Infrastructure & Data Protection Engineer (NAS, VMware, Commvault, NetBackup, Disaster Recovery)

EXASOFT CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EXASOFT CONSULTING PTE. LTD. in Singapore seeks an experienced IT Infrastructure Specialist to administer VMware and storage environments, implement DR strategies, and optimize backup and recovery workflows.

You will collaborate with server, network, application and security teams to ensure high availability and operational efficiency across the enterprise stack. You will drive DR readiness with SRM or ASR, perform migrations, patching, capacity planning, and automation using PowerShell/PowerCLI

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant IT infrastructure experience including VMware administration, storage management, and disaster recovery.
• Hands-on SAN/NAS provisioning, capacity management, datastore expansion, and performance troubleshooting.
• Experience administering VMware ESXi, vCenter, and vSAN in shared storage environments.
• Familiarity with backup platforms (Veeam/Commvault/Veritas NetBackup) including policy management and restoration.
• Experience with SRM or Azure Site Recovery for DR readiness and testing.
• Knowledge of iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and storage connectivity in virtualized environments.
• Experience in incident management, root-cause analysis, and change management.
• Scripting or automation with PowerShell/PowerCLI/Python is desirable.
• Azure certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Administer enterprise storage environments including provisioning, capacity expansion, connectivity management, and performance optimization.
• Manage VMware virtualization infrastructure including ESXi hosts, vCenter, and vSAN clusters.
• Configure and maintain storage connectivity using iSCSI and Fibre Channel.
• Monitor storage utilization, datastore capacity, and performance metrics; identify bottlenecks.
• Manage enterprise backup solutions; schedule, configure policies, monitor jobs, and perform restorations.
• Troubleshoot backup failures and validate data integrity with recovery testing.
• Implement DR solutions using SRM or Azure Site Recovery and validate recovery plans.
• Perform replication monitoring and DR failover/failback testing per RPO/RTO.
• Maintain VMware infrastructure through migrations, patches, upgrades, and maintenance.
• Collaborate with server, network, app, and security teams to resolve cross-functional issues.
• Maintain documentation including runbooks, configurations, and incident records.
• Support lifecycle activities and firmware updates with minimal production disruption.

Skills

VMware administration

Storage management

Disaster recovery

Backup and recovery procedures

Infrastructure troubleshooting

Cross-team coordination

Tools

Veeam

Commvault

Veritas NetBackup

VMware SRM

Azure Site Recovery

PowerShell

PowerCLI

Python

iSCSI

Fibre Channel

VMware ESXi

vCenter

vSAN

Job description

Responsibilities

• Administer enterprise storage environments, including SAN/NAS storage provisioning, capacity expansion, connectivity management, and performance optimization.
• Manage VMware virtualization infrastructure, including ESXi hosts, vCenter, vSAN clusters, virtual machine provisioning, and resource allocation.
• Configure and maintain storage connectivity between virtualization hosts and storage systems using iSCSI and Fibre Channel technologies.
• Monitor storage utilization, datastore capacity, infrastructure health, and performance metrics to identify and resolve potential bottlenecks.
• Manage enterprise backup solutions, including backup scheduling, policy configuration, job monitoring, retention management, and restoration activities.
• Troubleshoot backup failures, validate data integrity, and perform periodic recovery tests to ensure the availability of critical business data.
• Implement and maintain disaster recovery solutions using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) or Azure Site Recovery.
• Execute replication monitoring, recovery plan validation, and disaster recovery failover/failback testing in line with defined RPO and RTO targets.
• Perform VMware infrastructure maintenance, including virtual machine migrations, snapshot management, cluster maintenance, patching, and upgrades.
• Conduct infrastructure troubleshooting and root-cause analysis to resolve recurring storage, virtualization, backup, and recovery issues.
• Support infrastructure changes, firmware maintenance, and lifecycle activities while minimizing disruption to production workloads.
• Maintain technical documentation, including storage configurations, backup procedures, disaster recovery plans, operational runbooks, and incident records.
• Collaborate with server, network, application, and security teams to resolve cross-functional infrastructure issues.
• Monitor infrastructure availability and capacity, identify potential risks, and recommend improvements to reliability and operational efficiency.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in IT infrastructure, VMware administration, storage management, enterprise backup, and disaster recovery.
• Strong hands-on experience in SAN/NAS Storage Administration, including storage provisioning, capacity management, datastore expansion, and performance troubleshooting.
• Practical experience administering VMware ESXi, vCenter, and vSAN, including virtual machine operations, cluster management, and shared storage environments.
• Experience with at least one enterprise backup platform: Veeam, Commvault, or Veritas NetBackup, covering backup policy management, job troubleshooting, retention, and restoration.
• Hands-on experience with Disaster Recovery solutions, preferably VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) or Azure Site Recovery, including replication management and failover/failback testing.
• Experience with iSCSI, Fibre Channel, storage connectivity, and virtualized infrastructure dependencies.
• Experience in backup validation, recovery procedures, RPO/RTO concepts, and disaster recovery readiness.
• Experience in enterprise production support, incident management, root-cause analysis, and change management.
• Experience in HPE server infrastructure, hardware lifecycle management, and firmware compatibility is an advantage.
• Experience in infrastructure automation or scripting using PowerShell, PowerCLI, or Python is desirable.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and cross-team coordination skills.Experience supporting enterprise VMware and storage environments in production.
• Experience in infrastructure monitoring, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Microsoft Azure certification is preferred.