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Virtual Service Operations Backup Engineer in United States
Backup Engineer
Fully Remote
Description
Are you looking to take the next steps in your career as a Backup Engineer? Let's chat and see if we are a good match!
Opportunity:
We are providing support to help a federal agency enable an Information Technology (IT) transformation journey while it modernizes its IT systems. We ensure mission operations continue by maintaining and operating over 270 legacy systems with 99.7% systems uptime. We maintain more than 13,000 Linux and Windows servers, VMware, HP-UX, AIX, with a mix of out of support, near end of life, and current supported servers, across two data centers and multiple public clouds. We provide services to approximately 250 DevSecOps Agile Teams maintaining product operations, system stability, and troubleshooting capacity. In addition, while the agency seeks to transition to a modern cloud environment, it continues to employ around 1,900 physical servers and 9,600 virtual servers to support its IT program and makes a major data center transformation. We provide vital services in the provision and maintenance of 13,000 resources through a focus on the workflows and methodologies to deliver timely resources to customers, faster, and right sized while ensuring products stay secure and stable by providing engineering and operations and maintenance support for Server Operating Systems, as well as, requirements analysis and design, to ensure adherence to standards and policies. We are working to expand and mature the delivery model to support multiple operating systems, serverless, containers and micro-services, that can scale on demand, have high availability, secure, and scalable built into the delivery pipeline ensuring security is built in from the beginning to the end.
Responsibilities:
Schedule jobs to ensure all systems (Windows, Linux, Solaris, etc.) are appropriately retained.
Schedule recurring restoration testing
Engage in engineering phases of backup software and related storage solutions delivery including planning, design, build, testing, and transition to operational support.
Performs backup software installations, system software maintenance and product upgrades in a 24x7 high availability environment.
Monitor production environment and take corrective action.
Requirements
Must be able to possess a Public Trust.
Must demonstrate exceptional communication skills- verbal and non-verbal
Must be a team player and able to take initiative
Practical experience with Cohesity backup solutions.
Experience withRocky Linux and Ubuntuis preferred.
3 years of experience supporting teams through the full software cycle. This includes requirements definition, design, software development, implementations, and testing.
Knowledge of Linux Networking concepts
Knowledge of backup strategies is essential (e.g., incremental, snapshot).
Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status.
Must be willing and able to work 100% remotely.
What is Important to Us:
You are an excellent communicator in writing and speaking.
You have the ability to work independently but also value teamwork.
Your problem-solving skills are excellent.
You are looking for a job where performance appraisals occur regularly, and you look forward to advancing your career.
You seek a community of virtue-centered co-workers and clients.
What we offer you:
As part of the VSO company, you will be part of a virtue-centered team who value their work and teammates.This is a no-jerk zone. We provide ongoing learning and development opportunities to foster continuous growth. We offer competitive salaries, health benefits, and flexible work arrangements.
More About VSO:
VSO is a hybrid cloud and managed services consulting firm. Much of VSO’s success can be attributed to our deep partnerships with IT services industry leaders such as AWS, IBM, Microsoft and others. VSO leverages numerous other partner relationships so as to provide our customers with optimal support. Additionally, we take pride in taking care of our employees. We offer a wide variety of benefits for eligible employees related to health, retirement, professional development, and more! For more information, please visit our website athttps://vso-inc.com/careers