Backup Solutions Manager

About the role

The Backup Solutions Manager leads the design, implementation and ongoing management of enterprise‑wide backup and data‑protection solutions. You will ensure data availability, integrity and rapid recovery across on‑premises, hybrid and cloud environments while supporting business continuity and disaster‑recovery objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Design, deploy and operate backup and recovery platforms such as Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup and DLO.
• Maintain backup architecture for physical, virtual, containerised and cloud workloads.
• Manage storage solutions including Data Domain, ExaGrid and Huawei.
• Define and enforce backup policies, standards and best practices to meet RPO/RTO targets.
• Monitor backup operations, generate reports and handle incidents.
• Plan and execute restoration testing, disaster‑recovery drills and ransomware‑protection strategies.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, security and application teams.
• Oversee vendor relationships, contracts and solution road‑maps.
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of backup engineers.
• Support audits, regulatory compliance and security assessments.
• Perform capacity planning, cost optimisation and technology lifecycle management.

Required profile

• Minimum 7 years of IT infrastructure experience with a strong focus on backup and data protection.
• Hands‑on experience with enterprise backup and recovery solutions.
• Solid understanding of storage technologies (SAN, NAS, Object Storage) and virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper‑V).
• Experience with application‑aware backups and cloud backup solutions (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
• Experience in banking or large‑enterprise environments is advantageous.

Required skills

• Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, DLO
• Data Domain, ExaGrid, Huawei storage
• SAN, NAS, Object Storage
• VMware, Hyper‑V
• AWS, Azure, GCP (cloud backup)
• Backup policy design, RPO/RTO compliance
• Ransomware protection, immutable backups