Senior Backup Engineer - SC Cleared, DV Eligible

LA International; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

LA International is seeking a senior Backup Engineer in the Stevenage area to provide 2nd and 3rd line backup support for enterprise environments. The role demands hands-on Veritas NetBackup expertise, VMware, and cross-platform administration.

Candidates must hold active SC clearance (DV an advantage) and be willing to work outside normal hours. The successful applicant will drive restoration, migrations, and incident/change processes within ITIL governance.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience supporting enterprise backup environments at 2nd and 3rd Line level.
• Strong experience backing up and restoring physical servers and virtual workloads.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise backup and restore technologies.
• Strong hands-on Veritas NetBackup experience.
• Experience supporting Veritas NetBackup software and storage appliances.
• Experience supporting backups within VMware environments.
• Experience delivering backup migration or transformation activities.
• Experience supporting backups across Windows and Linux, including RHEL and SLES.
• Knowledge of AIX and Solaris backup environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of ITIL Service Management, particularly Incident and Change Management.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proactive approach to workload management and technical problem resolution.

Responsibilities

• Provide 2nd and 3rd Line support for enterprise backup and restore environments.
• Support backups across physical servers and virtual workloads.
• Administer, maintain and troubleshoot Veritas NetBackup software and storage appliances.
• Support backup and restore operations within VMware environments.
• Deliver backup migration and transformation activities across Live, Development and Test environments.
• Diagnose backup failures, restore issues and other complex technical problems.
• Support backup services across Windows, Linux, AIX and Solaris operating systems.
• Perform backup restoration activities and ensure successful recovery of protected workloads.
• Deliver technical changes in line with established ITIL Incident and Change Management processes.
• Support ongoing Managed Service activities and project delivery.
• Work closely with technical teams to resolve backup and infrastructure-related issues.
• Support planned out-of-hours migration, transformation and project activities where required.

Skills

2nd/3rd line

Veritas NetBackup

VMware environments

Windows

Linux

AIX

Solaris

Troubleshooting

ITIL Incident Management

ITIL Change Management

Teamwork

Tools

NetBackup Appliances

VMware

Windows Server

Linux

AIX

Solaris

Job description

LA International is seeking a senior Backup Engineer in the Stevenage area to provide 2nd and 3rd line backup support for enterprise environments. The role demands hands-on Veritas NetBackup expertise, VMware, and cross-platform administration.

Candidates must hold active SC clearance (DV an advantage) and be willing to work outside normal hours. The successful applicant will drive restoration, migrations, and incident/change processes within ITIL governance.