Senior Storage & Backup Engineer - Remote EU

Pragmatike; Lisboa; Remote; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Pragmatike is seeking a Storage and Backup Engineer to design, implement, and operate enterprise storage and backup infrastructure across internal teams and client environments. You will drive architecture, onboarding, and day-to-day administration while aligning with security, recovery, and availability requirements.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years hands-on experience with NetApp, Dell PowerStore, Dell ECS, Veeam, and related technologies, plus scripting (Python, Ansible).

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT experience in managing and configuring enterprise Storage and Backup environments.
• Hands-on experience with administration and troubleshooting of block and file storage systems across multiple vendor platforms.
• Expert knowledge of installation and administration of Enterprise Backup systems (e.g., Dell Avamar, Veeam, Data Domain).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise storage and backup architectures aligned with availability, recovery, capacity, and security requirements.
• Administer storage arrays, SAN fabrics, and backup platforms with health checks, provisioning, and replication.
• Plan installations, upgrades, migrations, capacity expansions, and PoC deployments with testing and rollback procedures.
• Monitor system health, performance, capacity, and backup success; resolve bottlenecks and improve services.
• Provide Tier 3 support, lead root-cause analysis, and implement preventive actions.
• Perform restores and recovery tests; support disaster-recovery exercises.
• Apply security controls and change-management procedures.
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams on maintenance and interoperability.
• Develop and maintain tools/scripts to automate provisioning, monitoring, reporting.
• Deliver storage and backup projects including technical assessments and handover.

Skills

Enterprise storage

Backup solutions

Block storage

File storage

Vendor platforms

Scripting (Python)

Automation (Ansible, Terraform)

ITIL knowledge

On-call support

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

NetApp

Dell PowerStore

Dell ECS

Veeam Backup & Recovery

Dell Avamar

Data Domain

Cisco Fabric Switches

Fibre Channel

iSCSI

VSANs

NPIV

Job description

Pragmatike is seeking a Storage and Backup Engineer to design, implement, and operate enterprise storage and backup infrastructure across internal teams and client environments. You will drive architecture, onboarding, and day-to-day administration while aligning with security, recovery, and availability requirements.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years hands-on experience with NetApp, Dell PowerStore, Dell ECS, Veeam, and related technologies, plus scripting (Python, Ansible).