Data Resilience Engineer (P3)

CAS; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CAS seeks a Data Resilience Engineer to administer Commvault and other enterprise backup and recovery platforms, and to lead recovery testing for business-critical systems. You will define RPO/RTO with application owners, manage storage environments (Infinidat, NetApp, Pure), and advise across cloud and on-premise teams to ensure resilient data protection in hybrid environments.

Join a global, diverse team focused on reliable, scalable data protection and automation to reduce manual effort and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required with 5+ years of infra engineering experience; or 3 years with a Master’s degree.
• 3+ years supporting enterprise backup and recovery platforms and storage environments.
• Experience with mission-critical systems and disaster recovery activities.
• Strong scripting or automation capabilities and independent work style.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize Commvault and related enterprise backup platforms, including configuration and policy management.
• Plan, lead and document recovery testing for business-critical systems and remediate gaps with owners.
• Define, document and validate RPO and RTO with application owners and recommend protection approaches.
• Administer storage platforms (Infinidat, NetApp, Pure) including provisioning and performance analysis.
• Provide technical consultation on data protection strategies for hybrid cloud environments.
• Develop runbooks, architecture diagrams and recovery documentation for recovery events.
• Communicate impact of planned changes to engineers and business stakeholders.

Skills

Scripting / Infrastructure automation

Independent / self-starter

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Commvault

Infinidat

NetApp

Pure Storage

Job description

CAS uses intuitive technology, unparalleled scientific content, and deep domain expertise to help organizations create innovations that improve lives around the world. As the scientific information solutions division of the American Chemical Society, CAS curates the world's largest collection of scientific knowledge and has empowered innovators for more than 118 years. Our global team is diverse, collaborative, and passionate about making scientific insight accessible to drive breakthrough discoveries.

CAS is seeking a Data Resilience Engineer.

Primary Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize Commvault and related enterprise backup and recovery platforms, including configuration, policy management and resolution of complex incidents, and act as the recognized authority source for backup and recovery questions.
• Plan, lead and document recovery testing for business-critical systems; evaluate results, identify gaps, and drive remediation with application owners.
• Partner with application owners to validate backup recoverability and to define, document and confirm RPO and RTO requirements, and recommend protection approaches that meet them.
• Administer enterprise storage platforms, including Infinidat, NetApp and Pure, covering provisioning, capacity planning and performance analysis.
• Provide technical consultation to cloud, infrastructure, security and application teams on data protection and recovery strategies for hybrid cloud environments.
• Set priorities, establish estimates and completion dates, and manage assignments independently with minimal management oversight; take prompt corrective action when progress deviates from plan.
• Design and implement automation, monitoring and reporting that improve reliability, standardize operations and reduce manual effort.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, architecture diagrams and recovery documentation so they are accurate and usable during recovery events.
• Provide capacity, lifecycle and cost data to support financial analysis of new tools, processes and technologies.
• Communicate the customer impact of planned changes and maintain clear, well-organized technical communications for audiences ranging from engineers to business stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Measures of Success

• Backup and recovery services for business-critical systems meet agreed success and availability targets.
• Recovery requests and scheduled recovery tests are completed on agreed dates, with outcomes documented and gaps tracked to resolution.
• RPO and RTO requirements are documented and validated with application owners for in-scope systems.
• Runbooks and recovery documentation are current and verified through testing.
• Automation and standardization measurably reduce manual effort and operational risk.
• Risks are identified early, communicated, and addressed before they affect critical data availability.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of related infrastructure engineering experience; or 3 years and a Master’s degree;
• Experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering, including 3+ years supporting enterprise backup and recovery platforms and 3+ years supporting enterprise storage environments.
• Experience supporting mission-critical production systems and disaster recovery activities.
• Working proficiency in scripting or infrastructure automation.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, set priorities, and manage assignments to committed dates.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data protection solutions in public cloud environments such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with cloud storage, backup, snapshot and recovery concepts.
• Experience with cyber recovery or ransomware resilience planning.

Technical Skills

• Enterprise backup and recovery (Commvault): advanced
• Disaster recovery and business continuity: proficient
• Cyber resilience and recovery: proficient
• Hybrid cloud data protection and recovery: proficient

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