Rubrik SME

Proactive.IT Appointments Ltd.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive.IT Appointments Ltd. is recruiting an experienced Rubrik SME for a leading global financial institution. The role focuses on Rubrik and enterprise backup, data protection and storage within a large-scale, highly regulated environment.

You will own the backup design and operations across EMEA and international environments, ensuring security and regulatory compliance. You will manage restoration requests, drive improvements to reduce failures, and contribute to DR and business

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Act as the SME and technical owner for Rubrik and enterprise backup technologies.
• Oversee design, implementation, administration and optimisation of backup systems.
• Manage and maintain backup/storage services across EMEA and international environments.
• Monitor backup success rates, identify issues and drive improvements.
• Ensure Rubrik and related technologies are maintained and patched per standards.
• Ensure data is backed up and retained in compliance with policies and regulations.
• Manage restoration requests and ensure data recovery within SLAs.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and the strategic roadmap for backup and storage.
• Identify opportunities for automation to improve efficiency.

Skills

Rubrik

Backup technologies

Data protection

Disaster Recovery

Storage environments

Security, risk, control

SLA / KPI management

VMware / virtualization

Azure / AWS

SAN / storage networking

REST APIs

PowerShell

Python

Cyber resilience

Regulated environments

Tools

VMware

Azure

AWS

REST APIs

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Inside IR35 / 4 days onsite - £600 - 680 per day

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.
• VMware / virtualisation
• Azure / AWS or other cloud platforms
• 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