Senior Data Protection Architect for Federal DR & NIST

Kids for the Future; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Veteran-owned company

Equal Opportunity employer

Job summary

INTER-OP is seeking a Data Protection SME to support the Department of State in the Foreign Affairs Business Unit with expert guidance on multi-petabyte backup environments for federal agencies.

You will lead DR planning, implement encryption and immutable storage, and mentor engineers on major backup platforms, ensuring NIST/ FedRAMP alignment and data integrity across sensitive environments.

INTER-OP highlights veteran-owned status and a strong focus on government-grade security practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• 12+ years of experience in data management and enterprise backup engineering.
• 7+ years of deep expertise in cloud-native backup or ransomware recovery.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level guidance on backup architectures for federal agencies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve high-priority data recovery issues impacting agency missions.
• Implement encryption frameworks and immutable storage solutions.
• Serve as a primary technical advisor for disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Mentor engineers on Commvault, Veeam, Cohesity, and NetBackup.
• Support the ATO process with deep evidence for data integrity controls.
• Apply NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP High requirements for data availability.

Skills

Data protection

Backup engineering

Encryption

Key management

Disaster recovery

NIST standards

FedRAMP High

CSF framework

Commvault

Veeam

Cohesity

NetBackup

Cross-region replication

Container-native backup

Kasten

Velero

SIPR/JWICS handling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Commvault

Veeam

Cohesity

NetBackup

Kasten

Velero

Job description

INTER-OP is seeking a Data Protection SME to support the Department of State in the Foreign Affairs Business Unit with expert guidance on multi-petabyte backup environments for federal agencies.

You will lead DR planning, implement encryption and immutable storage, and mentor engineers on major backup platforms, ensuring NIST/ FedRAMP alignment and data integrity across sensitive environments.

INTER-OP highlights veteran-owned status and a strong focus on government-grade security practices.