Senior System Engineer

Alter Domus; Town of Carmel (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Alter Domus is seeking a Senior Storage and Backup Administrator to join its Global IT Operations team in New York. The ideal candidate will manage and optimize enterprise storage and backup environments, requiring strong experience with tools like Veeam and technologies including Dell PowerFlex and Unity.

Applicants should hold a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a related field and possess over 7 years of relevant experience, along with strong skills in troubleshooting, cloud platforms, and scripting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience administering enterprise storage and backup environments.
• Hands-on experience with VMware and Hyper-V environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain enterprise storage systems.
• Perform storage provisioning, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
• Administer enterprise backup solutions and develop recovery policies.

Skills

Backup tools (Veeam, Commvault)

SAN/NAS technologies (Dell PowerFlex, Dell Unity, Dell Data Domain)

VMware

Hyper-V

Windows and Linux

Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS)

Scripting (PowerShell, Shell)

Networking concepts

Troubleshooting skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Job description

As a world leading provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry, Alter Domus (meaning “The Other House” in Latin) is proud to be home to 90% of the top 30 asset managers in the private markets, and more than 6,000 professionals across 24 jurisdictions.

With a deep understanding of what it takes to succeed in alternatives, we believe in being different in what we do, how we work, and most importantly in how we enable and develop our people. Invest yourself in the alternative, and join an organization where you progress on merit, where you can speak openly with whoever you are speaking to, and where you will be supported along whichever path you choose to take.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Storage and Backup Administrator to join the Global IT Operations team. The role involves the design, implementation, administration, optimization, and support of enterprise storage and backup environment.

Your role

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain enterprise storage systems including SAN, NAS, and object storage environments.
• Manage and optimize storage platforms, especially: Dell PowerFlex, Dell Unity, Dell Data Domain, Synology
• Perform storage provisioning, capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.
• Monitor storage performance, availability, and utilization to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Implement and maintain storage replication, snapshots, deduplication, compression, and tiering strategies.
• Administer enterprise backup solutions such as Veeam, Commvault, Azure Backup, AWS Backup.
• Develop and maintain backup, retention, and recovery policies aligned with business and compliance requirements.
• Perform backup monitoring, troubleshooting, validation, and recovery testing.
• Lead Disaster Recovery drills and ensure RPO/RTO objectives.
• Ensure successful execution of backup jobs and rapid restoration capabilities.
• Manage backup infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud workloads.
• Implement data protection and ransomware recovery strategies.
• Ensure backup and storage environments comply with security policies and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in audits, risk assessments, and compliance reviews.
• Maintain secure access controls and encryption standards for storage and backup systems.
• Support virtualization and physical platforms including VMware, Hyper‑V, Windows, Linux for both Storage and Backup.
• Provide Level 3 technical support for storage and backup incidents/requests, perform root cause analysis and coordinate with vendors.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Mentor junior administrators and provide technical guidance to the broader IT team.

Your profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience administering enterprise storage and backup environments.
• Strong experience with backup tools such as Veeam, Commvault, Cloud Backup.
• Strong experience with SAN/NAS technologies (Dell PowerFlex, Dell Unity, Dell Data Domain).
• Hands‑on experience with VMware and Hyper‑V environments.
• Solid knowledge of Windows and Linux server environments.
• Solid knowledge with cloud platforms such as Azure and AWS.
• Scripting and Automation knowledge using PowerShell / Shell.
• Good understanding of networking concepts.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.