Senior SAN & AIX Backup Manager & DR Lead

SSGC LPG Limited; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sui Southern Gas Company Limited in Karachi is seeking a Senior SAN Backup Administrator to oversee SAN backup infrastructure, ensure data integrity, availability, and security, and lead a small team of IT professionals.

Responsibilities include designing, deploying and maintaining enterprise SAN backup architecture on IBM hardware with AIX, enforcing backup policies, coordinating DR plans, conducting drills, and coordinating with vendors for issues, RFPs, and budget planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics/Telecom/Software/Computer Engineering with at least 4 years’ experience in system administration, SAN and backup administration.
• PEC registration is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy and maintain enterprise SAN Backup Architecture (currently on IBM hardware, AIX OS and centralized storage).
• SAN Backup Architecture may be hosted on other platforms.
• Ensure SAN Backup architecture safeguards data and enables recovery capabilities.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to enhance backup efficiency, scalability and security.
• Conduct regular assessments of SAN infrastructure and implement improvements.
• Develop and enforce backup policies and procedures for data consistency and security.
• Collaborate with IT teams to maintain disaster recovery plans and run periodic DR drills.
• Lead incident management for backup and archiving infrastructure.
• Develop SME knowledge on backup/storage systems and related processes.
• Communicate backup procedures to all stakeholders and coordinate with vendors for issue resolution.
• Prepare procurement documents (RFP/RFQ), SLAs, and budget proposals for OPEX/CAPEX.
• Ensure compliance with Enterprise Risk Management Framework and company code of conduct.

Skills

SAN backup

Storage management

Disaster recovery

Team leadership

Data security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electronics/Telecom/Software/ Computer Engineering

Tools

AIX

IBM hardware

Enterprise backup software

Job description

The Sui Southern Gas Company Limited in Karachi is seeking a Senior SAN Backup Administrator to oversee SAN backup infrastructure, ensure data integrity, availability, and security, and lead a small team of IT professionals.

Responsibilities include designing, deploying and maintaining enterprise SAN backup architecture on IBM hardware with AIX, enforcing backup policies, coordinating DR plans, conducting drills, and coordinating with vendors for issues, RFPs, and budget planning.