Network Systems Specialist - Backup Administrator

Overview

CTG is seeking to fill a Network Systems Specialist – Backup Administrator position for our client.

Location: Buffalo, NY
Duration: Client Permanent Placement

Duties:

• Provide a full range of technical services for infrastructure technologies, including servers and SAN environments, covering setup, configuration, implementation, security, system traffic analysis, capacity planning, and daily operations.

• Serve as the primary enterprise backup administrator.

• Administer and support Veeam and Commvault enterprise backup platforms.

• Manage and schedule backups to ensure timely and reliable data protection.

• Monitor backup jobs, investigate failures, and implement corrective actions.

• Verify backup integrity and perform restore operations (file-level, application-level, and VM-level) as required.

• Troubleshoot backup and recovery issues under defined SLAs.

• Maintain backup documentation, operational runbooks, logs, and audit/compliance records.

• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and security teams to ensure backup solutions align with business continuity and disaster recovery objectives (RTO/RPO).

• Support small infrastructure-related projects and ongoing system operations.

Skills:

• Hands-on administration of enterprise backup and recovery solutions, specifically Commvault and/or Veeam Backup & Replication.

• Strong understanding of backup methodologies, retention policies, and restore operations.

• Experience monitoring backups, troubleshooting failures, and executing restores in production environments.

• Administration experience in virtualized environments (VMware vSphere and/or Microsoft Hyper-V).

• Working knowledge of Windows Server environments; familiarity with Linux systems supporting repositories or hardened backup targets.

• Knowledge of SAN/NAS storage technologies, disk-based repositories, and backup capacity planning.

• Understanding of disaster recovery practices, backup verification, and restore testing.

• Familiarity with security practices including patching, access controls, and vulnerability remediation related to backup infrastructure.

• Strong documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in backup administration or infrastructure support roles supporting enterprise environments.

Education:

One of the following is required:

1. Master’s degree and two (2) years of full-time experience in computer system hardware, operating systems and software, enterprise networking, or computer systems security; or

2. Bachelor’s degree and four (4) years of full-time experience in computer system hardware, operating systems and software, enterprise networking, or computer systems security; or

3. Associate’s degree and six (6) years of full-time experience in computer system hardware, operating systems and software, enterprise networking, or computer systems security; or

4. High School Diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma and eight (8) years of full-time experience in computer system hardware, operating systems and software, enterprise networking, or computer systems security.

Degrees must be granted by an accredited college, university, or recognized educational institution.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced experience with Commvault Enterprise environments, including policy design, storage configuration, and reporting.

• Advanced Veeam features such as scale-out repositories, replication, and enterprise monitoring.

• Commvault Certified Professional (CCP) and/or Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) certifications.

• VMware, Microsoft, or storage-focused infrastructure certifications.

• Experience backing up databases and enterprise applications (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle).

• Scripting or automation experience (PowerShell or shell scripting).

• Exposure to hybrid or cloud-integrated backup architectures and object storage tiering.

• Strong communication skills when working with infrastructure, application, security, and audit teams.

Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.

CTG does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee based recruitment services for this role.

To Apply:
To be considered, please apply directly to this requisition using the link provided. For additional information, please contact Tana Stilloe at Tana.Stilloe@ctg.com. Kindly forward this to any other interested parties. Thank you!

The expected base salary for this position ranges from $90,000 to $110,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, market factors, and where applicable, licensure or certifications obtained. In addition to salary, a competitive benefit package is also offered.