Lead Backup & Storage Engineer - Data Resilience

PSA Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PSA Singapore is seeking an experienced Lead Infrastructure Engineer specialising in Backup, Recovery, and Data Resilience. This role involves leading enterprise backup and storage operations, ensuring data resilience across critical systems, and managing backup platforms like Commvault. Ideal candidates will have a degree in IT fields, 5+ years of relevant experience with strong analytical skills, and the ability to mentor junior engineers. The position requires a passion for infrastructure reliability and operational excellence, along with the capability to work in a high-pressure environment.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in enterprise infrastructure operations.
• Strong exposure to backup, recovery, storage, and disaster recovery concepts.
• Ability to lead during high-severity incidents.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise backup and recovery operations across databases and applications.
• Manage enterprise storage infrastructure, including performance tuning and capacity planning.
• Drive disaster recovery and ransomware recovery activities.

Skills

Infrastructure operations

Backup and recovery

Disaster recovery

Cybersecurity

Analytical skills

Technical leadership

Education

Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or equivalent

Tools

Commvault Backup & Recovery

Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance

Oracle RMAN

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Lead Infrastructure Engineer specialising in Backup, Recovery, Enterprise Storage and Data Resilience to join our team.

In this role, you will lead the management and modernisation of enterprise backup and storage platforms that support PSA’s mission-critical digital operations. You will play a key role in strengthening data resilience, cyber recovery, disaster recovery readiness and operational reliability across our technology ecosystem.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Lead enterprise backup and recovery operations across databases, virtual machines, physical servers and critical business applications.
• Manage backup platforms such as Commvault Backup & Recovery and Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliances, including Oracle database protection using RMAN and ZDLRA.
• Drive restoration, disaster recovery, cyber recovery and ransomware recovery activities to strengthen data resilience.
• Manage enterprise storage infrastructure, including provisioning, performance tuning, capacity planning, replication and lifecycle management.
• Design and implement backup retention, archival, replication and recovery strategies aligned to business continuity requirements.
• Support recovery validation, disaster recovery drills, audit, compliance and governance activities.
• Provide technical leadership during major incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement preventive actions.
• Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure and product teams to ensure secure, reliable and resilient operations.
• Identify opportunities to automate, modernise and improve infrastructure operations.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to infrastructure architecture planning and technology roadmaps.
  

What we are looking for:

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or equivalent
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in enterprise infrastructure operations, with strong exposure to backup, recovery, storage, virtualization, Windows/Linux administration and disaster recovery concepts
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills in complex enterprise environments
• Ability to lead and coordinate during high-severity incidents and recovery situations
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across infrastructure, cybersecurity and product teams
• Strong ownership, accountability and a self-driven approach to continuous improvement
• Passion for infrastructure reliability, resilience and operational excellence
• Ready to work in a team providing 24x7 support
  

Only Shortlisted Candidates will be notified