Senior Backup Administrator to administer and improve enterprise backup and recovery services using Veritas NetBackup, Commvault, Veeam, and cloud backup platforms

Our financial services client is seeking a Senior Backup Administrator (10+ years) to administer and improve enterprise backup and recovery services using Veritas NetBackup, Commvault, Veeam, and cloud backup platforms

Join an IT Operations team responsible for protecting and recovering business-critical enterprise data across physical, virtual, cloud, and database environments. This role supports backup administration, recovery operations, disaster recovery testing, and continuous improvement initiatives aligned to RPO and RTO requirements. The position offers exposure to enterprise-scale backup technologies, cyber resilience initiatives, and cross-functional infrastructure operations in a fast-paced environment.

Permanent, 3 days a week onsite Downtown Toronto, Working Hours: EST

Must Haves

- 5-8+ years administering enterprise backup and recovery platforms across physical, virtual, cloud, and database environments
- Hands-on expertise with Veritas NetBackup, Commvault, Veeam, Rubrik, NinjaOne, or similar platforms
- Support for Windows, Linux, virtualization platforms, enterprise storage, and database backup integrations
- Design and validation of database backup strategies aligned with RPO, RTO, compliance, and resiliency requirements
- Positive understanding of backup methodologies, retention policies, disaster recovery concepts, and data protection best practices.
- Experience troubleshooting backup failures, storage issues, network connectivity, performance bottlenecks, and restore problems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience

Nice to Have
- Cloud backup and archival services including Microsoft Azure or AWS
- Immutable backup, cyber recovery vaults, and ransomware recovery strategies
- Scripting or automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar tools
- Storage technologies including SAN/NAS environments, tape libraries, deduplication appliances, MSDP within NetBackup Flex Appliance storage shelves, and object storage
- ITIL Foundation, Microsoft,



VMware, Linux, cloud, storage, or vendor-specific backup certifications

Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain enterprise backup platforms, schedules, storage targets, and retention configurations
- Monitor backup jobs, investigate failures, and perform root cause analysis and remediation
- Perform file-level, server-level, virtual machine, database, and application recovery activities
- Design and validate backup and recovery procedures aligned with business continuity, disaster recovery, RPO, and RTO requirements
- Support restore testing, disaster recovery exercises, and audit evidence collection
- Manage backup capacity, replication, archiving, deduplication, and lifecycle management
- Coordinate with infrastructure, database, application, security, network, and vendor teams to resolve backup-related incidents and service requests

Salary Range: CAD $80,000 to CAD $130,000

Our financial services client is seeking a Senior Backup Administrator (10+ years) to administer and improve enterprise backup and recovery services using Veritas NetBackup, Commvault, Veeam, and cloud backup platforms

Join an IT Operations team responsible for protecting and recovering business-critical enterprise data across physical, virtual, cloud, and database environments. This role supports backup administration, recovery operations, disaster recovery testing, and continuous improvement initiatives aligned to RPO and RTO requirements. The position offers exposure to enterprise-scale backup technologies, cyber resilience initiatives, and cross-functional infrastructure operations in a fast-paced environment.

Permanent, 3 days a week onsite Downtown Toronto, Working Hours: EST

Must Haves

- 5-8+ years administering enterprise backup and recovery platforms across physical, virtual, cloud, and database environments




- Hands-on expertise with Veritas NetBackup, Commvault, Veeam, Rubrik, NinjaOne, or similar platforms
- Support for Windows, Linux, virtualization platforms, enterprise storage, and database backup integrations
- Design and validation of database backup strategies aligned with RPO, RTO, compliance, and resiliency requirements
- Good understanding of backup methodologies, retention policies, disaster recovery concepts, and data protection best practices.
- Experience troubleshooting backup failures, storage issues, network connectivity, performance bottlenecks, and restore problems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience

Nice to Have
- Cloud backup and archival services including Microsoft Azure or AWS
- Immutable backup, cyber recovery vaults, and ransomware recovery strategies
- Scripting or automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar tools
- Storage technologies including SAN/NAS environments, tape libraries, deduplication appliances, MSDP within NetBackup Flex Appliance storage shelves, and object storage
- ITIL Foundation, Microsoft, VMware, Linux, cloud, storage, or vendor-specific backup certifications

Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain enterprise backup platforms, schedules, storage targets, and retention configurations
- Monitor backup jobs, investigate failures, and perform root cause analysis and remediation
- Perform file-level, server-level, virtual machine, database, and application recovery activities
- Design and validate backup and recovery procedures aligned with business continuity, disaster recovery, RPO, and RTO requirements
- Support restore testing, disaster recovery exercises, and audit evidence collection
- Manage backup capacity, replication, archiving, deduplication, and lifecycle management
- Coordinate with infrastructure, database, application, security, network, and vendor teams to resolve backup-related incidents and service requests

Salary Range: CAD $80,000 to CAD $130,000

Disclaimer

AI may be used in evaluating candidates.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

📌 Senior Backup Administrator to administer and improve enterprise backup and recovery services using Veritas NetBackup, Commvault, Veeam, and cloud backup platforms (Toronto)
🏢 S.I. Systems
📍 Toronto