Description
NetBackup Engineer
Skills: SAN, Storage, Symantec/Veritas Administration & Configuration
Summary
Our client has maintained consistent growth and stability because of their diversified portfolio of products, and are looking for a NetBackup Engineer to add to their team. You will need to have administrated NetBackup in large environments, as well as be fluent with NetBackup CLI and troubleshooting debug logs. You must have strong experience with NetBackup in a SAN environment and SSO on UNIX/Linux/Windows platforms. You will need to have excellent communication skills in working with technical and non-technical people, and the ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships among all levels of an organization. Their culture consists of fun teams with seasoned professionals who are talented, corporate and knowledgeable. This is a 12 + month contract opportunity.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the day-to-day success of data backup, recovery, and media management.
- Manage NetBackup production environment to ensure success of backup jobs.
- Perform first/second level troubleshooting of backup failures.
- Maintain a working knowledge of a wide range of applications and systems.
- Manage backup clients, policies, and schedules.
- Support user backup and restore requests.
- Manage tape media for backup devices and offsite storage. Maintain media security.
- Provide break/fix support of associated backup hardware and software. Coordinate support provided by 3rd party vendors.
- Work collaboratively with other IT Teams to design, install, and implement IT solutions to fit the business' backup requirements.
- Maintain backup system performance by pro-active monitoring and trending the utilization of system resources.
- Maintain backup system reliability and availability by managing system updates and patches.
- Design, install, and implement systems to provide efficient, cost effective solutions for the business' backup needs. Research technology trends and directions within the industry, to assist with developing long-term IT infrastructure backup strategies.
Qualifications
- Veritas/Symantec Shared Storage Option (SSO).
- Veritas NetBackup Advanced Client, SQL Agent & RMAN.
- Veritas Backup to Disk (B2D).
- Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL) Experience.
- NetBackup 7.0/6.5.
- Must have administrated NetBackup in large environments.
- Must be fluent in the NetBackup CLI and troubleshooting debug logs.
- Strong experience with NetBackup in a SAN environment and SSO on UNIX/Linux/Windows platforms.
- Have broad and deep experience configuring backup storage hardware including tape libraries, tape drives, VTL, and disk storage units within NetBackup.
- Experience on de-duplication storage devices using NetBackup.
- Knowledgeable of disaster recovery and replication methodologies.
- Bachelor's degree with a concentration in computer science, management information systems or related field or equivalent experience.
Benefits
As an Agile consultant, you'll gain many of the advantages and benefits of being a direct hire, while experiencing the flexibility of consulting. It's the best of both worlds! Our IT consultants enjoy a wide array of benefits including: medical, dental, 401K, life insurance, Employee Assistance Program and more.