Backup Administrator

Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile

Job Title: Veritas NetBackup Administrator

Experience: 4-8 Years

Location: Mumbai

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled Veritas NetBackup Administrator to manage, maintain, and support enterprise backup and recovery environments. The candidate should have hands-on experience with Veritas NetBackup, backup policies, disaster recovery, storage management, and troubleshooting backup failures.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, and support Veritas NetBackup environments.
• Manage backup, restore, and recovery operations for servers, databases, virtual machines, and applications.
• Monitor daily backup jobs and resolve backup/restoration failures.
• Configure and maintain backup policies, schedules, retention policies, and storage units.
• Perform disaster recovery planning, testing, and documentation.
• Manage backup infrastructure including Media Servers, Master Servers, Tape Libraries, and Disk Storage.
• Troubleshoot performance issues related to backup and storage systems.
• Configure and support NDMP backups, VMware backups, and cloud backup solutions.
• Perform capacity planning and storage utilization analysis.
• Generate backup reports and maintain compliance with organizational policies.
• Coordinate with system administrators, database administrators, and application teams for backup requirements.
• Ensure backup environment security and data protection best practices.

Required Skills

• Hands-on experience with Veritas NetBackup Administration.
• Strong knowledge of backup and recovery concepts.
• Experience with Windows and Linux server administration.
• Understanding of SAN, NAS, and storage technologies.
• Experience with VMware vSphere backups.
• Knowledge of tape libraries, deduplication appliances, and storage lifecycle policies.
• Familiarity with disaster recovery and business continuity processes.
• Good troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Experience in scripting (PowerShell/Shell) is an added advantage.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with NetBackup Appliance.
• Knowledge of cloud integrations (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with ITIL processes.
• Relevant Veritas certifications preferred.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.