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Senior Backup Engineer - Cyber Resiliency & Cloud Automation

Spectraforce Technologies
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Sep 04, 2026
Job Title: Senior Backup Engineer - Cyber Resiliency & Cloud Automation Duration: 9+ months, (Potential Contract-to-Hire) Location: Chicago, IL - onsite 3 days per week\| open to Tempe, AZ or other NT locations where a candidate could go into a local NT office Position Summary We are seeking a highly technical Senior Backup Engineer to assist with designing, implementing, automating, and continuously improve enterprise backup, cyber recovery, and data protection platforms across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments along with a DTE (Dedicated Testing Environment). This role will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for modernizing backup infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, immutable air-gapped architectures, and recovery testing. The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in enterprise backup technologies, cyber resiliency, cloud infrastructure, Terraform development, scripting, and large-scale recovery validation. They should be comfortable architecting secure solutions while driving automation and operational excellence within a highly regulated enterprise. Experience Level: 3 - Senior Required Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience. * 8+ years of enterprise backup engineering experience. * 5+ years designing enterprise backup architectures. * Experience supporting Fortune 500 or highly regulated environments. * Extensive experience with hybrid cloud infrastructure. * Strong understanding of cyber resiliency principles. Required Technical Skills Backup Technologies Experience with one or more: * Cohesity * Dell PowerProtect Data Domain * Dell PowerProtect Data Manager * Dell Cyber Recovery Vault * Rubrik * Veeam * Commvault * Veritas NetBackup Air-Gap & Immutable Backup Deep experience implementing: * Immutable backup repositories * Air-gapped backup solutions * Cyber recovery vaults * Secure recovery environments * Clean room recovery concepts * Ransomware recovery strategies Cloud Platforms Experience with: * AWS * Microsoft Azure * Azure Local * VMware Cloud * Kubernetes/OpenShift Infrastructure as Code Strong expertise in: * Terraform * Terraform Modules * GitHub * Git-based workflows * CI/CD pipelines Scripting Advanced scripting experience with: * PowerShell * Python * Bash * REST APIs * JSON/YAML Operating Systems Experience with: * Windows Server * Linux (RHEL preferred) * VMware ESXi Preferred Qualifications * Experience designing enterprise cyber recovery architectures. * Knowledge of NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-209, and ransomware recovery best practices. * Experience integrating backup platforms with SIEM, monitoring, and automation tools. * Familiarity with enterprise observability platforms such as Dynatrace or Splunk. * Experience with storage technologies including Dell PowerStore, PowerScale, NetApp, or Pure Storage. * Experience supporting financial services or other highly regulated industries. * Relevant certifications (AWS, Azure, VMware, HashiCorp Terraform, Cohesity, Dell Technologies, Veeam, or similar). Leadership Competencies * Exceptional troubleshooting and analytical skills. * Strong automation-first mindset. * Ability to simplify complex technical problems. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills. * Collaborative leader capable of influencing cross-functional engineering teams. * Passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence. * Ability to mentor engineers while driving engineering standards and best practices. Tasks & Responsibilities: Enterprise Backup & Recovery * Design, implement, administer, and optimize enterprise backup and recovery platforms across physical, virtual, cloud, and containerized workloads. * Lead the architecture and operational management of immutable and air-gapped backup environments to defend against ransomware and destructive cyber events. * Develop enterprise backup standards, engineering patterns, and operational procedures. * Perform capacity planning, lifecycle management, performance tuning, and storage optimization. * Ensure backup solutions consistently meet enterprise RTO, RPO, security, and compliance requirements. Air-Gapped Cyber Recovery * Design and engineer logically and physically isolated cyber recovery environments. * Implement immutable backup strategies utilizing modern cyber vault technologies. * Validate secure backup replication into isolated environments. * Build automated processes for backup validation and malware-free recovery verification. * Partner with Cyber Security teams to support ransomware recovery strategies and cyber resilience initiatives. Automation & Infrastructure as Code * Develop reusable Terraform modules for deploying backup infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments. * Automate backup deployments using Infrastructure as Code principles. * Create automation utilizing: o PowerShell o Python o Bash o REST APIs * Build self-service deployment capabilities and standardized backup patterns. * Integrate automation into enterprise CI/CD pipelines. Recovery Testing & Engineering * Build and maintain dedicated backup testing and validation environments. * Design automated recovery validation frameworks. * Lead enterprise recovery exercises including: o Backup restore validation o Bare metal recovery testing o Database recovery o File recovery o VM recovery o Cloud workload recovery o Cyber recovery scenario testing * Continuously improve testing automation to increase confidence in recoverability. Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer backup solutions supporting: * AWS * Microsoft Azure * Private Cloud * VMware * Hyper-V * Kubernetes/OpenShift * Traditional on-prem infrastructure Support cloud-native backup strategies including immutable object storage and cloud disaster recovery. Engineering & Continuous Improvement * Build engineering standards and reusable automation frameworks. * Evaluate emerging backup and cyber recovery technologies. * Optimize backup performance and reduce operational complexity. * Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership. * Participate in architecture reviews and enterprise resiliency initiatives.