Lead Data Protection Engineer (Active Top Secret Clearance)

shinvestmentsllc; Beltsville (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401K plan

Paid leave

Job summary

Clear Creek Federal seeks a Lead Data Protection Engineer (Senior) to spearhead enterprise data protection, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery for mission-critical federal systems. You will lead a team of engineers, design and implement Commvault-based solutions, and ensure high availability across on-premises VMware environments.

The role requires strong leadership, deep experience with Commvault, and collaboration across infrastructure, cybersecurity, storage, and networks to safeguard

Qualifications

• Experience leading a data protection team in a federal environment.
• Proven ability to design and implement backup, recovery, and DR strategies.
• Strong collaboration across infrastructure, storage, virtualization, cybersecurity, and network teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Data Protection Engineers responsible for backup, recovery, and data protection.
• Design, configure, and maintain enterprise data protection solutions using Commvault.
• Oversee protection of virtualized workloads and DR readiness in on-premises environments.
• Provide technical leadership for data protection initiatives and projects.
• Monitor backups, replications, restorations, and DR activities across large on-premises VMware infra.
• Support migration from legacy backup tech to Commvault.
• Develop and maintain data backup, retention, and recovery policies.

Skills

Commvault

Team leadership

Backup & recovery

VMware

Data protection

Security compliance

Tools

Commvault

Job description

Clear Creek Federal is part of the Seneca Nation Group (SNG) portfolio of companies. SNG is Seneca Holdings' federal government contracting business that meets mission-critical needs of federal civilian, defense, and intelligence community customers. Our portfolio comprises multiple subsidiaries that participate in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program. To learn more about SNG, visit the website and follow us on LinkedIn .

Our team of talented individuals is what makes us successful. To support our team, we provide a balanced mix of benefits and programs. Your total rewards package includes competitive pay, benefits, and perks, flexible work-life balance, professional development opportunities, and performance and recognition programs. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability, voluntary benefit programs (critical illness, hospital, and accident), health savings and flexible spending accounts, and retirement 401K plan. One of our fundamental principles is to offer competitive health and welfare benefits to our team members, providing coverage and care for you and your family. Full-time employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefits and paid leave programs. We pride ourselves on our collaborative work environment and culture, which embraces our mission of providing financial and non-financial benefits back to the members of the Seneca Nation.

Clear Creek Federal is seeking a Lead Data Protection Engineer [Senior] in Washington, DC -or- Beltsville MD -or- Lakewood, CO.

The Lead Data Protection Engineer (Senior) is responsible for leading the design, implementation, administration, and operational support of enterprise data protection, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions supporting mission-critical federal systems. This position serves as the technical lead for a team of Data Protection Engineers and provides strategic direction for data protection services, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise data assets.

The successful candidate will possess extensive experience with Commvault technologies, hold an active Commvault certification, and demonstrate proven leadership experience managing a team within a highly secure federal environment. This role requires collaboration across infrastructure, storage, virtualization, cybersecurity, network, and systems engineering teams to ensure comprehensive data protection capabilities across a predominantly on-premises, highly virtualized enterprise environment supporting mission-critical workloads.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead a team of six (6) Data Protection Engineers responsible for enterprise backup, recovery, and data protection operations.
• Design, implement, configure, optimize, and maintain enterprise data protection solutions utilizing Commvault technologies.
• Lead the protection and recovery strategy for enterprise virtualized workloads, ensuring high availability and recoverability of mission-critical systems hosted within on-premises data centers.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance for all data protection initiatives, projects, and operational activities.
• Monitor enterprise backup environments and ensure successful completion of backups, replications, restorations, and disaster recovery activities across large-scale on-premises and VMware virtualized infrastructures.
• Manage and oversee daily data protection operations, including monitoring, reporting, incident management, and compliance activities.
• Support migration efforts from legacy backup technologies, including Avamar, to enterprise Commvault solutions.
• Develop and maintain data backup, retention, archival, and recovery strategies in accordance with federal regulations and organizational policies.
• Respond to service requests and incidents related to data protection systems, performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Participate in and support disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution activities.
• Collaborate with systems, storage, virtualization, network, and cybersecurity engineering teams to integrate enterprise-wide data protection solutions across predominantly on-premises infrastructure.
• Conduct regular audits, health assessments, and performance evaluations of enterprise backup, storage, and VMware-based data protection infrastructure.
• Develop metrics, dashboards, and executive-level reporting related to backup compliance, recovery readiness, and operational performance.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, standard operating procedures, recovery procedures, system configurations, and knowledge articles.
• Ensure compliance with federal security requirements, data handling regulations, and organizational policies.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation and provide after-hours support as required.