Location: Culpeper,VA, USA
About the Role
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Engineer to join our dynamic Data Protection team in charge of data backup technology. As a Data Protection Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of our data backup and protection solution.
About the role
You will collaborate with multi-functional teams across the organisation to support the development, deployment, and operations of our applications, services, and infrastructure.
You are self-motivated, proactive and thrive in taking ownership of your work. You possess the ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and drive projects forward with minimal supervision. Your proactive nature enables you to see opportunities for improvement, propose innovative solutions, and take the initiative to implement them.
Delivering high-quality results and committing to meeting deadlines are key contributors to the success of our team and organisation.
About the team
The Data Protection squad is part of the Platform Tribe. Our squad delivers and operates data backup and protection solution for Swift critical applications.
As part of our commitment to Agile principles, we have embraced the Scrum framework to enhance productivity transparency, and adaptability in our activities. We value iterative and incremental development, which allows us to deliver value to our customers while improving our processes.
Our internal processes are highly automated and focus on security, scalability, and operability.
Key responsibilities
* Work with the Product Owner and Squad members to design, build and operate a scalable, secure, and highly available data backup and protection solution using company and industry best practices
* Installation, configuration, and operation of the Veritas NetBackup and on Veritas NetBackup FLEX appliances
* Develop and maintain automation for the deployment, configuration and ongoing management of the data backup and protection solution
* Analyse system performance and make recommendations for improvements
* Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure, deployment, security and performance
* Ensure the data backup and protection solution adheres to security and compliance standards
* Implement and maintain monitoring solutions to ensure high availability and performance of the data backup and protection solution
* Document platform architecture, processes, and procedures
* Implement and maintain relevant mechanisms related to access controls, security policies and encryption mechanisms
* Participate in meetings and Agile / Scrum ceremonies
* Participate in on-call rotation
* Collaborate with development, operations, and other partners to provide technical expertise and support
Technical skills and competencies
* Experience on Veritas NetBackup (up to 10.x) and on Veritas NetBackup FLEX appliances (up to 5260 and 5360)
* Operational experience on Veritas IT Analytics
* Experience in large scale environments, consisting of thousands of clients
* Extensive experience backing up virtual environments (ESX) and database environments (Oracle, MS-SQL)
* Monitor backup jobs across multiple platforms and locations, maintain backup policies and standards and troubleshoot performance problems and propose solutions
* Operating systems knowledge, including Windows and Linux, is required.
* Develop scripting solutions for backup and restore processes and automation (Ansible)
* Ability to understand and interpret customer requirements and turn them into an end-to-end solution
* Provide Tier 3 NetBackup support via a ticketing system including restores, troubleshooting and assisting server and database administrators
* Analyze reports and resolve backup errors and incidents
* Follow and maintain in-house documentation for repeatable processes
* Work closely with vendors on support and maintenance
* Being self-motivated, ability to work independently with solid sense of responsibility
* Fluent in English (spoken and written)
A plus is:
* Experience with Veritas Alta SaaS protection
* Experience with Veritas Recovery Vault
* In-depth storage knowledge on the NetBackup FLEX appliances
About the Platform Tribe
The Platform Tribe aims to deliver highly secure, reliable, cost-effective and easy-to-use standardized/generalized private cloud infrastructure and platform services allowing our business teams to focus on value delivery to Swift customers.
About Swift
Swift is world's leading provider of secure financial messaging services. Our messaging platform, products and services connect more than 11,000 institutions. We enable our global community of users to communicate securely, exchanging standardised financial messages in a reliable way, thereby facilitating global and local financial flows, and supporting trade and commerce all around the world.
People are the foundations of our success. We depend on technological and business excellence - and on a culture that values diversity, strives for sustainability and fosters a healthy work/life balance.
What we offer
We put you in control of career
We give you a competitive package
We help you perform at your best
We help you make a difference
We give you the freedom to be yourself
We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals - like you - with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. An environment in which everyone's voice counts and where you can reach your full potential regardless of age, background, culture, colour, disability, gender, nationality, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran/military status.