Disaster Recovery & Data Protection Architect

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

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Mid Backup and Recovery Specialist to administer and optimize backup services across hybrid federal IT environments, safeguarding large data sets and critical applications.

You will design backup policies, storage architectures, and recovery workflows aligned with business continuity and disaster recovery goals, while mentoring junior staff and coordinating with stakeholders on data protection standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 4–7 years in data backup and recovery, storage engineering, or related IT roles.
• Proficient understanding of backup/recovery across physical, virtual, and cloud workloads.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise backup tools (Veritas NetBackup, Veeam, CommVault).
• Strong analytical skills and ability to resolve complex backup issues independently.
• Active Secret clearance or ability to obtain; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain backup solutions for physical, virtual, and cloud workloads.
• Tune performance, bandwidth, and storage tiers to meet RTO/RPO targets.
• Perform complex restore operations and disaster recovery exercises.
• Implement backup encryption, key management, and RBAC.
• Document and test DR runbooks and coordinate drills with teams.
• Integrate backups with monitoring/ reporting dashboards for leaders.
• Troubleshoot failures and bottlenecks; drive root-cause analyses.
• Mentor junior staff on data protection and documentation.

Skills

Backup concepts

Storage engineering

Cloud workloads

Problem solving

Monitoring tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS or equivalent

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

Veeam

CommVault

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Mid Backup and Recovery Specialist to administer and optimize backup services across hybrid federal IT environments, safeguarding large data sets and critical applications.

You will design backup policies, storage architectures, and recovery workflows aligned with business continuity and disaster recovery goals, while mentoring junior staff and coordinating with stakeholders on data protection standards.