Backup & Recovery Specialist — Hybrid Cloud DR

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research is seeking a Backup and Recovery Specialist, Mid, to design, implement, and optimize enterprise backup strategies across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments in a federal IT setting. You will guide recovery workflows, enhance data protection, and mentor junior staff on best practices.

The role emphasizes advanced troubleshooting of failed jobs, preservation of data integrity, and collaboration with stakeholders to meet continuity objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 4-7 years in data backup and recovery or related IT infrastructure roles.
• Proficient in backup/recovery for physical, virtual, and cloud workloads.
• Hands-on experience with NetBackup, Veeam, CommVault or similar platforms.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills to resolve complex issues.
• Experience with monitoring tools and documenting configurations/runbooks.
• Active Secret clearance or ability to obtain it; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain backup solutions for physical, virtual, and cloud workloads.
• Analyze performance, tune concurrency, bandwidth, and storage tiers to meet RTO/RPO targets.
• Execute complex restore operations including point-in-time recoveries and DR drills.
• Implement encryption, key management, and RBAC for data protection.
• Document and test disaster recovery runbooks and coordinate drills.
• Integrate backup systems with monitoring dashboards and compliance metrics.
• Troubleshoot job failures and bottlenecks; perform root-cause analysis.
• Mentor junior staff on data protection and recovery best practices.

Skills

Backup & recovery principles

Monitoring tool usage

Analytical problem solving

Documentation skills

Mentoring / leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS or related

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

Veeam

CommVault

Job description

ASM Research is seeking a Backup and Recovery Specialist, Mid, to design, implement, and optimize enterprise backup strategies across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments in a federal IT setting. You will guide recovery workflows, enhance data protection, and mentor junior staff on best practices.

The role emphasizes advanced troubleshooting of failed jobs, preservation of data integrity, and collaboration with stakeholders to meet continuity objectives.