Senior Backup Systems Engineer – Commvault & VMware

Tech9; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K retirement plan

Relocation or signing bonus

HubZone stipend

Job summary

Boarhog seeks a Systems Engineer to lead the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of enterprise backup solutions. You will architect data protection strategies using Commvult and contribute to modernization across cloud, automation, and datacenter operations.

This is hands-on, with documentation, training delivery, and SME duties across backup systems. Requirements include extensive Commvault experience, Windows Server and VMware skills, and on-site collaboration with government

Qualifications

• Eight (8+) years developing and administering enterprise backup platforms, with primary experience on Commvault and exposure to other tools.
• Five (5+) years supporting Windows Server networks (Active Directory, DNS/DHCP, VSS, storage services) in production environments.
• Two (2+) years operating VMware vSphere (ESXi, vCenter, VM backups/restore workflows).
• Two (2+) years of PowerShell scripting for automation and operational tooling.
• Hands-on administration with Commvault and/or Rubrik at scale (multi-site, multi-tenant).
• Experience with documentation: runbooks, SOPs, architecture diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Design and document best‑practice data protection strategies for mission‑facing workloads using Commvault.
• Provide engineering support to the operational network as needed.
• Collaborate with engineers to select and implement protection strategies per workload.
• Support on-site delivery and collaborate with government stakeholders minimum 2 days per week.
• Perform OCONUS travel (1-3 weeks, up to 3 times a year, planned 3+ months in advance).

Skills

Commvault backup

PowerShell scripting

Windows Server admin

VMware vSphere

Networking basics

Documentation

IA Certification

Site Recovery/DR

Tools

Commvault

Rubrik

Veeam

Job description

Boarhog seeks a Systems Engineer to lead the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of enterprise backup solutions. You will architect data protection strategies using Commvult and contribute to modernization across cloud, automation, and datacenter operations.

This is hands-on, with documentation, training delivery, and SME duties across backup systems. Requirements include extensive Commvault experience, Windows Server and VMware skills, and on-site collaboration with government