Junior Backup Specialist — Remote, Growth & Training

Agile Lab; Roma; Remote; EUR 26,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Health insurance

Referral bonus

Company prizes

Flexible hours

Remote/Hybrid work

Job summary

Agile Lab is seeking a Junior Backup Specialist to support the backup team in Veritas NetBackup daily operations and ensure continuity of backup and restore services.

You will gain autonomy through guided troubleshooting, policy management, and application restore activities while expanding expertise in backup solutions for Microsoft Azure and AWS. Remote or hybrid work is available across Italy.

Qualifications

• Linux: basic commands, services (systemd), log management, permissions, mount, SSH.
• Windows Server: services, VSS, Event Viewer, shares/NTFS permissions.
• Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, ports/firewall, latency/throughput.
• Storage: SAN/NAS/DAS, snapshot vs. clone, deduplication/compression.
• Scripting: Bash/PowerShell for log parsing and simple automations.
• ITSM/ITIL: Incident/Change/Problem and good documentation practices.
• Database fundamentals: ACID concepts, backups types, RMAN basics, SQL Server/Oracle/PostgreSQL/MySQL concepts.

Responsibilities

• Daily monitoring of jobs in Veritas NetBackup and alert management.
• Initial guided troubleshooting of common errors.
• Execute standard restores with supervision.
• Perform basic system operations on backup targets (Linux/Windows).
• Network checks (DNS, ports, routing) and disk space.
• Support policy/SLP based on templates; open changes/tickets.
• Collaborate with DBA/Sysadmin for application-consistent backups.
• Update documentation and operational reports (success rate, capacity).

Skills

Linux basics

Windows Server

Networking basics

Scripting Bash/PowerShell

ITSM/ITIL knowledge

Documentation practices

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

VMware (VADP)

RMAN/SQL plug-ins

Job description

Agile Lab is seeking a Junior Backup Specialist to support the backup team in Veritas NetBackup daily operations and ensure continuity of backup and restore services.

You will gain autonomy through guided troubleshooting, policy management, and application restore activities while expanding expertise in backup solutions for Microsoft Azure and AWS. Remote or hybrid work is available across Italy.