Data Protection Engineer: Cloud & On‑Prem Backup Specialist

Al Futtaim Private Company (LLC)

Dubai

On-site

AED 280,000 - 480,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Al Futtaim Private Company (LLC) is seeking a Data Protection Engineer to oversee backup and recovery across Cloud and On-Premises environments. You will manage the NetBackup platform, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive modernization of backup strategies to support business continuity.

The role requires hands-on experience with enterprise backup, AKS, and cloud workloads, a strong focus on data lifecycle management, and collaboration with vendors and stakeholders to enforce security and

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or related discipline.
Enterprise backup certification (e.g., Cohesity, Veritas NetBackup, Veeam) and a Microsoft Azure certification (AZ-104 or higher) are required.
Minimum of 5+ years hands-on experience in enterprise backup, recovery, and data protection technologies.
At least 3 years of experience administering enterprise backup solutions such as Cohesity, Veritas NetBackup, or Veeam Software.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and manage backup and recovery solutions ensuring compliance with data protection standards.
Engage with vendors to conduct health checks of the platform and implement best practice recommendations.
Modernize cloud backup platforms to extend data protection coverage to modern workloads.
Standardize backup solutions across regions to improve operational efficiency.
Manage the full life cycle of the NetBackup platform, including hardware and software.
Prepare plans to upgrade master and media servers to the latest version ensuring seamless transitions.
Ensure overall availability, performance, security and business continuity of the data protection platform.
Engage with application stakeholders to define and enforce backup retention policies according to business, legal and regulatory requirements.
Review backed-up data with application owners periodically adjusting SLP as necessary.
Produce backup reports assess system success or failure and implement corrective actions as needed.
Manage life cycle of backed-up data from retention to expiry and conduct regular reviews of expired and orphan images to optimize storage.
Ensure long-term retention backups are migrated to archival storage in the Cloud and On-Prem tapes are securely vaulted offsite.
Maintain detailed records of retired media and oversee their secure disposal in compliance with Data Disposal Policy.
Perform periodic tests to verify backup data integrity and reliability.
Verify processes meet defined Recovery Time Objectives RTO and Recovery Point Objectives RPO correcting discrepancies if identified.
Responsible for data recovery in cases of failure or disaster ensuring quick restoration.
Document and practice steps required for restoring data from backups.
Monitor effectiveness of backup solutions and adjust lifecycle policies as necessary.
Track storage consumption and backup storage growth ensuring adequate capacity availability.
Secure the backup platforms and hardware appliances by applying the latest security patches and implementing mitigation measures to minimize risks.
Implement end-to-end encryption of backup data during storage and retrieval.
Ensure all backup data is stored on immutable storage to safeguard against unauthorized modifications and ransomware attacks.