Senior Data Protection Architect (Remote)

Ferguson

United States

Remote

USD 76,000 - 133,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits
401(k) with company match
Mental health coverage
Paid parental leave
Associate discounts
Community involvement opportunities

Job summary

Ferguson seeks a Lead Backup & Recovery Engineer to steer enterprise data protection across on‑premises, hybrid, and multi‑cloud environments. You will define recovery objectives, govern standards, and lead platform migrations, while mentoring engineers and guiding high‑risk implementations.

You will partner with Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, and Application teams to embed robust, ransomware‑resilient protection and drive automation for scalability and efficiency.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years hands‑on engineering experience with enterprise backup and recovery platforms in lead roles.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience or combination of education and experience.
  • Proven ownership of data protection architecture across a large, heterogeneous estate.
  • Experience establishing governance frameworks, standards, and SLA reporting.
  • Experience leading vendor selection, including RFP/RFI development and PoC evaluation.
  • Deep understanding of cloud backup and cloud storage tiering (AWS/Azure/OCI/GCP).
  • Familiarity with ITIL practices and change management processes.

Responsibilities

  • Own the enterprise data protection strategy and architecture across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.
  • Define backup, retention, recovery, and data lifecycle standards (RPO/RTO).
  • Design and implement immutable, ransomware‑resilient recovery architectures.
  • Lead vendor discussions, PoC evaluations, and technology recommendations.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architecture validation.
  • Coordinate with cross‑functional teams to embed data protection in solution designs.

Skills

Enterprise backup leadership
Data protection architecture
RPO/RTO design
Governance & SLA reporting
Vendor selection & RFPs
Cloud backup expertise
ITIL familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Ferguson seeks a Lead Backup & Recovery Engineer to steer enterprise data protection across on‑premises, hybrid, and multi‑cloud environments. You will define recovery objectives, govern standards, and lead platform migrations, while mentoring engineers and guiding high‑risk implementations.

You will partner with Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, and Application teams to embed robust, ransomware‑resilient protection and drive automation for scalability and efficiency.

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