Data Protection Engineer — Top Secret DoD Clearance

Koniag Government Services; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Commuter benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Koniag Government Services seeks a Data Protection Engineer to support a critical enterprise data protection environment in Washington, DC. An active Top Secret DoD clearance is required to work with our government customer and address protection, recovery, and continuity needs.

The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining data protection solutions, troubleshooting backup and recovery issues, and collaborating across engineering teams to ensure timely service delivery and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5–10 years of enterprise data protection and recovery experience.
• Active Top Secret DoD Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise to manage, track, and report on the Data Protection environment.
• Design, implement, and maintain data protection solutions and respond to service requests.
• Troubleshoot and resolve backup, recovery, and data protection issues.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Communicate system status, issues, and resolutions to stakeholders.
• Monitor compliance with policies and RTO/RPO objectives.
• Maintain documentation for configurations, processes, and procedures.
• Support capacity planning and performance optimization for data protection systems.
• Assist with security assessments and remediation for data protection infrastructure.

Skills

Data protection

Troubleshooting

Communication

Security compliance

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

EMC Avamar

EMC Dell Data Domain

Commvault

RP4VM

vRPA

Windows

Job description

Koniag Government Services seeks a Data Protection Engineer to support a critical enterprise data protection environment in Washington, DC. An active Top Secret DoD clearance is required to work with our government customer and address protection, recovery, and continuity needs.

The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining data protection solutions, troubleshooting backup and recovery issues, and collaborating across engineering teams to ensure timely service delivery and