Senior Backup Administrator- Riyadh, KSA at DeepSource Technologies

DeepSource Technologies; Dubai; On-site; AED 235,000 - 392,000; Full time

Job summary

DeepSource Technologies in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, seeks a Senior Backup Administrator for an on-site role in Riyadh, KSA. The position involves managing Veritas NetBackup infrastructure, Dell Data Domain appliances, and Dell EMC backup solutions with opportunities for career growth.

You will monitor backup and recovery operations, perform DR testing, ensure cyber security with immutable backups, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain reliable backup services for Windows

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 10+ years in enterprise backup, recovery, and system administration.
• Strong Veritas NetBackup administration experience.
• Experience with Dell EMC backup solutions (CRS, PPDM, Data Domain, NetWorker).
• Knowledge of DR testing and business continuity.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Veritas NetBackup infrastructure.
• Monitor backup and restore operations, troubleshoot failures.
• Manage Dell Data Domain appliances and DD Boost.
• Configure and support CRS, recovery policies, and workflows.
• Support PPDM and Dell NetWorker as required.
• Conduct DR testing and validate recoverability.
• Ensure immutable backups and ransomware protection.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for reliable backups.
• Support Windows and Linux backup perspectives.

Skills

Veritas NetBackup administration

Dell Data Domain

Backup policy & lifecycle management

Disaster recovery planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

PPDM

Dell NetWorker

CRS

Data Domain

Job description

Senior Backup Administrator - Riyadh, KSA

DeepSource Technologies in Dubai, DU, AE. This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and maintain Veritas NetBackup enterprise backup infrastructure, including backup policies, schedules, storage units, media servers, and clients.
• Monitor daily backup and restore operations, proactively identify failures, troubleshoot issues, and ensure successful completion of all backup jobs.
• Perform backup, restore, and recovery operations for enterprise applications, databases, virtual machines, and file systems.
• Administer and support Dell Data Domain appliances, including storage management, DD Boost configuration, replication, retention policies, capacity monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Configure, maintain, and support Dell Cyber Recovery Solution (CRS), including Cyber Recovery Vault, recovery policies, orchestration workflows, and cyber recovery testing.
• Support Dell EMC backup solutions such as PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) and Dell NetWorker as required.
• Conduct disaster recovery (DR) testing and validate backup recoverability to ensure compliance with business continuity requirements.
• Monitor backup infrastructure capacity, storage utilization, and system health, recommending improvements where necessary.
• Manage backup lifecycle activities, including software upgrades, patches, firmware updates, and backup infrastructure maintenance.
• Protect backup environments against cyber threats by implementing immutable backup practices, ransomware protection measures, and cyber recovery best practices.
• Support backup operations for VMware vSphere/ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual environments.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, storage, virtualization, security, database, and application teams to ensure reliable backup and recovery services.
• Support Windows Server and Linux* environments from a backup and recovery perspective.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise backup, recovery, and system administration.
• Strong hands-on experience with Veritas NetBackup administration.
• Experience administering Dell Data Domain appliances.
• Experience with Dell EMC backup solutions, including: Cyber Recovery Solution (CRS) Data Domain PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) Dell NetWorker.
• Solid understanding of backup and recovery concepts, including: RPO (Recovery Point Objective) RTO (Recovery Time Objective) Disaster Recovery (DR) Business Continuity.