
• Develop and implement backup and disaster recovery best practices across the organization, ensuring standardization and consistency in data protection strategies.
• Continuously review and update backup strategies to align with evolving business needs, compliance requirements, and technological advancements.