Lead Storage Backup Engineer

DXC.technology; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Storage Administrator Lead to oversee a team of Storage and backup administrators. This role involves managing and maintaining data storage systems, ensuring data integrity and availability, and collaborating with IT teams to optimize performance. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in storage technologies and infrastructure technology management. The firm offers a flexible work model that emphasizes in-person collaboration.

Benefits

Flexible work model

Inclusive environment supporting wellbeing

Opportunities for community connections

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in infrastructure technology management, with 2+ years in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of storage solutions and technologies.
• Continuous learner who stays updated with industry advances.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Storage and backup administrators.
• Manage backup solutions and ensure data integrity.
• Collaborate with IT teams to optimize data storage.

Skills

Leadership

Storage technologies expertise (SAN, NAS, cloud)

Data center operations

Technical documentation skills

Collaboration with IT teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Dell PowerMax

ScaleIO

Isilon

Dell Data Protection

Job description

Job Description

Essential Job Functions

• Lead a team of Storage and backup administrators, providing guidance and mentorship.
• Set goals, monitor progress, and ensure the team meets the bigger team objectives.
• Collaborates with individuals inside own team and with other global IT teams to complete project work.
• Engages with all levels of management and key stakeholders to develop, implement, and manage support and operational objectives.
• Identify and incorporate future service management needs into a well‑considered multi‑year roadmap across the support areas.
• Supports achievement of performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
• Building the organizational capacity necessary to execute the strategy.
• Skilled in generating custom reports/dashboards and Knowledgebase documentation.
• Strong understanding of storage technologies (SAN, NAS, cloud storage), operating systems, networking concepts, and backup solutions.
• Perform installation, implementation of storage systems, and hyper‑converged infrastructure (HCI) from vendors such as Dell, IBM and HPE.
• Assist in the deployment and configuration of virtualization environments.
• Manages and maintains an organization's data storage systems, includes ensuring data availability, integrity, and security through various tasks like configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting storage hardware and software.
• Ensure all backup solutions are logging, alerting and notifications are enabled/configured along with monitoring the completion/failure of all backup schedules.
• Working with other IT teams (network, database, application) to ensure efficient data storage and retrieval.
• Manage and operate backup solutions including job creation, monitoring, and basic troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to support and maintain data center infrastructure.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including Low‑Level Design (LLD) and As‑Built documentation.
• Support day‑to‑day data center operations, including equipment racking, cabling, and hardware maintenance.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals and data center operations.
• Ensure backup solution Disaster Readiness, backups availability and backup operations functionality in Disaster recovery situations.
• Work with the application stakeholders to define the backup policies, recovery objective, backup schedules and recovery time intended for each application & provide support to the applications different teams during projects and implementations.
• Apply technology best practices, upgrades, apply vendor recommendations, & service and operation level agreements (SLA/OLA), in addition to abiding to target Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Follow best practices and procedures to ensure a secure, stable, and high‑performing environment.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Typically, 6+ years of relevant work experience in industry, with a minimum of 2+ years in a similar role
• Proven experience in infrastructure technology management
• Proficiencies in technical knowledge and teamwork
• A continuous learner that stays abreast with industry knowledge and technology

Other Qualifications

• An advanced degree in a relevant field is a plus
• Candidates must have strong working knowledge of Dell PowerMax, ScaleIO, Isilon, Dell Data Protection, Data Domain (incl. CRS).
• Relevant storage and backup or infrastructure certifications are a strong advantage.
• Relevant certifications, such as CompTIA A+, Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, or Certified Cloud Practitioner, are a plus

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