Infrastructure Backup and Storage Analyst

Vallum Associates; Warwick; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Vallum Associates is seeking a Storage and backup specialist to manage enterprise backup solutions (Veritas NetBackup) and administer SAN/NAS in Warwick. You will configure, monitor, and test backups, and contribute to DR/BC planning.

The role requires experience with PowerMax and HP StoreOnce, strong incident handling, and knowledge of encryption and compliance. You will document procedures and support audits while maintaining storage performance.

Qualifications

• Create build/config docs for storage and backup (PowerMax 2000/8000, HP StoreOnce, Veritas).
• Monitor backup and storage infrastructure health.
• Investigate and resolve incidents, service requests, and tickets.
• Perform root cause analysis for recurring issues.
• Provide L2/L3 technical support and escalation handling.
• Security & Compliance: encryption and access controls for backup data.
• Support audit and compliance requirements.
• Apply storage and backup best practices.
• Maintain adherence to organizational security standards.
• Documentation & Reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support enterprise backup solutions (Veritas NetBackup).
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot backup and restore operations.
• Perform regular backup validation and recovery testing.
• Tape rotation.
• Ensure successful completion of scheduled backups and resolve failures promptly.
• Develop and maintain backup policies, schedules, and retention requirements.
• Administer SAN, NAS.
• Provision, allocate, and manage storage resources for servers and applications.
• Monitor storage capacity, utilization, and performance.
• Perform storage expansion, migration, and optimization activities.
• Maintain storage documentation and asset inventory.
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: planning and testing.
• Ensure recovery objectives (RTO/RPO) are achieved.
• Participate in business continuity initiatives.

Skills

Backup Administration

Storage Administration

Veritas NetBackup

PowerMax

StoreOnce

SAN/NAS

Disaster Recovery

DR Planning

Root Cause

L2/L3 Support

Security & Compliance

Audit & Compliance

Documentation

Job description

• Manage and support enterprise backup solutions (Veritas NetBackup).
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot backup and restore operations.
• Perform regular backup validation and recovery testing.
• Tape rotation.
• Ensure successful completion of scheduled backups and resolve failures promptly.
• Develop and maintain backup policies, schedules, and retention requirements.
• Administer SAN, NAS.
• Provision, allocate, and manage storage resources for servers and applications.
• Monitor storage capacity, utilization, and performance.
• Perform storage expansion, migration, and optimization activities.
• Maintain storage documentation and asset inventory.
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
• Support disaster recovery planning and execution.
• Conduct backup restoration drills and recovery testing.
• Ensure recovery objectives (RTO/RPO) are achieved.
• Participate in business continuity initiatives.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Support creation of build and configuration documents Storage (PowerMax 2000 & 8000) and Backup (HP Store Once & Veritas)
• Monitor backup and storage infrastructure health.
• Investigate and resolve incidents, service requests, and problem tickets.
• Perform root cause analysis for recurring issues.
• Provide L2/L3 technical support and escalation handling.
• Security & Compliance
• Ensure backup data security through encryption and access controls.
• Support audit and compliance requirements.
• Implement storage and backup best practices.
• Maintain adherence to organizational security standards.
• Documentation & Reporting.