Infrastructure Specialist (Veeam Administrator)

Brainhunter Systems Ltd; Winnipeg; Hybrid; CAD 124,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Brainhunter Systems Ltd is seeking an Infrastructure Specialist (Veeam Administrator) for a 1-year contract in Winnipeg with a hybrid schedule (3 days in-office). The role focuses on designing, implementing, and managing the backup and recovery infrastructure using Veeam technologies to support enterprise workloads including Microsoft 365.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data availability, DR readiness, and compliance, perform regular testing, and optimize performance

Qualifications

• Design, implement, monitor, and support backup/recovery infrastructure using Veeam.
• Ensure availability, integrity and recoverability of enterprise data.
• Support DR tests and meet RTO/RPO requirements.
• Coordinate with server/storage/network/security teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer Veeam backup/recovery infrastructure.
• Configure backup jobs and retention policies.
• Validate backup success and restore readiness.
• Conduct DR testing and recovery exercises.
• Investigate failed backups and perform root cause analysis.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Stakeholder communication

Incident management

High availability

Education

VMware VCP

ITIL Foundation

Tools

Veeam Backup & Replication

Veeam ONE

Veeam Data Cloud

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

VMware vSphere

Microsoft Hyper-V

Windows Server

Active Directory / Entra ID

AWS

SAN/NAS Storage

PowerShell

REST APIs

Job description

Brainhunter is currently seeking the services of a "Infrastructure Specialist (Veeam Administrator)" for a contract role with one of our Valued Clients.

Work Style: Hybrid - 3 day/week in-office

Anticipated Start Date: 4 weeks from the official offer day

Duration: 1 year

Rate: $90-&95/hr

Experience:

• Hands on experience designing and implementing Veeam solutions for cloud workloads, including Microsoft 365 (O365) environments.
• 3-7+ years of infrastructure administration experience.
• 2-5+ years of Veeam administration experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise backup, recovery, and DR environments.
• Experience with virtualization and cloud platforms.

Required Technical Skills

Core Technologies

• Veeam Backup & Replication
• Veeam ONE
• Veeam Data Cloud
• Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Infrastructure Platforms

• VMware vSphere
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• Windows Server
• Active Directory / Entra ID
• AWS
• SAN/NAS Storage

Security

• MFA
• Encryption
• RBAC
• CyberArk/PAM (where applicable)
• Backup immutability concepts

Scripting & Automation (Preferred)

• PowerShell
• REST APIs
• Basic automation and reporting scripting

Additional Skills

• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Disaster recovery and business continuity knowledge.
• Stakeholder communication and incident management.
• Ability to work in high-availability production environments.

Sample KPI Measures

• Backup Success Rate (>98-99%)
• Restore Success Rate
• RPO/RTO Compliance
• Backup Infrastructure Availability
• Audit and Compliance Findings
• Incident Resolution Time
• Disaster Recovery Test Success Rate

Certifications/Education

Preferred

• VMware VCP
• ITIL Foundation

What you will do

The Veeam Administrator is responsible for the design, implementation, administration, monitoring, and support of the organization's backup and recovery infrastructure using Veeam technologies. The role ensures the availability, integrity, recoverability, and security of enterprise data while supporting business continuity and disaster recovery requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Backup & Recovery Administration

• Administer Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.
• Configure and manage backup jobs, backup copy jobs, and replication jobs.
• Create and maintain backup retention policies.
• Perform backup restores for servers, databases, applications, virtual machines, and Microsoft 365 workloads.
• Validate backup success and recovery readiness through regular testing.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

• Develop and maintain disaster recovery procedures.
• Execute DR testing and recovery exercises.
• Support recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) requirements.
• Maintain documentation for recovery processes.

Infrastructure Management

• Manage backup repositories, proxies, mount servers, and backup storage.
• Monitor backup capacity and growth trends.
• Optimize backup performance and storage utilization.
• Integrate backup solutions with VMware, Hyper-V, Azure, AWS, or Microsoft 365 environments.
• Monitor backup jobs and infrastructure health.
• Investigate and resolve failed backups and restore issues.
• Perform root cause analysis for recurring incidents.
• Work with server, storage, network, and security teams to resolve issues.

Security & Compliance

• Implement RBAC and least-privilege access controls.
• Manage backup encryption and multi-factor authentication.
• Support immutable backup and ransomware protection strategies.
• Maintain audit logs and compliance evidence.
• Participate in security reviews and risk assessments.

Documentation & Governance

• Maintain operational documentation and runbooks.
• Develop backup standards and operational procedures.
• Support audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in change management and CAB processes.

Brainhunter is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. Brainhunter encourages applications from women, Indigenous peoples, veterans, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities and persons of all races, ethnic origins, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions. We provide accommodation upon request during the recruitment process; please let the job poster know.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for Interviews will be contacted.