On behalf of our client, Affinity is seeking a Solution Architect with deep Commvault expertise to lead enterprise data protection and recovery initiatives. This role combines strategic advisory services, solution architecture, and hands‑on technical leadership, requiring an individual who can engage executive stakeholders on long‑term data protection strategy while also supporting the design, implementation, and optimization of complex Commvault environments.

The successful candidate will drive modernization, cyber resilience, and recovery programs across large‑scale enterprise infrastructures in regulated environments.

On behalf of our client, Affinity is seeking a Solution Architect with deep Commvault expertise to lead enterprise data protection and recovery initiatives. This role combines strategic advisory services, solution architecture, and hands‑on technical leadership, requiring an individual who can engage executive stakeholders on long‑term data protection strategy while also supporting the design, implementation, and optimization of complex Commvault environments.

The successful candidate will drive modernization, cyber resilience, and recovery programs across large‑scale enterprise infrastructures in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

Lead discovery and current‑state assessments of enterprise backup, recovery, and data protection estates

Build and present roadmaps that connect data protection to business outcomes — RTO/RPO targets, cyber resilience, cost, and audit posture

Advise executive and director‑level stakeholders on modernization: on‑prem to hybrid, air‑gapped and immutable copies, ransomware recovery readiness

Run workshops, whiteboard sessions, and executive briefings; be credible with both the storage team and the CIO

Develop reusable reference architectures, standards, and internal practice assets

Represent the practice in pre‑sales and solutioning conversations where required





Design end‑to‑end Commvault architectures at enterprise scale: CommServe, MediaAgents, index and deduplication design, storage tiering, and client distribution

Size and capacity‑plan across multi‑site, multi‑petabyte environments

Design protection for mixed estates — VMware, Hyper‑V, physical, SQL, Oracle, SAP, Exchange, SharePoint, file, NAS, and container workloads

Architect cloud and hybrid data protection (Azure, AWS, GCP), including Metallic / Commvault Cloud where applicable

Design cyber resilience and clean‑room recovery patterns: immutability, air gap, anomaly detection, isolated recovery environments

Produce HLDs, LLDs, migration plans, and runbooks that other engineers can actually execute

Design DR strategy and lead recovery testing methodology

Lead and hands‑on support build, migration, and cutover activity

Configure storage policies, plans, schedules, retention, auxiliary copies, and reporting

Migrate from legacy platforms (NetBackup, Veeam, TSM/Spectrum Protect, Rubrik, Networker) onto Commvault

Own complex escalations and performance tuning that the delivery team can’t resolve

Mentor engineers and transfer knowledge to client operations teams at handover

Qualifications

10+ years in enterprise data protection, storage, or infrastructure, with 5+ years focused on Commvault

Proven track record architecting Commvault at genuine enterprise scale — thousands of clients, multi‑petabyte, multi‑site

Experience leading at least one large legacy‑to‑Commvault migration end to end





Strong grounding in adjacent infrastructure: VMware, enterprise storage (NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure), Windows and Linux, networking fundamentals

Cloud data protection experience across at least one major hyperscaler

Demonstrated executive presence — you can lead a steering committee, defend a design under challenge, and write a document a CIO will read

Excellent documentation and presentation skills; consulting or professional services background strongly preferred

Experience in regulated environments (financial services, healthcare, public sector) and familiarity with audit, compliance, and retention obligations

Commvault certifications (Certified Expert / Master, Professional)

Commvault Cloud / Metallic SaaS design experience

Cyber recovery and clean‑room design experience

Automation and reporting via Commvault REST API, PowerShell, or Python

Kubernetes and container data protection

Familiarity with competing platforms for credible comparative advisory

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About Affinity Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long‑term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership.

Affinity is an equal opportunity employer.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

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Job Number: 13903

📌 Solution Architect, Commvault (Toronto)
🏢 Affinity
📍 Toronto