Senior Backup & Recovery Administrator (Cohesity & Veeam)

Senior Backup & Recovery Administrator (Cohesity & Veeam)

Franklin, TN (Onsite)

Fulltime

Job Description : 

Backup & Recovery Architecture:-

• Design and implement enterprise backup, recovery, and archival solutions using Cohesity and Veeam.
• Develop scalable architectures for on premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Evaluate current backup strategies and recommend improvements aligned with industry best practices.

Operations & Administration:-

• Manage day to day backup operations, including job configuration, scheduling, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Perform installation, upgrades, patching, and configuration of Cohesity and Veeam platforms.
• Ensure backup success rates, SLA adherence, and timely resolution of incidents.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity:-

• Develop and maintain DR runbooks, workflows, and recovery procedures.
• Conduct periodic DR drills, failover testing, and validation of RPO/RTO objectives.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to ensure end to end recoverability.

Performance Optimization & Automation:-

• Optimize backup performance, storage utilization, and data retention policies.
• Automate repetitive tasks using PowerShell, Python, or API based integrations.
• Implement monitoring dashboards and reporting for capacity, performance, and compliance.

Security & Compliance:-

• Ensure backup environments meet security, audit, and compliance requirements.
• Implement encryption, immutability, air gapped backups, and ransomware resilient architectures.

Collaboration & SME Leadership:-

• Act as the primary SME for Cohesity and Veeam technologies.
• Provide guidance, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to operations teams.
• Work closely with vendors, engineering teams, and stakeholders to support strategic initiatives.

Required Skills & Experience:-

• 6–10+ years of experience in enterprise backup and recovery technologies.
• Strong hands on expertise with:
• Cohesity DataProtect, DataPlatform, SmartFiles
• Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Veeam Cloud Connect
• Experience with backup installation, configuration, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Solid understanding of:
• VMware, Hyper V, and physical server backups
• NAS, SAN, and object storage
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Windows and Linux environments
• Knowledge of DR strategies, replication technologies, and snapshot based backups.
• Scripting experience (PowerShell, Python) is a strong advantage.

Preferred Qualifications:-

• Cohesity or Veeam certifications (e.g., Veeam VMCE, Cohesity Practitioner/Architect).
• Experience in large scale, multi-site enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with ITIL processes and service management tools.

Soft Skills:-

• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently and lead technical initiatives

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 ADA_Accomodations@TechMahindra.com.”