Storage Backup Administrator

About the Role

NextEra is seeking an experienced Storage Backup Administrator to join our IT Infrastructure team in Al Jubail, Eastern region. This full-time role involves managing enterprise storage environments, overseeing backup and recovery operations, and ensuring data protection and disaster recovery processes for business-critical systems. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of experience in this field.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain SAN, NAS, and DAS storage environments.
• Monitor storage capacity, performance, and system health using enterprise monitoring tools.
• Perform storage provisioning, zoning, and LUN management.
• Support storage optimization and capacity planning initiatives.
• Manage enterprise backup solutions, including Veeam.
• Execute backup monitoring, validation, and troubleshooting activities.
• Conduct regular backup testing and recovery drills to ensure data integrity and business continuity.
• Troubleshoot and resolve storage and backup-related incidents.
• Coordinate with vendors and managed service providers (MSPs) for escalations and issue resolution.
• Participate in root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure adherence to data protection, encryption, and security policies.
• Maintain compliance with organizational and regulatory data retention requirements.
• Maintain accurate documentation of storage and backup environments.
• Generate reports on storage utilization, performance metrics, and backup success rates.
• Support audit and compliance activities.
• Participate in infrastructure projects such as storage expansion, data migration, and cloud integration initiatives.
• Provide technical expertise for vendor assessments, RFPs, and solution evaluations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise storage and backup administration.
• Strong experience with storage platforms such as Dell EMC and HPE.
• Expertise in backup technologies and disaster recovery planning.
• Experience with virtualization platforms including VMware and Hyper-V.
• Familiarity with cloud storage services in Microsoft Azure and AWS.

Work Type

This is a full-time position.

Application Process

Salary for this position will be discussed during the interview process.