Job Description

**Introduction** A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience. **Your role and responsibilities** The Veritas NetBackup Administrator will manage and maintain a complex backup environment consisting of RHEL Master/Media Servers, Quantum I6K tape libraries, and Quantum DXi storage units. This role primarily supports a single customer but may also collaborate with the backup team to oversee backups for 50+ customers. Responsibilities include implementing new backup policies, monitoring system performance, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring compliance with ITIL best practices. The ideal candidate will have experience in high-availability enterprise systems and a strong focus on reliability, documentation, and disaster recovery. * Manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot, and support Veritas NetBackup environments, including RHEL Master/Media Servers, Quantum I6K tape libraries, and Quantum DXi storage units. * Gather requirements, install, configure, and test backups in a high-availability enterprise system. * Monitor backup jobs across multiple platforms and ensure successful completion. * Perform routine disaster recovery scenarios and maintain backup policies and standards. * Troubleshoot performance issues and propose effective solutions. * Maintain all equipment in the backup environment, including servers, disk, and tape storage devices. * Create and maintain documentation, including SOPs for repeatable processes. * Assist with implementing new backup policies and provide input for developing local operating procedures and policies. * Follow ITIL best practices for Change Management. **Required technical and professional expertise** * Minimum of 5 years of experience with Veritas NetBackup 8.x or greater and enterprise backup environments * Minimum of 5 years of experience with MS-Windows, Solaris, and RHEL/OEL Linux; installation and configuration of Windows Server 2016, Solaris 11, and RHEL 7* Minimum of 2 years of experience with VMware 6.x or greater and IP-based network communication; strong understanding of TCP/IP * Experience with SAN and FC networks, scripting (PowerShell and Bash), and strong CLI skills * Strong documentation and interpersonal skills; ability to participate in 24x7 on-call rotation and work during mission-critical situations; proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel Must live within 50 miles of Radford, VA as this job requires in person work at least 3 days per week Must hold and maintain an Active DoD Secret clearance **Preferred technical and professional experience** * Working knowledge of DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), Security Readiness Review (SRR) scripts, and Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) * Experience with Brocade DCX and Cisco MDS switches * Experience with Oracle and SAP backups, including backup scripting * Experience with Microsoft SQL and NDMP backups * Experience with MS Active Directory Security Groups, security permissions with inheritance, and ACLs IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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