Senior Federal Data Protection Architect (Secret/TS)

Arena Technical Resources, LLC (ATR); Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Arena Technical Resources, LLC (ATR) seeks a Data Protection SME in Washington, DC. You will architect and optimize multi-petabyte backup environments for federal agencies, lead high-priority data recovery efforts, and implement encryption and immutable storage solutions.

You will serve as a primary technical advisor for disaster recovery and business continuity planning, assess security gaps against NIST standards, and mentor senior engineers in Commvault, Veeam, and Cohesity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• 12+ years of experience in data management and enterprise backup engineering.
• 7+ years in specialized domains such as cloud-native backup or ransomware recovery.
• Recognized authority in data protection with a history of solving complex enterprise data loss challenges.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level guidance on the architecture of multi-petabyte backup environments for federal agencies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve high-priority, complex data recovery issues impacting agency-wide missions.
• Technical implementation of advanced encryption frameworks and immutable storage solutions.
• Serve as a primary technical advisor for agency-level disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Analyze existing data protection architectures for security gaps and recommend remediation aligned with NIST standards.
• Mentor senior engineers and architects on advanced Commvault, Veeam, or Cohesity features.
• Support the federal Authority to Operate (ATO) process by providing deep technical evidence for data integrity controls.

Skills

Leadership/mentoring

Architecture design

Disaster recovery planning

Security mindset

Problem solving

NIST CSF & FedRAMP understanding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

Commvault

Veeam

Cohesity

NetBackup

Kasten

Velero

KMS

Job description

Arena Technical Resources, LLC (ATR) seeks a Data Protection SME in Washington, DC. You will architect and optimize multi-petabyte backup environments for federal agencies, lead high-priority data recovery efforts, and implement encryption and immutable storage solutions.

You will serve as a primary technical advisor for disaster recovery and business continuity planning, assess security gaps against NIST standards, and mentor senior engineers in Commvault, Veeam, and Cohesity.