Senior Backup & Disaster Recovery Specialist

BlackStone eIT; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

BlackStone eIT in Dubai seeks an experienced disaster recovery and backup specialist to manage policies, schedules and monitoring for approved systems. You will drive restoration tests, report risks and support runbooks, with strong hands-on expertise in Veeam or Commvault.

The role requires planning across infrastructure teams, coordinating with cloud, database, security and business continuity, and participating in on-call recovery activities to ensure recoverability and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of enterprise backup and disaster-recovery experience.
• Hands-on with Veeam, Commvault or equivalent backup platform.
• Understanding of RPO, RTO, retention, immutable/offline backup and recovery validation.
• Certifications like VMCE, Commvault, or BCI/DRI preferred.
• Ability to produce auditable reports and step-by-step recovery procedures.

Responsibilities

• Administer backup policies, schedules, repositories, retention and monitoring for approved systems.
• Investigate failed jobs, perform remediation and report unresolved risks.
• Plan and execute restoration tests and maintain evidence of recoverability.
• Support disaster-recovery planning, runbooks, failover/failback procedures and simulations.
• Track recovery objectives and dependencies with partner service and business owners.
• Maintain backup inventories, job reports, exception registers and recovery documentation.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, cloud, database, application, security and continuity teams.
• Participate in on-call or planned out-of-hours recovery activities.

Skills

Backup & DR

Veeam

Commvault

RPO/RTO

Auditable reports

Recovery testing

Tools

Veeam

Commvault

Job description

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Administer backup policies, schedules, repositories, retention and monitoring for approved systems.

• Investigate failed jobs, perform approved remediation and report unresolved risks and capacity constraints
• Plan and execute restoration tests and maintain evidence of recoverability
• Support disaster-recovery planning, technical runbooks, failover/failback procedures and simulation exercises
• Track recovery objectives and dependencies as confirmed by partner service and business owners
• Maintain backup inventories, job reports, exception registers and recovery documentation
• Coordinate with infrastructure, cloud, database, application, security and business continuity teams
• Participate in agreed on-call or planned out-of-hours recovery activities

Minimum Experience And Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of enterprise backup and disaster-recovery experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Veeam, Commvault or an equivalent enterprise backup platform
• Practical understanding of RPO, RTO, retention, immutable/offline backup and recovery validation
• VMCE, Commvault certification, BCI/DRI qualification or equivalent preferred
• Ability to produce auditable reports and step-by-step recovery procedures