Brainhunter is currently seeking the services of a "Infrastructure Specialist (Veeam Administrator)" for a contract role with one of our Valued Clients.
Work Style: Hybrid - 3 day/week in-office
Anticipated Start Date: 4 weeks from the official offer day
Duration: 1 year
Rate: $90-&95/hr
Experience: Hands on experience designing and implementing Veeam solutions for cloud workloads, including Microsoft 365 (O365) environments.
3-7+ years of infrastructure administration experience.
2-5+ years of Veeam administration experience.
Experience supporting enterprise backup, recovery, and DR environments.
Experience with virtualization and cloud platforms.
Required Technical Skills Core Technologies Veeam Backup & Replication
Veeam ONE
Veeam Data Cloud
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Infrastructure Platforms VMware vSphere
Microsoft Hyper-V
Windows Server
Active Directory / Entra ID
AWS
SAN/NAS Storage
Security MFA
Encryption
RBAC
CyberArk/PAM (where applicable)
Backup immutability concepts
Scripting & Automation (Preferred) PowerShell
REST APIs
Basic automation and reporting scripting
Additional Skills Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
Disaster recovery and business continuity knowledge.
Stakeholder communication and incident management.
Ability to work in high-availability production environments.
Sample KPI Measures Backup Success Rate (>98-99%)
Restore Success Rate
RPO/RTO Compliance
Backup Infrastructure Availability
Audit and Compliance Findings
Incident Resolution Time
Disaster Recovery Test Success Rate
Certifications/Education Preferred VMware VCP




ITIL Foundation
What you will do The Veeam Administrator is responsible for the design, implementation, administration, monitoring, and support of the organization's backup and recovery infrastructure using Veeam technologies. The role ensures the availability, integrity, recoverability, and security of enterprise data while supporting business continuity and disaster recovery requirements.
Key Responsibilities Backup & Recovery Administration Administer Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure.
Configure and manage backup jobs, backup copy jobs, and replication jobs.
Create and maintain backup retention policies.
Perform backup restores for servers, databases, applications, virtual machines, and Microsoft 365 workloads.
Validate backup success and recovery readiness through regular testing.
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Develop and maintain disaster recovery procedures.
Execute DR testing and recovery exercises.
Support recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) requirements.
Maintain documentation for recovery processes.
Infrastructure Management Manage backup repositories, proxies, mount servers, and backup storage.
Monitor backup capacity and growth trends.




Optimize backup performance and storage utilization.
Integrate backup solutions with VMware, Hyper-V, Azure, AWS, or Microsoft 365 environments.
Monitor backup jobs and infrastructure health.
Investigate and resolve failed backups and restore issues.
Perform root cause analysis for recurring incidents.
Work with server, storage, network, and security teams to resolve issues.
Security & Compliance Implement RBAC and least-privilege access controls.
Manage backup encryption and multi-factor authentication.
Support immutable backup and ransomware protection strategies.
Maintain audit logs and compliance evidence.
Participate in security reviews and risk assessments.
Documentation & Governance Maintain operational documentation and runbooks.
Develop backup standards and operational procedures.
Support audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
Participate in change management and CAB processes.
Brainhunter is an equal prospect employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. Brainhunter encourages applications from women, Indigenous peoples, veterans, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities and persons of all races, ethnic origins, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions. We provide accommodation upon request during the recruitment process; please let the job poster know.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for Interviews will be contacted.

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📌 Infrastructure Specialist (Veeam Administrator) (Manitoba)
🏢 Brainhunter Systems
📍 Manitoba