Backup Engineer

Prairie Consulting Services; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Prairie Consulting Services seeks a Senior Backup Engineer to design, engineer, automate, and continually improve enterprise backup, recovery, and cyber resiliency across hybrid cloud and on-prem environments. The role emphasizes Terraform/IaC, scripting, and automation for scalable protection.

The ideal candidate will bring 8+ years of enterprise backup engineering experience, hands-on with major backup platforms and cloud infrastructures, plus strong automation skills in Python/PowerShell/Bash.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise backup engineering experience.
• Experience with one or more backup platforms (Cohesity, Dell PowerProtect, Rubrik, Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup).
• Strong Terraform and automation experience.
• Advanced scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash).
• Experience with AWS/Azure and hybrid infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of RTO/RPO, recovery testing, and cyber resiliency.
• Experience in large-scale or highly regulated enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer enterprise backup & recovery platforms.
• Develop backup infrastructure using Terraform / Infrastructure as Code.
• Automate deployments and operations using Python, PowerShell, Bash, and REST APIs.
• Support backup and recovery across AWS, Azure, VMware, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and on-prem.
• Lead recovery validation, restore testing, and cyber recovery exercises.
• Develop reusable engineering patterns and integrate automation with GitHub/CI/CD.
• Partner with Cyber Security and infrastructure teams on ransomware recovery and resiliency.

Skills

Backup engineering

Terraform

Python

PowerShell

Bash

REST APIs

AWS

Azure

VMware

Kubernetes/OpenShift

On-prem

GitHub/CI/CD

Cyber resiliency

RTO/RPO

Recovery testing

Tools

Terraform / IaC

Job description

Location: Chicago, IL | Tempe, AZ | New Jersey

Hybrid: 3 days/week onsite

Our direct client is looking for a Senior Backup Engineer to design, engineer, automate, and continuously improve enterprise backup, recovery, and cyber resiliency solutions across hybrid cloud and on-prem environments.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and engineer enterprise backup & recovery platforms
• Develop backup infrastructure using Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• Automate deployments and operations using Python, PowerShell, Bash, and REST APIs
• Support backup and recovery across AWS, Azure, VMware, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and on-prem
• Lead recovery validation, restore testing, and cyber recovery exercises
• Develop reusable engineering patterns and integrate automation with GitHub/CI/CD
• Partner with Cyber Security and infrastructure teams on ransomware recovery and resiliency

What We’re Looking For:

• 8+ years of enterprise backup engineering experience
• Strong experience with one or more: Cohesity, Dell PowerProtect, Rubrik, Veeam, Commvault, or NetBackup
• Strong Terraform and automation experience
• Advanced Python, PowerShell, or Bash scripting
• Experience with AWS/Azure and hybrid infrastructure
• Strong understanding of RTO/RPO, recovery testing, and cyber resiliency
• Experience in large-scale or highly regulated enterprise environments