Our client, located in Chicago, IL, is currently in need of a Sr Backup Engineer for a 12 month contract. The consultant will work 100% onsite and will be responsible for assisting customer with planning and performing data backups, re-pointing and operations management of the backup environment. The backup environment consists of Avamar, Data Domain, PPDM and Networker
Responsibilities:
Environment discovery and assessment:
- Review existing Avamar, Networker and Data Domain configuration, policies, schedules, retention setting and protection groups
- Document current backup clients, workloads, data domains/Mtrees and replication relationships in place
Backup architecture and migration planning
- Assist in defining the target backup architecture leveraging PPDM and Data Domain in the new Dell private cloud solution
- Map legacy Avamar/Networker backup policies and workflows to PPDM policies and Data Domain targets
- PPDM and Data Domain configuration support
- Assist with configuration and validation of PDM components required to protect in-scope workloads (e.g. protection policies, schedules, SLAs retention)
- Assist with configuration and tuning of Data Domain for use as a backup target (e.g. DD Boost, Mtrees, storage units, logical capacity planning, and basic replication configuration where required.
- Assist with application signoff on major backup configurations changes or revision of new backup standards, for example global skip directives of database servers
Network integration and target repointing
- Assist with configuring Networker to use the new Data Domain systems as backup targets, including creation and modification of DD Boost devices and storage units
- Repoint in-scope Network backup jobs and client configurations from legacy Data Domain systems to new Data Domain environment, where appropriate and agreed in the migration plan.
- Long term retention data migrations where applicable
Avamar/legacy backup transition support
- Assist in transitioning in-scope backup workloads from Avamar to PPDM/Data Domain, as defined in the migration plan (for example, creating equivalent backup policies and enabling new backups on PPDM)
Required Skills:
- Ability to consult and support Avamar, Data Domain, PPDM, Networker
- Experience performing backup migrations
- Ability to work 100% onsite
ClearBridge Technology Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We offer excellent benefits and compensation packages.
The expected hourly rate range for this role is: $55 - 85 per hour
The posted range is an estimate, the actual compensation offer will be based on the candidate's experience, skills, qualifications and will be in line with internal equity.