Backup and Storage Administrator

Job details

Domain

Performance and Support

Job field / Job profile

IT - Operating system / telecom network expert

Job title

Backup and Storage Administrator

Employment type

Permanent

Professional category

Employees / Staff

Part time / Full time

Full-time

Job description

HERE, WE CRAFT EXCELLENCE TOGETHER. At Safran, we believe in sustainable career journeys, collaboration as a cornerstone of innovation, and the freedom to explore diverse career paths. We are proud to be featured in TIME's World's Best Companies 2025 ranking, securing 2nd place in the Aerospace & Defense sector and 52nd overall. As a Backup & Storage Administrator, you'll contribute to meaningful projects that shape the future of aerospace.
This position contributes to our vision by:
Actively contribute to the technical design of enterprise backup and storage solutions in partnership with company architects and in alignment with approved architecture standards.
Take full responsibility for the build, integration, testing, and deployment of approved backup and storage solutions across Safran Electrical & Power sites.
Independently prepare production changes, including implementation and rollback plans, testing evidence, scheduling, dependencies, risk and impact assessments, and required approvals.
Deliver backup, storage, modernization, resilience, and CMMC-related projects across restricted US environments and non-restricted international environments.
Work closely with project managers to translate technical deployment choices, constraints, risks, and impacts into clear, accessible information for business stakeholders, including international audiences.
Engineer reusable standards and automation for deployment, validation, reporting, and routine administration, while supporting the progressive adoption of cloud-based backup and storage solutions and SysOps methods.
Assure Build-to-Run readiness through complete documentation, CMDB updates, monitoring integration, compliance evidence, recovery and rollback procedures, operational acceptance, and structured knowledge transfer to Run L2 and L3 teams.
Provide active expert support to Run L2 and L3 teams for complex and critical backup and storage incidents, including diagnosis, recovery, root-cause analysis, and durable corrective actions.
Administer and support Veritas NetBackup, NetApp ONTAP, NAS and SAN services, replication, and recovery processes for physical, virtual, and cloud-based systems.
Create and maintain runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and operational procedures, and proactively coach Run L2 and L3 teams to increase autonomy and reduce recurring escalations.
Monitor service health, backup success, capacity, replication, performance, and recovery readiness; identify trends and drive preventive or corrective action.
Optimize reliability, storage efficiency, automation, lifecycle management, and service levels, and contribute to roadmaps for cloud evolution and technology refresh.
Develop toward becoming the Backup and Storage Service Owner, with an initial focus on the CMMC environment, including ownership of improvement plans, capacity follow-up, compliance evidence, service reviews, and evolution priorities.

But what else? (advantages, specificities, etc.)
Embed security and compliance requirements into build standards, changes, access controls, hardening, logging, retention, recovery, and operational documentation.
Contribute to CMMC and NIST SP 800-171 projects through technical control implementation, evidence production, gap remediation, and coordination with cybersecurity, compliance, architecture, and operations teams.
Strengthen cyber-recovery through encryption, least privilege, immutability where applicable, tested recovery procedures, and corrective actions from exercises and audits.
Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
Comply with all company safety, environmental, quality, and security policies.
Support continuous improvement initiative
Perform other duties as assigned.
Adheres to safe work practices and contributes to the evolution of the health, safety, and environmental program and culture;
Regular, predictable attendance is required;
Promote and Participate on Safety Management System Culture
Other duties may be assigned.
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of five years of hands-on experience supporting and engineering enterprise backup and storage environments or comparable infrastructure platforms.
Hands-on experience administering and engineering Veritas NetBackup or a comparable enterprise backup platform.

Candidate skills & requirements
Hands-on experience administering and engineering NetApp ONTAP or a comparable enterprise storage platform.
Experience delivering infrastructure builds, changes, migrations, and production handovers, and providing expert support to Run teams in highly available, mission-critical environments.
Experience collaborating with architects and project managers, assessing business impact, and communicating technical topics to non-technical and international stakeholders.
Knowledge/Skills
Enterprise Backup and Storage Build Engineering and Architecture Collaboration - Expert
Veritas NetBackup Administration and Engineering - Expert
NetApp ONTAP, NAS, SAN, SnapMirror, and SnapVault Technologies - Expert
Complex Incident Resolution and Recovery - Expert
Build-to-Run Transition and Knowledge Transfer - Expert
Change Preparation, Risk and Business Impact Management - Advanced
CMMC and NIST SP 800-171 Technical Control Implementation - Advanced
Disaster Recovery, Cyber-Resilience, and Business Continuity - Advanced
Capacity, Performance, Monitoring, and Lifecycle Management - Advanced
Technical Documentation and Business Communication - Advanced
Cloud Backup and Storage Solutions - Basic
SysOps and Infrastructure Automation Concepts, including scripting and infrastructure-as-code tools - Basic
ITIL Service Management Framework - Basic
CMDB, Audit Evidence, and Compliance Documentation - Basic
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
NetApp certifications, such as NCSA, NCDA, or NCSE, are preferred.
Experience supporting regulated manufacturing, aerospace, or defense environments.
Knowledge of CMMC and NIST 800-171 compliance requirements
This description outlines the general nature and level of work for this position. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary by assignment or group. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Safran Electrical & Power is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. For verification or accommodation requests, please email or call . We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

Candidates for positions with Safran Electrical & Power must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employment eligibility verification will be required at the time of hire.

This position requires access to technologies and hardware subject to US national security based export control requirements. No company sponsorship will be offered

Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

Annual salary

Based on Experience

Job location

Job location

North America, United States, Texas

City (-ies)

Denton

Applicant criteria

Minimum education level achieved

Bachelor's Degree

Minimum experience level required

More than 5 years

ITAR Controlled Position: Select "Yes" if role requires U.S. citizenship/permanent residency

Yes