Overview:  The Sr. Backup & Storage Engineer will be responsible for the expert-level design, architecture, and delivery of enterprise storage and backup solutions, supporting infrastructure, and tools.  The primary role focus will be backups and recovery for our current on-prem and co-location roadmap designs, on-prem to cloud transition, technical deployment, troubleshooting, support, and problem resolution relating to complex backup and storage systems. 

Essential Functions: 

• Key contributor in setting roadmaps, developing, and implementing plans for backup and storage solutions across on-premises and multi-cloud environments 

• Key contributor in defining and driving data storage, backup, and recovery initiatives in an efficient and scalable manner, working with all levels of CMM/McKesson to address related requirements, problem escalation/resolution, skills development, and training 

• Evaluate and test multi-vendor storage and backup solution products and platforms, make recommendations based on research, develop plans, and implement 

• Continually seeks ways to automate redundant functions to improve quality and efficiencies of tasks 

• Acts as lead on large projects for BU’s to provide cloud storage and backup solutions as needed in a team environment 

• Documents standards, architecture, implementation procedures, and troubleshooting 

• Manages customer expectations.  Keeps the customer aware of the project status, critical issues, and risks. Obtains customer sign-off at appropriate checkpoints 

• Acts as a contact point for vendors during evaluation, implementation, and decommissioning of identity platforms 

• Keeps management well informed on a timely basis of progress, status, and concerns for each assignment 

• Effectively communicates ideas and information to peers, management, and customers 

• Responsible for training, mentoring, directing, and validating the work of less experienced/knowledgeable team members 

• Member of on-call rotation. 

• Consistently demonstrates regular, dependable attendance & punctuality 

• Can perform all duties while working remotely or on-site 

Minimum Requirements: 

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 7+ years of relevant experience 

Critical Skills:  

• Demonstrable, senior level experience with Dell Compellent, Data Domain, and Rubrik,  

• Advanced experience with Azure Cloud deployment and storage at an enterprise level. 

Preferred Skills: 

• 5+ years’ experience with On-prem, Co-Location, Cloud, and Hybrid-Cloud Storage, Backup, and Recovery Solutions 

• 5+ years’ experience in Storage Engineering, managing Backup Solutions, managing Enterprise Storage Solutions, experience with data storage security concepts and best practices, vulnerability assessment, and remediation. 

• Advanced experience with GCP, AWS Clouds 

• Advanced experience transitioning/migrating data center workloads from on-prem to co-location, and on-prem to cloud. 

• Advanced experience with automation of repetitive task 

• Advanced expertise in communication and transferring knowledge to peers, sub-peers, and supporting teams 

• Advanced experience integrating on-prem, co-location, and cloud-based backup solutions for enterprise assets 

Additional Skills: 

• Working knowledge of  Oracle Rack, Cohesity, NetApp, Actifio, VEEAM, Veritas NetBackup, OKM, etc. 

• Working storage, backup, and recovery experience with Microsoft SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle RAC, MongoDB, VMware, Terraform, etc. 

• Experience with large-scale storage, backup, and recovery initiatives across on-prem, co-location, and cloud data centers 

Education/Experience: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional experience in Information Security, Information Technology or related fields 

Communication Skills: 

• Ability to read, write, and interpret instructional documents such as reports and procedure manuals 

Reasoning Ability: 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision 

• Strong leadership profile and excellent negotiation skills 

• Strong presentation and written and verbal communication skills 

• Ability to effectively communicate technical issues and solutions to all levels of business 

• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on business needs.