Enterprise Data Protection Architect - Commvault Expert

Affinity

Toronto

On-site

CAD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Affinity is seeking a Solution Architect with deep Commvault expertise to lead enterprise data protection and recovery initiatives. The role combines strategic advisory services, solution architecture, and hands-on leadership across large-scale, regulated environments.

You will drive modernization, cyber resilience, and recovery programs, engaging executive stakeholders while designing and implementing complex Commvault environments, including cloud and hybrid data protection across multi-site

Qualifications

10+ years in enterprise data protection, storage, or infrastructure, with 5+ years focused on Commvault.
Proven track record architecting Commvault at genuine enterprise scale — thousands of clients, multi‑petabyte, multi‑site
Experience leading at least one large legacy‑to‑Commvault migration end to end
Strong grounding in adjacent infrastructure: VMware, enterprise storage (NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure), Windows and Linux, networking fundamentals
Cloud data protection experience across at least one major hyperscaler
Demonstrated executive presence — you can lead a steering committee, defend a design under challenge, and write a document a CIO will read
Excellent documentation and presentation skills; consulting or professional services background strongly preferred
Experience in regulated environments (financial services, healthcare, public sector) and familiarity with audit, compliance, and retention obligations
Commvault certifications (Certified Expert / Master, Professional)
Commvault Cloud / Metallic SaaS design experience
Cyber recovery and clean‑room design experience
Automation and reporting via Commvault REST API, PowerShell, or Python
Kubernetes and container data protection
Familiarity with competing platforms for credible comparative advisory

Responsibilities

Lead discovery and current‑state assessments of enterprise backup, recovery, and data protection estates
Build and present roadmaps that connect data protection to business outcomes — RTO/RPO targets, cyber resilience, cost, and audit posture
Advise executive and director‑level stakeholders on modernization: on‑prem to hybrid, air‑gapped and immutable copies, ransomware recovery readiness
Run workshops, whiteboard sessions, and executive briefings; be credible with both the storage team and the CIO
Develop reusable reference architectures, standards, and internal practice assets
Represent the practice in pre‑sales and solutioning conversations where required
Design end‑to‑end Commvault architectures at enterprise scale: CommServe, MediaAgents, index and deduplication design, storage tiering, and client distribution
Size and capacity‑plan across multi‑site, multi‑petabyte environments
Design protection for mixed estates — VMware, Hyper‑V, physical, SQL, Oracle, SAP, Exchange, SharePoint, file, NAS, and container workloads
Architect cloud and hybrid data protection (Azure, AWS, GCP), including Metallic / Commvault Cloud where applicable
Design cyber resilience and clean‑room recovery patterns: immutability, air gap, anomaly detection, isolated recovery environments
Produce HLDs, LLDs, migration plans, and runbooks that other engineers can actually execute
Design DR strategy and lead recovery testing methodology
Lead and hands‑on support build, migration, and cutover activity
Configure storage policies, plans, schedules, retention, auxiliary copies, and reporting
Migrate from legacy platforms (NetBackup, Veeam, TSM/Spectrum Protect, Rubrik, Networker) onto Commvault
Own complex escalations and performance tuning that the delivery team can’t resolve
Mentor engineers and transfer knowledge to client operations teams at handover