Senior Backup SME / Backup Administration Lead (Cohesity)

Title: Senior Backup SME / Backup Administration Lead (Cohesity)

Location: USA (Onsite)

Experience: 8-12+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Backup SME / Backup Administration Lead to lead the design, implementation, administration, and optimization of enterprise backup, recovery, and cyber-resilience solutions. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Cohesity Data Protection, enterprise infrastructure, cloud storage technologies, disaster recovery, and data protection best practices.

This role is responsible for ensuring the availability, integrity, security, and recoverability of critical business data across on-premises and multi-cloud environments. The successful candidate will work closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, Storage, Database, Security, and Operations teams while providing technical leadership and mentoring junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities

Backup & Recovery Management

•             Design, implement, and administer enterprise backup, recovery, and archival solutions using Cohesity Data Protection.

•             Configure and maintain backup policies, protection groups, retention schedules, replication strategies, and long-term archival solutions.

•             Perform backup validation, restore testing, application recovery exercises, and Disaster Recovery (DR) drills.

•             Ensure adherence to defined RPO/RTO objectives and business continuity requirements.

•             Monitor backup environments proactively, investigate failures, and implement corrective actions.

Cohesity Platform Administration

•             Administer and maintain Cohesity Cluster Architecture, including SpanFS, storage services, nodes, and distributed microservices.

•             Execute cluster expansion, software upgrades, firmware updates, and performance optimization activities.

•             Perform health checks, capacity planning, trend analysis, and infrastructure optimization.

Cyber Resilience & Data Protection

•             Implement immutable backup configurations and ransomware protection strategies.

•             Develop and maintain cyber recovery solutions aligned with organizational security policies.

•             Manage data encryption, access controls, credential security, and CyberArk integration.

•             Support audit and compliance requirements including HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001, and internal security standards.

Cloud & Infrastructure Integration

•             Integrate Cohesity solutions with Microsoft Azure, AWS, and S3-compatible storage platforms.

•             Support backup and recovery for enterprise workloads including:

o             VMware vSphere

o             Hyper-V

o             Microsoft SQL Server

o             Oracle Databases

o             Windows Servers

o             Linux (RHEL)

o             NAS and File Systems

•             Configure and manage NetApp SnapVault, snapshots, and replication technologies.

Incident & Service Management

•             Lead troubleshooting efforts for critical P1/P2 incidents.

•             Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures.

•             Ensure service delivery aligns with defined SLAs and operational standards.

•             Follow ITIL best practices for Incident, Problem, Change, and Release Management using ServiceNow.

Automation & Continuous Improvement

•             Develop and maintain automation solutions using PowerShell, Python, REST APIs, and scripting frameworks.

•             Improve operational efficiency through process optimization and self-healing automation.

•             Generate operational reports, dashboards, compliance reports, and executive-level metrics.

Leadership & Collaboration

•             Provide technical leadership and mentorship to backup administrators and junior engineers.

•             Collaborate with Storage, Virtualization, Database, Security, Linux, Windows, and Cloud teams.

•             Participate in on-call support and major incident management activities.

•             Drive continuous improvement initiatives and technology modernization programs.

Required Technical Skills

Mandatory Skills

•             Cohesity DataProtect Administration

•             Cohesity SpanFS Architecture & Cluster Management

•             Enterprise Backup & Recovery Solutions

•             VMware vSphere and Hyper-V

•             Windows Server Administration

•             Linux (RHEL) Administration

•             SQL Server Backup & Recovery

•             Oracle Database Backup & Recovery

•             Microsoft Azure Storage Services

•             AWS Storage Services

•             NetApp SnapVault & Snapshot Technologies

•             PowerShell Scripting

•             Python Automation

•             REST API Integration

•             ServiceNow

•             ITIL Framework

•             Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning

•             Backup Monitoring, Reporting & Capacity Planning

Preferred Skills

•             CyberArk Integration and Privileged Access Management

•             Cohesity Helios

•             Azure Backup and Azure Recovery Services

•             Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

•             Security and Compliance Frameworks

•             Ransomware Protection and Cyber Recovery Solutions

Required Experience

•             8-12+ years of experience in enterprise backup, storage, and infrastructure administration.

•             Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with Cohesity platform administration.

•             Proven experience supporting large-scale enterprise environments.

•             Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning experience across backup, storage, virtualization, and operating system platforms.

•             Experience working in 24x7 mission-critical production environments.

The pay range for this role is $100,000 - $110,000* per annum including any bonuses or variable pay. Tech Mahindra also offers benefits like medical, vision, dental, life, disability insurance and paid time off (including holidays, parental leave, and sick leave, as required by law). Ask our recruiters for more details on our Benefits package. The exact offer terms will depend on the skill level, educational qualifications, experience and location of the candidate.

“Tech Mahindra is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities.  Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator at .”