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Cohesity Resident Engineer
At CMK Resources, we specialize in providing top-tier IT consulting and residency services for enterprise clients. We are seeking an experienced Cohesity Resident Engineer to join our team and serve as a trusted advisor to our customers. In this role, you will be the primary technical expert on Cohesity solutions, driving implementation, optimization, and operational excellence for enterprise-scale backup and recovery environments.
Location: Chicago, IL - will have hybrid, onsite requirements, probably up to 3 days a week.
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications
Why Join CMK Resources?
At CMK Resources, we value referrals! If you know someone who would excel in this role, we’d love to hear from them.
At CMK Resources, we specialize in providing top-tier IT consulting and residency services for enterprise clients. We are seeking an experienced Cohesity Resident Engineer to join our team and serve as a trusted advisor to our customers. In this role, you will be the primary technical expert on Cohesity solutions, driving implementation, optimization, and operational excellence for enterprise-scale backup and recovery environments.
Location: Chicago, IL - will have hybrid, onsite requirements, probably up to 3 days a week.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary Cohesity subject matter expert, guiding customers in design, deployment, and best practices.
- Lead Cohesity cluster implementations and integrate workloads for backup and disaster recovery.
- Design and execute migration strategies from Hyper-V to VMware.
- Establish and enforce backup sustainability standards, ensuring security, reliability, and compliance.
- Manage immutable cloud backups and hyperscale extensions for data protection.
- Perform troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and issue resolution for Cohesity environments.
- Develop detailed runbooks, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and deployment templates.
- Maintain a comprehensive knowledge base with Cohesity best practices and system insights.
- Provide regular performance and health reports, ensuring system stability and proactive risk management.
- Train customer IT teams on Cohesity management, backup strategies, and operational workflows.
- Work closely with stakeholders to align Cohesity strategies with business continuity and disaster recovery goals.
- Advise on upgrades, patches, and enhancements to keep the Cohesity environment optimized.
- Extensive experience with Cohesity data protection solutions (on-premises & cloud).
- Strong understanding of VMware and Hyper-V virtualization technologies.
- Knowledge of replication, backup methodologies, and storage integrations.
- Familiarity with networking fundamentals (IPv4, DNS, NTP, firewalls).
- Scripting proficiency (PowerShell or Python) for automation and process improvements.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in backup and recovery solutions, with a focus on Cohesity.
- Proven expertise in backup infrastructure migrations, particularly from Hyper-V to VMware.
- Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and environment optimization skills.
- Ability to create clear documentation and provide effective end-user training.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills for engaging with technical and business stakeholders.
Why Join CMK Resources?
- Work with cutting-edge Cohesity solutions in large-scale enterprise environments.
- Long-term stability with a renewable 6-12-month residency.
- Remote flexibility with occasional travel (up to 15%).
- Be part of a highly skilled team that values expertise, collaboration, and innovation.
At CMK Resources, we value referrals! If you know someone who would excel in this role, we’d love to hear from them.
Direct Applicants Only – No Staffing Agencies or Third-Party Recruiters
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