Servers & Storage Support- Backup

Saudi Business Machines; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 167,400 - 189,720; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services company in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Backup Specialist to manage backup operations and ensure the security of business-critical information. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology and 2–4 years of experience in backup administration. Key responsibilities include overseeing backup policies, performing restoration of applications and data, and implementing disaster recovery practices. This role offers a competitive monthly salary between 15,000 – 17,000 SAR.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in backup administration and storage management.
• Strong understanding of media management and backup policies.
• Ability to perform on-demand backups and create/manage backup sets.

Responsibilities

• Ensure regular and secure backup of business-critical information.
• Perform daily administration of backup operations including reviewing logs.
• Manage restoration of files, databases, and applications.

Skills

enterprise backup solutions

media management

incremental backups

disaster recovery best practices

email alerts for backup operations

documentation and reporting skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology

Job description

Position Title:
Servers & Storage Support – Backup Specialist

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field

Experience:
2–4 years of experience in backup administration, storage management, and disaster recovery

Monthly Salary Package:
15,000 – 17,000 SAR

Qualifications & Skills:

• Hands-on experience with enterprise backup solutions and media management
• Knowledge of full, incremental, differential backups and restoration processes
• Experience with operating system, application, and database restores
• Familiarity with backup policies, storage policies, schedules, and backup sets
• Strong understanding of media management, including import/export, scratch pools, and off-site storage
• Experience reviewing backup logs, events, alerts, and reports
• Knowledge of business continuity and disaster recovery best practices
• Ability to perform on-demand backups and create/manage backup sets
• Familiarity with configuring email alerts for backup operations
• Strong documentation and reporting skills
• Ability to maintain security, reliability, and availability of backup services
• Knowledge of industry best practices for backup and data protection

Responsibilities:

• Ensure regular and secure backup of all business-critical information to enable recovery in case of system failure or IT disaster
• Perform daily administration of backup operations, reviewing logs, reports, and alerts
• Manage backup types, storage policies, scheduled backups, and backup sets
• Manage restoration of files, system databases, applications, and mapped network drives
• Manage backup media including importing, exporting, and media housekeeping
• Perform full, incremental, differential, and on-demand backups
• Adhere to IT Systems Operations department backup strategy based on business requirements
• Ensure archived tapes and backup media are properly stored on-site or off-site
• Ensure timely restoration of required files according to procedures and business continuity plans
• Perform routine backup and recovery operations to maximize service availability
• Preserve transaction data, historical files, and critical customer data
• Implement industry best practices within backup service management