Ransomware Recovey & Cyber Vault

Hydrogen Group; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Hydrogen Group is seeking a Ransomware Recovery & Cyber Vault Administrator to join the team in a remote-friendly role with occasional on-site reporting to Southern California. This full-time position focuses on administering Dell Cyber Recovery Vault and CyberSense, ensuring data protection and quick recoverability across the enterprise.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in enterprise backup, storage, or cybersecurity administration, with hands-on Dell Data Domain experience and strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in IT, CS, cybersecurity or engineering.
• 3–5 years in enterprise backup, storage, data protection or cybersecurity administration.
• Hands-on Dell Data Domain & Dell CyberSense administration experience.

Responsibilities

• Administer Dell Cyber Recovery Vault environments and related infrastructure.
• Monitor vault health, replication status, storage capacity and recoverability.
• Investigate anomalies and coordinate with cybersecurity teams for recovery actions.
• Support disaster recovery exercises and recovery readiness testing.
• Maintain retention policies, access controls and immutable storage settings.
• Develop technical documentation, dashboards, and recovery reports.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, storage, and application teams on recovery operations.

Skills

Dell CyberSense

Dell Cyber Recovery Vault

Dell Data Domain

VMware

Linux

Windows administration

Security hardening

Incident response

Documentation

Collaboration

Automation mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Dell Data Domain

Dell CyberSense

Dell Cyber Recovery Vault

VMware

Linux

Windows

Job description

RANSOMWARE RECOVERY & CYBER VAULT ADMINISTRATOR

LOCATION: Remote (Must be local to Southern California and available to report to the office as needed)

SCHEDULE: Full-time

DURATION: 6 months

PAY: 77-82 USD per hour

Job Responsibilities:

In this role, you will administer and support the organization's ransomware recovery and cyber vault infrastructure, ensuring critical enterprise data is protected and recoverable in the event of a cyber incident. Key responsibilities include:

• Administering and maintaining Dell Cyber Recovery Vault environments and supporting infrastructure.
• Managing secure replication of backup data into isolated recovery environments.
• Monitoring vault health, replication status, storage capacity, and recovery readiness.
• Administering Dell Data Domain appliances, including configuration, maintenance, upgrades, replication, and retention management.
• Administering Dell CyberSense, including configuring scans and policies, monitoring ransomware detection analytics, and investigating anomalies.
• Supporting ransomware recovery processes, disaster recovery exercises, and recovery validation activities.
• Performing backup verification, restore testing, and recovery readiness assessments.
• Implementing secure and immutable backup configurations and maintaining security hardening standards.
• Collaborating with cybersecurity, infrastructure, storage, database, and application teams to support recovery operations.
• Maintaining operational documentation, reporting, and recovery procedures.
• Supporting compliance requirements, security reviews, risk assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Essential Duties and Job Functions:

• Manage day-to-day administration of Dell Cyber Recovery Vault infrastructure and ensure the environment remains secure and operational.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Dell Data Domain systems, including backup failures, replication issues, system performance, deduplication efficiency, and capacity utilization.
• Administer Dell CyberSense and review analytics reports to identify potential ransomware activity, suspicious data changes, and indicators of data corruption.
• Investigate anomalies and coordinate with cybersecurity teams to assess potential threats and determine appropriate recovery actions.
• Validate the integrity and recoverability of protected data through regular testing and recovery exercises.
• Support cyber incident response and participate in ransomware recovery activities as needed.
• Maintain backup retention policies, replication configurations, access controls, and immutable storage settings.
• Ensure cyber recovery procedures align with business continuity, disaster recovery, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, dashboards, and recovery readiness reports.
• Identify opportunities to improve platform reliability, recovery efficiency, and ransomware resilience.
• Work independently, take ownership of assigned tasks, and drive them through completion with minimal supervision.
• Collaborate with the Senior Manager of the Data Recovery team and other technical stakeholders to support operational priorities.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Hands‑on experience with Dell CyberSense and Dell Cyber Recovery Vault technologies.
• Strong knowledge of Dell Data Domain administration, including replication, retention policies, storage management, troubleshooting, and system maintenance.
• Understanding of ransomware recovery strategies, cyber resilience, immutable backups, and isolated or air-gapped recovery environments.
• Experience with enterprise backup and recovery platforms, disaster recovery planning, and recovery validation.
• Knowledge of data replication, enterprise storage, SAN/NAS concepts, and backup lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with VMware virtualization, Linux, and Windows administration.
• Understanding of security hardening, access controls, privileged access management, and incident response procedures.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and root cause analysis skills.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and execute tasks efficiently.
• Self‑motivated, proactive, and capable of taking ownership of technical assignments with minimal direction.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cybersecurity, infrastructure, storage, and application teams.
• Flexibility to support recovery operations and occasional schedule adjustments based on team workload.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in enterprise backup, storage, data protection, or cybersecurity administration.
• Hands‑on experience administering Dell Data Domain environments.
• Experience supporting cyber recovery vaults or isolated recovery environments.
• Experience with Dell CyberSense is required.
• Experience participating in ransomware recovery testing, disaster recovery exercises, or business continuity initiatives.
• Dell Proven Professional certifications or related data protection certifications are preferred.
• Experience in regulated industries such as utilities, energy, financial services, or healthcare is a plus.
• Experience with cloud-based backup and recovery solutions is desirable.