Principal Backup Disaster Recovery Architect
Principal Backup Disaster Recovery Architect
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Job Description
About Us:
Cognex is the largest most successful and recognized global player in industrial machine vision! We are a financially strong international company with no debt and have been in business for over 40 years. Using advanced optics image sensors and artificial intelligence software Cognex vision and ID systems capture an image then analyze it to make sense of whats being seen.We are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable work environment guided by our Work Hard Play Hard Move Fast culture which celebrates employee innovation determination and dedication in a dynamic fun and distinctive atmosphere.
This role is a hybrid schedule
The Team: Global Infrastructure & Security Team part of our Global IT organization
As a member of the Global Infrastructure Team you will be part of a team of highly skilled IT infrastructure Architect dedicated to excellence and responsible for architecting developing and maintaining IT infrastructure solutions onpremise and in the cloud that deliver and protect Cognexs compute storage and networking requirements in support of customer requirements throughout Cognex
The Role:
As a an IT Infrastructure Engineer Backup & Recovery you will be a pivotal IT team member responsible for designing implementing and maintaining robust backup and disaster recovery solutions. This role involves advanced technical expertise leadership and strategic planning to protect the organizations critical data and systems and swiftly recover during a disruption.
As a senior team member you will champion lead and operate the architecture and solutions that ensure the backup and recovery of Cognex systems applications and data worldwide. Your experience and analytical skills will be relied upon to recommend and facilitate decisionmaking on costeffective solutions for Cognex.
In the onpremise environment you will be responsible for architecting implementing maintaining and securing the computing and storage infrastructure that comprises Cognexs platform as a service and managing the capacity and utilization. In the cloud environment you will be responsible for architect and prescribing the virtualization and storage products standards policies and configurations that will accompany provisioned assets relying on the elasticity of the cloud and product selection of the cloud teams to manage the effectiveness of compute and storage relative to cost (efficiency).
Your ability to influence and champion the optimization and evolution of the technologies and services required to provide these infrastructure services is critical including managing vendors maintaining budgets and developing and presenting business cases that facilitate decisionmaking.
Essential Functions:
Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) Strategy and Planning:
Develop and evolve the organizations backup and disaster recovery strategy ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry best practices
Lead the planning and of comprehensive backup and recovery initiatives
Solution Design and Implementation:
Design and implement enterpriselevel backup and disaster recovery solutions leveraging advanced technologies and methodologies
Collaborate with infrastructure security and application teams to integrate BDR solutions seamlessly into the IT landscape
Technical Leadership:
Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of BDR engineers fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment
Mentor junior team members and conduct knowledgesharing sessions
Disaster Recovery Testing and Optimization:
Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans conducting regular testing to validate effectiveness and identify areas for improvement
Optimize BDR processes through automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
Incident Response:
Play a key role in incident response activities providing expertise in identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions during data loss or system failure incidents
Ensure swift and effective recovery of critical systems and data
Documentation and Compliance:
Maintain comprehensive and uptodate documentation of BDR configurations procedures and policies
Ensure compliance with relevant regulations standards and industry best practices
Capacity Planning:
Conduct regular assessments of BDR infrastructure to ensure it meets the organizations growing needs
Plan for scalability and expansion as required
Collaboration and Communication:
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to understand business requirements and ensure BDR solutions meet organizational needs.
Communicate effectively with stakeholders providing regular updates and reports on BDR initiatives
Training and Development:
Conduct training sessions for IT staff and endusers on BDR best practices and procedures
Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging backup and recovery technologies
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Experience with VMware Cohesity Zerto Solar Winds AWS EC2 S3 Containers and Docker; Azure Compute and Storage Services
Familiarity with API Security Container Security AWS Cloud Security
Knowledge of PCIDSS HIPPA SOX GDPR and CCPA Standards and Policies and the associated certification and audit processes
Experience with Linuxbased infrastructures Linux/Unix administration Windows administration Azure and AWS
Knowledge of scripting languages such as Java JavaScript Perl Ruby Python PHP Groovy Bash
Experience with project management and workflow tools such as Agile Jira Scrum/Kanban etc
Experience with opensource technologies and cloud services
Strong communication skills and ability to explain protocol and processes with team and management
Exceptional troubleshooting skills with the ability to spot issues before they become problems.
Stay current with industry trends and best practices concerning computing storage backup and recovery
Time and project management skills with the capability to prioritize and multitask as needed.
Solid team player
Qualifications:
Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field
Several years of experience in backup and disaster recovery with a focus on designing and implementing enterpriselevel solutions
Strong expertise in backup technologies disaster recovery planning and automation
Strong scripting skills (e.g. PowerShell Python) for automation
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Advanced troubleshooting skills and the ability to guide junior team members
Relevant certifications (e.g. Veeam Certified Engineer Certified Information Systems Security Professional CISSP) are a plus
Additional Job Description
Equal Employment Opportunity
Cognex is an equal opportunity employer. Cognex evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation gender identity or expression protected veteran status disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
