Infrastructure Backup & Storage Analyst ( SC Cleared )

Project Recruit; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Project Global Limited is seeking an Infrastructure Backup & Storage Analyst (SC Cleared) to join a client in Warwick, UK. The role offers hybrid work with remote options and on-site attendance three days per week for a 6+ month contract.

The candidate will manage and monitor enterprise backup, recovery, and storage infrastructure to ensure data protection, DR readiness and high availability while meeting SLAs and security standards.

Qualifications

• Experience managing enterprise backup and storage infrastructure.
• Experience with Veritas NetBackup, HP StoreOnce and Storage arrays.
• Ability to perform backup validation and recovery testing.
• Knowledge of encryption and access controls.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.

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.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Root cause analysis

L2/L3 support

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

HP StoreOnce

PowerMax 2000/8000

SAN/NAS

VMware

Hyper-V

Azure

AWS

Job description

Infrastructure Backup & Storage Analyst ( SC Cleared )

Job Reference Number: PG1

Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires Infrastructure Backup & Storage Analyst with Active SC Cleareance to be based at their client’s office in Warwick, UK.

This is a hybrid role – you can work remotely in the UK and attend the Warwick office 3 days per week .

This is a 6+ month temporary contract to start asap

Day rate: Competitive Market rate

The Infrastructure Backup and Storage Analyst is responsible for managing, monitoring, and supporting enterprise backup, recovery, and storage infrastructure. The role ensures data protection, storage optimization, disaster recovery readiness, and high availability of business-critical systems while maintaining compliance with organizational policies and service level agreements (SLAs).

Key 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.

Key Requirements

Essential Skills:

• 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:

• 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

Due to the volume of applications received, unfortunately we cannot respond to everyone.

If you do not hear back from us within 7 days of sending your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.

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