Disaster Recovery & Data Protection Specialist

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

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Backup and Recovery Specialist to administer enterprise backup and recovery services in a federal IT environment. You will design backup policies, storage architectures, and recovery workflows aligned with business continuity objectives.

The role involves troubleshooting complex restore scenarios, guiding junior staff, and coordinating DR drills across hybrid on-premises and cloud infrastructures, with emphasis on security, monitoring,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS or equivalent work experience.
• 4–7 years of backup and recovery experience.
• Proven experience with enterprise backup tools (NetBackup, Veeam, CommVault).

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain backup solutions for physical, virtual, and cloud workloads.
• Tune performance and storage tiers to meet RTO/RPO targets.
• Perform complex restore operations and DR exercises.
• Implement encryption, key management, and access controls.
• Document runbooks and coordinate DR drills.
• Provide dashboards and reports on data protection to leadership.
• Mentor junior staff on best practices.

Skills

Backup & Recovery

Storage Engineering

Systems Administration

Troubleshooting

Policy & Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT / CS or equivalent

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

Veeam

CommVault

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Backup and Recovery Specialist to administer enterprise backup and recovery services in a federal IT environment. You will design backup policies, storage architectures, and recovery workflows aligned with business continuity objectives.

The role involves troubleshooting complex restore scenarios, guiding junior staff, and coordinating DR drills across hybrid on-premises and cloud infrastructures, with emphasis on security, monitoring,