Backup Solutions Manager

About the role

The Backup Solutions Manager will lead the design, implementation, and ongoing management of enterprise‑wide backup and data‑protection solutions. You will ensure data availability, integrity, and recoverability 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, containerized and cloud workloads.
• Manage backup storage systems 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 roadmaps.
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of backup and data‑protection engineers.
• Support audits, regulatory compliance and security assessments.
• Perform capacity planning, cost optimisation and technology lifecycle management.

Required profile

• Minimum 7 years of experience in IT infrastructure 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).
• Experience with virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper‑V).
• Knowledge of application‑aware backups and cloud backup solutions (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
• Experience in large‑scale or banking environments is advantageous.

Required skills

• Veeam
• Commvault
• NetBackup
• DLO
• Data Domain
• ExaGrid
• Huawei backup storage
• SAN
• NAS
• Object Storage
• VMware
• Hyper‑V
• AWS
• Azure
• GCP