Senior Data Protection Engineer
Job Summary
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About Commvault
Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover take action and rapidly recover from cyberattacks keeping data safe and businesses resilient. The companys unique AI-powered platform combines best-in-class data protection exceptional data security advanced data intelligence and lightning-fast recovery across any workload or cloud at the lowest TCO. For over 25 years more than 100000 organizations and a vast partner ecosystem have relied on Commvault to reduce risks improve governance and do more with data.
The Opportunity
We have an outstanding opportunity for a Sr. Data Protection Engineer in our Commvault Managed Services team. The Engineer will interact directly with customers and customer environments to provide day-to-day operational management of our customers Commvault solution. The ideal candidate will have experience within the areas of troubleshooting the infrastructure and product issues.
What youll do
- Successfully interact through phone and email with customers as you solve their problems
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex customer issues
- Install and configure Commvault hardware and software following the design specifications provided to meet the customers technical and business requirements.
- Onboarding new accounts in partnership with our Data Protection Specialist or Professional Services team
- Perform data migration tasks to transition the customer from the previous backup infrastructure to the new infrastructure.
- Install and configure backup agents to protect the customers applications databases and hypervisors.
- Work with the customer and Commvault technical support and/or development to troubleshoot any technical issues blocking progress.
- Maintain case ownership and keep customers informed of progress on their issues by contacting them periodically with updates.
- Consistently meet/exceed customer account needs; identify opportunities to enhance delivery of company service and support goals.
- Architect Commvault software solutions to address customer needs. Suggest these solutions to the customer proactively to continuously expand and improve customer deployment of Commvault.
- Develop requirements and design for Commvault software modifications and enhancements. Actively work with developers to implement and test these enhancements.
- Develop subject matter expertise of assigned client/partners product lines equipment APRs SOPs Bugs and applicable fixes.
- Work independently with a focused direction while adding value and contributing to overall team performance.
- Maintain an on-going awareness of the Customer base and ensure delivery against contractual obligations.
- Continually pursue on-going training and development opportunities to advance skill sets and in turn ability to effectively deliver to Customers.
- Stay up to date on the latest best practices to ensure the smoothest Managed Services delivery
Who you are
- Bachelor of Engineering from Computer Science / Information Technology / Electronics OR Bachelor of Computer Application Master of Computer Application.
- Commvault or any other backup product experienced professional with 9 years of relevant experience in Technical Support / Professional Services / Managed Services / Backup Administration
- Required Technical Skills:
- Strong knowledge & experience of Networking Storage & Linux Operating System
- Proficiency with TCP/IP networking
- Proficiency with SCSI iSCSI or Fibre Channel
- Commvault implementation & advanced troubleshooting experience
- Proficiency with backup and recovery of Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online SharePoint Online OneDrive for Business Teams)
- Proficiency with backup and recovery of Microsoft Applications (SQL Server SharePoint and Exchange)
- Proficiency with backup and recovery of databases (Oracle SAP/Oracle SAP HANA)
- Proficiency with Public Cloud platform like AWS GCP Azure etc.
- Proficiency with private cloud (VMware Hyper-V)
- Preferred Technical Skills:
- Hands-on experience with object storage (AWS S3 NetApp StorageGRID)
- Hands-on experience with data archive and search
- Proficiency with Linux scripting
- Advanced Commvault Certification (Solutions Architect Master)
- Desired Technical Skills:
- Advanced Industry Certification (AWS VMWare Microsoft Linux)
- Excellent diagnostic and troubleshooting skills.
- Must be able to multi-task and effectively prioritize within a high volume/time sensitive environment
- Ability to take detailed notes work independently and efficiently to communicate effectively as a member of a remote workforce
- Excellent communication etiquette including strong verbal written communication and listening skills.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly and then leverage gained knowledge.
- Enjoy working in a highly technical team environment
- Customer focused approach with strong customer service skills
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About Company
Explore a next-generation, ​AI-enabled evolution of Commvault Cloud that integrates data security, cyber recovery, and identity resilience into one unified platform spanning cloud, SaaS, hybrid, and on-premises environments.