EMC Backup Architect for AI-Ready DR & Storage

Cognizant; Wayzata (MN); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Disability (Long/Short-term)

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an EMC Backup SME in Wayzata, MN to design and optimize large-scale AI infra with a focus on backup, DR, and EMC storage platforms. This role requires hybrid work participation and supports critical manufacturing operations.

You will administer Commvault, Druva, and Data Domain, perform backup and restore across servers, endpoints, and cloud workloads, and contribute to DR planning and runbooks within Cognizant’s CIS practice.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience architecting and operating enterprise backup and disaster recovery services.
• Deep knowledge of storage and backup fundamentals including capacity planning and data protection strategies.
• Hands-on expertise with EMC storage technologies in demanding environments.
• Troubleshooting storage and backup issues using systematic analysis and diagnostic tools.
• Familiarity with AI workloads and their infra needs including high availability for training/inference.
• Experience in process manufacturing environments aligning infrastructure with uptime and safety requirements.
• Ability to communicate complex risks and options to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support enterprise Commvault backup infrastructure.
• Configure backup policies, schedules, storage policies, and retention rules.
• Monitor backup jobs and resolve failures within SLA.
• Perform backup and recovery operations for servers, databases, files, and VMs.
• Manage media agents, libraries, and backup reporting.
• Execute backup optimization and performance tuning activities.
• Administer Druva Cloud Data Protection platform.
• Manage backup and recovery for endpoints, M365, cloud workloads, and VMs.
• Configure backup policies, compliance controls, and retention requirements.
• Perform data restoration activities and recovery validation testing.
• Support cloud-based DR initiatives and monitor health and compliance.
• Manage EMC Data Domain appliances including replication and retention locks.
• Monitor deduplication efficiency and capacity of repositories.
• Troubleshoot storage, replication, and capacity issues and integrate with Commvault and Druva.

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an EMC Backup SME in Wayzata, MN to design and optimize large-scale AI infra with a focus on backup, DR, and EMC storage platforms. This role requires hybrid work participation and supports critical manufacturing operations.

You will administer Commvault, Druva, and Data Domain, perform backup and restore across servers, endpoints, and cloud workloads, and contribute to DR planning and runbooks within Cognizant’s CIS practice.