Backup Administrator

We're Hitachi Vantara, a global infrastructure business. Our people are the force of meaningful progress. We enable the incredible with data - from taking theme park fans on magical rides, conserving natural resources, protecting rainforests to saving lives. We empower businesses to automate, optimize and advance innovation. Together, we create a sustainable future for all.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to inspire the future. We don't expect you to 'fit' every requirement - your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally important to us.

Meet our Team

We represent Hitachi Vantara to enterprise clients across industries, establishing business relationships to understand customer challenges so that we can deliver profitable business for Hitachi products, services and solutions. We collaborate as a team and cross-functionally to ensure the success of our customers; success that is celebrated and shared. Our solutions bring value to every line of business and we need people like you to build those deep relationships and to passionately articulate our value proposition.

What you'll be doing

Seeking to build strong relationships and trust with new and existing customers across industry sectors such as retail, finance, manufacturing and public sector.

Articulating our industry leading solutions, which include Data Centre/Storage, Cloud, Big Data, Advanced Analytics and IoT, to enable your customers to realise the highest levels of success.

What you bring to the team

• Backup technology experience with a clear understanding of snapshots, data & systems recovery technologies
• Ethernet, Wireless, and TCP/IP configuration and troubleshooting
• Self-reliance and proactive work style
• NetBackup 8 and above versions administration experience
• NetBackup application backup/restore utilities and scripting (GUI & CLI)
• Red Hat Linux/Windows System Administration (emphasis on Linux)
• Able to liaise effectively with the network support, service desk, client support, database, architecture, and security groups work with OEMs & Third Party vendors
• Identifies multiple alternatives to resolves business needs
• Looks for improvement and growth opportunities in own area
• Monitors production systems in order to identify or recognize production problems
• Assist with Root cause analysis as needed
• Monitoring of all backup and restore activities
• Restarting of failed backups
• Handles incidents relating to backup failures and change tickets related to restore requests
• Tape drive and Tape library administration
• Netbackup appliance administration
• Woking experience in Replication, Migration and DR
• Knowledge in SAN zoning
• Perform restores from Netbackup (Windows, Unix, Exchange, SQL, VM)
• Veritas Clustering Server (VCS) knoweldge
• Developing and deploying NetBackup, OpsCenter reports
• Network Administration (related to firewalls, LAN, etc)
• Domino, Informix, Oracle, SAP and DB2 backups in a NetBackup environment
• Ability to automate utilizing PowerShell, Perl
• Act as subject matter expert (SME) and highest contact point of technical problem escalation within the Server Solutions Team for Veritas Netbackup Operations
• Provide advanced technical assistance
• Assist on Server Project execution and planning
• Assist on system design and planning
• Performs troubleshooting techniques on storage processes, applications, and hardware in a SOX compliant manner
• Works in conjunction with entire Platform Support team & Vendors to maintain system uptime on all enterprise wide platform devices to a world-class level
• Participate in shifts, on-call rotation for off-hours & Weekend support
• Strong written and oral communication in English is a must

Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.

How we look after you

We want to help you take care of your today and tomorrow - at home and at work. Which is why we offer industry-leading benefits that go far beyond compensation. That means support, services, and resources that also take care of your holistic health and wellbeing. We're always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. Here, you'll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with. We're also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent).

About us

We're a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.

We're proud to say we're an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.