Rubrik SME

Proactive Appointments; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Appointments is seeking a Rubrik SME for a leading global financial institution. The role focuses on Rubrik, enterprise backup, data protection and storage, in a regulated environment.

You will own Rubrik, design and optimise backup systems across EMEA and international environments, ensure security and regulatory compliance, and drive automation and resilience. This is a demanding, high‑visibility role requiring deep expertise and proactive problem solving.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on Rubrik experience in an enterprise environment.
• Strong backup, recovery and data protection knowledge.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise backup platforms.
• Knowledge of Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and resilience.
• Experience in large-scale, complex infrastructures.
• Security, privilege access, risk and control understanding.
• Experience with SLAs, KPIs, capacity and availability.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME and technical owner for Rubrik and backup tech.
• Design, implement and optimise backup systems and infra.
• Manage backup and storage services across EMEA and international environments.
• Monitor backup success rates and drive improvements to reduce failures.
• Ensure Rubrik and related tech are patched and upgraded per vendor standards.
• Maintain compliance with security, risk and regulatory requirements.
• Design controls to mitigate data protection risks.
• Support data restoration and meet SLAs.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and roadmaps for backup/storage.
• Identify opportunities for automation and technical consultancy.

Skills

Rubrik

Backup tech

Disaster Recovery

Operational resilience

SLA KPI mgmt

VMware

Cloud platforms

Security risk

Large-scale infra

Tools

Rubrik

Azure

AWS

Job description

Rubrik SME

Inside IR35/4 days onsite

Our client is a leading global financial institution undergoing continued investment across its technology and data infrastructure. As part of this transformation, they are looking for an experienced Rubrik SME to join their Storage & Data Protection function.

The role will suit someone who has a strong background in Rubrik, enterprise backup, data protection and storage, ideally within a large-scale, highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the SME and technical owner for Rubrik and enterprise backup technologies.


• Oversee the design, implementation, administration and ongoing optimisation of backup systems and associated infrastructure.


• Manage and maintain backup and storage services across EMEA and international environments.


• Monitor backup success rates, identify recurring issues and drive improvements to minimise and ultimately eliminate backup failures.


• Ensure Rubrik and associated technologies are maintained, patched and upgraded in line with vendor recommendations and organisational standards.


• Ensure backup and storage platforms meet stringent security, risk, control and regulatory requirements.


• Design and implement appropriate operational controls to mitigate risks associated with data protection and storage.


• Ensure data is backed up and retained in accordance with corporate policies and regulatory requirements.


• Manage restoration requests and ensure historical data can be recovered reliably and within agreed SLAs.


• Ensure backup and storage environments meet agreed SLAs, KPIs, availability and resilience requirements.


• Support the development of BCP and Disaster Recovery strategies for new and existing services.


• Contribute to architecture decisions, technology standards and the strategic roadmap for backup and storage.


• Identify opportunities to introduce new technologies and improve the resilience, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the environment.


• Manage capacity and identify potential capacity risks before they impact service.


• Provide technical input into wider technology programmes and change initiatives.


• Participate in audits, investigations and regulatory assessments where required.


• Maintain accurate, comprehensive technical and operational documentation.


• Identify opportunities for automation to improve operational efficiency.


• Provide technical consultancy to development, infrastructure and other technology teams.


• Provide day-to-day SME support for backup and storage technologies and assist with incident and request management.

Essential skills

• Extensive hands‑on experience with Rubrik in an enterprise environment.


• Strong understanding of backup, recovery and data protection technologies.


• Experience designing, implementing and supporting enterprise backup platforms.


• Strong knowledge of Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and operational resilience.


• Experience working within large‑scale, complex infrastructure environments.


• Strong understanding of security, privileged access, risk and control requirements.


• Experience working with SLAs, KPIs, capacity management and service availability.

Desirable skills

• VMware/virtualisation


• Microsoft environments


• Azure/AWS or other cloud platforms


• NAS/enterprise storage


• SAN/storage networking


• Replication technologies


• Database backup and recovery


• PowerShell, Python or other automation technologies


• REST APIs


• Cyber resilience and ransomware recovery


• Immutable backup/air‑gapped recovery strategies


• Financial services or another highly regulated environment

Rubrik SME

Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted.