Remote Junior Backup & Storage Engineer — DR & Cloud

Maximus; United States; On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Junior Backup, Restore & Storage Engineer to support enterprise disaster recovery operations across on-premise and hybrid environments. The role involves daily backup execution, restoration requests, and DR testing, with collaboration across IT teams to maintain continuity and compliance.

Remote position available; candidates must possess hands-on backup experience, DR knowledge, and the ability to follow documented procedures while meeting security and regulatory

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with enterprise backup and restore operations (on-prem, hybrid, or cloud).
• Familiarity with disaster recovery concepts, including RTO/RPO, backup integrity validation, and restoration testing.
• Experience supporting 24x7x365 operational environments or on-call incident response.
• Ability to follow documented procedures, runbooks, and change management processes.
• Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven IT environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field OR equivalent relevant experience.
• 1+ years supporting enterprise IT infrastructure, backup, restore, or storage operations.

Responsibilities

• Support enterprise backup, restore, and storage operations across on-premise, data center, and hybrid environments to ensure continuity of IT and OT services in accordance with defined RTO and RPO.
• Execute scheduled backups, backup integrity checks, and routine restoration requests while maintaining auditability and compliance with policies and procedures.
• Assist in disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution, including documentation updates, runbooks, and validation exercises supporting enterprise DR readiness.
• Coordinate with system, database, network, cloud, and incident management teams during outages, migrations, and infrastructure events.
• Participate in change, patching, and upgrade activities that impact backup and recovery platforms to preserve continuity and SLA performance.
• Maintain accurate operational documentation and contribute to continuous improvement of backup, restore, and storage processes.

Skills

Backup & Restore

Disaster Recovery

24x7 Operations

Procedures & Runbooks

Regulated IT Environments

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Junior Backup, Restore & Storage Engineer to support enterprise disaster recovery operations across on-premise and hybrid environments. The role involves daily backup execution, restoration requests, and DR testing, with collaboration across IT teams to maintain continuity and compliance.

Remote position available; candidates must possess hands-on backup experience, DR knowledge, and the ability to follow documented procedures while meeting security and regulatory