Infrastructure Backup and Storage Analyst in West Midlands

Energy Jobline ZR; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking an experienced storage and backup specialist to manage enterprise backup solutions, monitor storage infrastructure, and ensure reliable disaster recovery testing. The role involves enforcing backup policies, conducting restoration drills, and supporting security/compliance across storage environments.

The candidate should be proficient with Veritas NetBackup, PowerMax storage, HP StoreOnce, and have hands-on experience with VMware/Hyper-V, cloud platforms

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise backup environments with Veritas NetBackup.
• Monitoring and maintaining backup storage health and performance.
• Provide L2/L3 technical support and escalation handling.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support enterprise backup solutions (Veritas NetBackup).
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot backup and restore operations.
• Perform regular backup validation and recovery testing.

Skills

Root cause analysis

L2/L3 support

Incident management

Security & compliance

Documentation & reporting

Storage administration

Backup monitoring

Troubleshooting

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

PowerMax storage

HP StoreOnce

VMware

Hyper-V

Microsoft Azure

AWS

SAN

Backup automation tools

Job description

Job Description

The Role

Your 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
• 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.

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• Excellent stakeholder management at all levels
• Enterprise Data Centers
• VMware & Hyper-V Infrastructure
• Microsoft Azure/AWS Cloud
• Storage Area Networks (SAN)
• Disaster Recovery Solutions
• Backup Automation and Monitoring Tools