Storage & Backup Administrator

Job Locations
PT-11-Lisbon
Job area
IT & Digital
Employment type
Permanent
Workplace
Remote

Overview

Expleo is a trusted partner for your innovation journey. As a global engineering, technology and consulting service provider, we are ideally positioned to help you achieve your ambitions and future-proof your business. With a smart blend of bold thinking and reliable execution, we’re able to fast-track innovation through each step of your value chain.

We are strategically positioned to build value, with a global footprint across 30 countries.
We are as global and local as you need us to be, with strong best-in-class pan-European technological centres and unique best-shoring capabilities.

We leverage a network of high value-adding affiliates in consulting and industrial excellence, and leading partners across multiple sectors to provide you with the most comprehensive services and solutions in an ever-changing environment.

Responsibilities

- Administer enterprise storage and backup infrastructure systems.

- Provide technical support to users (connectivity, performance, troubleshooting, storage, backups, etc.).

- Manage backup clients, schedules, and retention policies.

- Monitor and evaluate storage and backup service performance.

- Coordinate replacement of failed Backup, Storage, and SAN components and ensure service restoration.

- Create and maintain detailed technical and graphical documentation.

- Develop and update tools and scripts to automate and improve storage and backup operations.

- Lead complex projects involving storage solutions in mid-to-large environments.

- Provide on-call support on a rotation basis outside business hours.

- Perform additional duties as required.

Essential skills

- Proven hands-on experience in enterprise storage and backup administration across heterogeneous environments.

- Strong experience with enterprise storage platforms, including: NetApp ONTAP (FAS, vNAS/file/object services, SolidFire); Dell PowerStore or equivalent block storage platforms; CEPH.

- Experience in provisioning, performance troubleshooting, lifecycle maintenance, and incident resolution in production environments.

- Solid knowledge of SAN and storage transport technologies, including Cisco MDS Fiber Channel fabrics.

- Ability to troubleshoot end-to-end connectivity between hosts and storage.

- Strong understanding of storage replication, data protection technologies, and host integration best practices.

- Experience with OS-level storage tuning and performance optimization.

- Extensive experience with backup and data protection platforms such as Dell EMC Avamar, Dell EMC Data Domain, and Veeam Backup & Replication.

- Experience managing backup policies, retention, client onboarding, and recovery processes.

- Familiarity with disk-based and tape-based backup architectures.

- Good understanding of networking fundamentals (Ethernet switching, TCP/IP, routing basics, LACP).

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Ability to work in structured enterprise environments, following processes and procedures.

- Clear communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and vendors.

- Strong ownership, reliability, and ability to meet deadlines.

Desired skills

- Experience with scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash, Ansible, or similar).

- Experience with Microsoft 365 backup solutions (e.g., AvePoint, Spanning).

- Exposure to Software Defined Storage (SDS) platforms.

- Knowledge of Linux administration and Microsoft Windows Server environments.

- Familiarity with virtualization platforms such as VMware.

- Relevant certifications (e.g., EMC Avamar, Data Domain, ECS, Dell/EMC, NetApp storage systems, Cisco MDS, ITIL).

What do I need before I apply

-The opportunity is remote but the candidate must already be living in PT.

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