Lead IT Backup & Recovery Services

Visa Hunt; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa Hunt is seeking a Principal Backup & Recovery Architect to lead the design and governance of our data protection services. You will drive architecture roadmaps, assess risks, and align technology with executive strategy.

You will manage vendor relationships across backup platforms, mentor teams, and serve as the highest escalation point for incident reviews, pushing high-impact improvements through lessons learned.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of enterprise-level backup, recovery, and continuity planning experience.
• Experience designing complex DR/B&R architectures for large environments.
• Exceptional communication with senior leaders and technical stakeholders.
• Expertise in at least one Public Cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and exposure to automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and technical contribution to the backup and recovery roadmaps and architecture planning.
• Own the compliance and risk identification process and define technical standards.
• Manage strategic vendor relationships and coordinate procurement for upgrades.
• Provide senior-level leadership, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.
• Act as the highest escalation point and drive improvements from post-incident reviews.

Skills

Backup & Recovery

Continuity Planning

Vendor Relationships

Public Cloud

Tools

Scripting

Configuration management

Job description

About Our Client

Are you ready to shape the future of mission-critical data protection for a major organization?

We are looking for a Principal Backup & Recovery Architect/Lead strategic thinker and technical authority responsible for guiding service architecture, managing key vendor relationships, and driving organizational governance

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and technical contribution to the backup and recovery service roadmaps and architecture planning, integrating emerging technologies like Public Cloud (IaaS, PaaS) and Infrastructure as Code.
• Own the compliance and risk identification process for the service. You will define technical standards, perform peer review of all major changes, and ensure reporting meets executive standards.
• Manage and nurture strategic relationships with key backup and hardware vendors, coordinating technical roadmaps and managing procurement/quoting processes for major infrastructure upgrades.
• Provide senior-level subject matter expertise and leadership, mentoring Band 1 and 2 specialists, and driving high-level knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Act as the highest escalation point, leading post-incident reviews and driving high-impact improvements based on lessons learned.

Requirements

• 6+ years of deep, enterprise-level experience in backup, recovery, and continuity planning, ideally with exposure to multiple major vendor platforms.
• Proven experience contributing to or designing complex, highly available DR/B&R architectures.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to manage expectations and influence decision-making among senior business leaders and technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated expertise in at least one Public Cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and exposure to automation tools (e.g., scripting, configuration management).