Cyber Recovery & Data Protection Analyst

Socket.dev; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Company seeks an Analyst, Backup/Data Protection to support daily operations, administration, monitoring, and improvement of the Cyber Recovery Vault environment.

The role covers secure backup replication, isolated recovery capabilities, CyberSense analytics, Linux-based infrastructure, VMware-hosted recovery systems, and access controls necessary to protect critical data assets and enable reliable recovery from cyber events.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field preferred; equivalent work experience may be considered.
• Operational experience supporting enterprise infrastructure operations, backup and recovery platforms, Linux systems, VMware environments, or networked storage environments.
• Working knowledge of backup replication, cyber recovery, disaster recovery, isolated recovery environments, or data protection concepts.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues across operating systems, storage, backup, virtualization, and network domains.
• Ability to follow change management, incident management, security, compliance, and documentation standards.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document technical procedures and communicate status to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to participate in after-hours support, planned maintenance windows, recovery exercises, and escalation activities as required.

Responsibilities

• Administer Dell Cyber Recovery Vault infrastructure and related components.
• Maintain Dell CyberSense analytics services, including job validation, alert review, and issue escalation.
• Verify vault isolation, air-gap operations, and secure access controls.
• Perform routine vault health checks and remediation activities.
• Coordinate vault maintenance windows, change activities, and recovery testing exercises.
• Maintain operational documentation and evidence for audit or compliance reviews.
• Administer and support PowerProtect Data Manager, Data Domain replication, Netbackup, and related backup copy workflows.
• Validate backup copy jobs and coordinate remediation with storage, backup, security, and application teams.
• Monitor backup integrity, recoverability, replication status, and Cyber Recovery automation workflows.
• Support recovery testing, restore validation, and documentation of recovery outcomes.

Skills

Analytical troubleshooting

Operational discipline

Security-minded

Documentation

Collaboration

Ownership of standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field

Tools

Dell Cyber Recovery

Dell CyberSense

PowerProtect Data Manager

Data Domain

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

VMware vSphere

Job description

Southern Company seeks an Analyst, Backup/Data Protection to support daily operations, administration, monitoring, and improvement of the Cyber Recovery Vault environment.

The role covers secure backup replication, isolated recovery capabilities, CyberSense analytics, Linux-based infrastructure, VMware-hosted recovery systems, and access controls necessary to protect critical data assets and enable reliable recovery from cyber events.