Senior Data Protection Architect (Remote)

Ferguson; United States; Remote; USD 76,000 - 133,000; Full time

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.