Backup Recovery Engineer

Backup & Recovery Administrator / Engineer 

Location: Remote (United States) 

About GeorgeJon 

At GeorgeJon, we architect and manage high-performance eDiscovery ecosystems—mission-critical environments where data integrity, uptime, and operational efficiency are non-negotiable. We are trusted by legal, corporate, and government clients around the globe to ensure their data infrastructure is reliable, recoverable, and resilient. Our team of engineers, strategists, and support specialists operate with precision, innovation, and a relentless focus on client success. 

Role Overview 

We’re looking for a technically adept Backup & Recovery Administrator / Engineer who thrives in complex infrastructure environments and understands the criticality of data protection in 24/7/365 operations. You’ll be responsible for architecting, administering, monitoring, and continuously optimizing enterprise-grade backup, replication, and disaster recovery (DR) solutions across hybrid cloud and on-prem deployments. 
 
This role requires hands-on experience with enterprise platforms such as Commvault, Veeam, Veritas NetBackup, and Quest Rapid Recovery—a leading solution known for its application-aware snapshots, near-instant recovery, and seamless cloud integration. 

Core Responsibilities 

Backup Infrastructure Design & Deployment 

• Architect and implement enterprise backup solutions using tools like Commvault, Veeam, NetBackup, and Quest Rapid Recovery. 

• Leverage Quest Rapid Recovery's Rapid Snap for Applications to create incremental-forever snapshots of mission-critical workloads (Windows/Linux), capturing full application states every five minutes. 

• Configure backup targets across D2D, D2T, SAN/NAS, and cloud tiers. 

Operational Monitoring & Incident Response 

• Establish and refine monitoring/alerting protocols for backup jobs, replication tasks, and DR status. 

• Use tools like Quest’s Verified Recovery to perform automated integrity checks and ensure restorable snapshots. 

• Troubleshoot failures, bottlenecks, and restore issues in real-time. 

Disaster Recovery Architecture 

• Collaborate on DR strategy and develop automated runbooks. 

• Utilize Rapid Recovery’s Live Recovery and Virtual Standby features to ensure near-zero downtime and quick failover of workloads to VMs in the event of outages. 

• Conduct regular DR simulations across VMware, Hyper-V, and physical platforms. 

Data Integrity & Compliance 

• Enforce retention schedules, legal holds, and encryption strategies in compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, and other frameworks. 

• Leverage Universal Recovery in Quest to restore everything from single files to entire systems—even to dissimilar hardware. 

Storage Optimization 

• Analyze usage trends and adjust deduplication/compression policies in platforms like Rapid Recovery to maximize storage efficiency (up to 95% savings). 

• Plan capacity across on-prem and cloud (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud). 

Automation & Scripting 

• Use PowerShell, Bash, or Python to automate tasks, integrate with tools like ServiceNow, Zabbix, or Splunk, and streamline backup operations. 

Documentation & Knowledge Management 

• Maintain thorough documentation of backup designs, DR plans, configuration files, and recovery procedures. 

• Contribute to SOP libraries and internal knowledge bases. 

Technical Qualifications 

• Experience: 3–5+ years in enterprise environments with backup/recovery systems across Windows/Linux workloads. 

• Platforms: Hands-on with at least one enterprise B&R suite (Commvault, Veeam, NetBackup, Rubrik, Quest Rapid Recovery). 

• Virtualization/Cloud: Experience with vSphere/Hyper-V, plus integration with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). 

• Storage & Network: Working knowledge of NAS/SAN (NFS, SMB, iSCSI), cloud object storage (S3), and networking performance considerations. 

• Scripting: Proficiency in PowerShell or similar. Bonus for experience scripting DR tests or backup APIs. 

Certifications (Preferred) 

• Commvault Certified Professional or Engineer 

• Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) 

• Quest Rapid Recovery training/certification (preferred but not required) 

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Backup and Site Recovery 

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate 

Soft Skills & Work Style 

• Meticulous, methodical, and obsessed with operational excellence. 

• Big-picture thinker who engineers systems for redundancy and recovery. 

• Cool-headed under pressure, especially in SLA-bound environments. 

• Strong communicator and a natural documentarian—you leave systems better than you found them.