Backup and Storage Administrator

Safran; Denton (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Safran Electrical & Power is hiring a Backup & Storage Administrator to design, deploy, and manage enterprise backup and storage across US sites and international environments. You will work with architects to build and test solutions, manage production changes with rollback plans, and ensure rigorous documentation and compliance.

You will drive automation, runbooks, monitoring, and capacity planning, support Run L2/L3 teams, and contribute to cloud-based strategies aligned with CMMC and NIST

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise backup and storage architectures.
• Proven ability to manage complex backup projects and incidents.
• Strong understanding of NetBackup, ONTAP NAS/SAN, and replication.
• Familiarity with cloud backup approaches and automation concepts.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the technical design of backup and storage solutions with architects.
• Build, test, and deploy approved backup and storage deployments across Safran sites.
• Prepare production changes with rollback plans and approvals.
• Deliver backup, storage, and resilience projects across US and international environments.
• Create runbooks, documentation, and knowledge transfer for Run L2/L3 teams.
• Provide expert support during complex incidents and root-cause analysis.

Skills

Backup design

NetBackup admin

ONTAP

Cloud backups

Incident response

Runbooks & docs

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

NetApp ONTAP

Job description

HERE, WE CRAFT EXCELLENCE TOGETHER. At Safran, we believe in sustainable career journeys, collaboration as a cornerstone of innovation, and the freedom to explore diverse career paths. We are proud to be featured in TIME's World's Best Companies 2025 ranking, securing 2nd place in the Aerospace & Defense sector and 52nd overall. As a Backup & Storage Administrator, you'll contribute to meaningful projects that shape the future of aerospace.

This position contributes to our vision by:

• Actively contribute to the technical design of enterprise backup and storage solutions in partnership with company architects and in alignment with approved architecture standards.
• Take full responsibility for the build, integration, testing, and deployment of approved backup and storage solutions across Safran Electrical & Power sites.
• Independently prepare production changes, including implementation and rollback plans, testing evidence, scheduling, dependencies, risk and impact assessments, and required approvals.
• Deliver backup, storage, modernization, resilience, and CMMC-related projects across restricted US environments and non-restricted international environments.
• Work closely with project managers to translate technical deployment choices, constraints, risks, and impacts into clear, accessible information for business stakeholders, including international audiences.
• Engineer reusable standards and automation for deployment, validation, reporting, and routine administration, while supporting the progressive adoption of cloud-based backup and storage solutions and SysOps methods.
• Assure Build-to-Run readiness through complete documentation, CMDB updates, monitoring integration, compliance evidence, recovery and rollback procedures, operational acceptance, and structured knowledge transfer to Run L2 and L3 teams.
• Provide active expert support to Run L2 and L3 teams for complex and critical backup and storage incidents, including diagnosis, recovery, root-cause analysis, and durable corrective actions.
• Administer and support Veritas NetBackup, NetApp ONTAP, NAS and SAN services, replication, and recovery processes for physical, virtual, and cloud-based systems.
• Create and maintain runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and operational procedures, and proactively coach Run L2 and L3 teams to increase autonomy and reduce recurring escalations.
• Monitor service health, backup success, capacity, replication, performance, and recovery readiness; identify trends and drive preventive or corrective action.
• Optimize reliability, storage efficiency, automation, lifecycle management, and service levels, and contribute to roadmaps for cloud evolution and technology refresh.
• Develop toward becoming the Backup and Storage Service Owner, with an initial focus on the CMMC environment, including ownership of improvement plans, capacity follow-up, compliance evidence, service reviews, and evolution priorities.
• Hands-on experience administering and engineering NetApp ONTAP or a comparable enterprise storage platform.
• Experience delivering infrastructure builds, changes, migrations, and production handovers, and providing expert support to Run teams in highly available, mission-critical environments.
• Experience collaborating with architects and project managers, assessing business impact, and communicating technical topics to non-technical and international stakeholders.

Knowledge/Skills

• Enterprise Backup and Storage Build Engineering and Architecture Collaboration - Expert
• Veritas NetBackup Administration and Engineering - Expert
• NetApp ONTAP, NAS, SAN, SnapMirror, and SnapVault Technologies - Expert
• Complex Incident Resolution and Recovery - ExpertBuild-to-Run Transition and Knowledge Transfer - Expert
• Change Preparation, Risk and Business Impact Management - Advanced
• CMMC and NIST SP 800-171 Technical Control Implementation - Advanced
• Disaster Recovery, Cyber-Resilience, and Business Continuity - Advanced
• Capacity, Performance, Monitoring, and Lifecycle Management - Advanced
• Technical Documentation and Business Communication - Advanced
• Cloud Backup and Storage Solutions - Basic
• SysOps and Infrastructure Automation Concepts, including scripting and infrastructure-as-code tools - Basic
• ITIL Service Management Framework - Basic
• CMDB, Audit Evidence, and Compliance Documentation - Basic

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• NetApp certifications, such as NCSA, NCDA, or NCSE, are preferred.
• Experience supporting regulated manufacturing, aerospace, or defense environments.
• Knowledge of CMMC and NIST 800-171 compliance requirements

This description outlines the general nature and level of work for this position. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary by assignment or group. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Safran Electrical & Power is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. For verification or accommodation requests, please email [e-mail] or call 940-395-7934. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

Candidates for positions with Safran Electrical & Power must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employment eligibility verification will be required at the time of hire.

This position requires access to technologies and hardware subject to US national security based export control requirements. All applicants must be US Citizens, or otherwise authorized by the U.S. Government. No company sponsorship will be offered.

Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.