Senior Storage & Backup Infrastructure Consultant
For one of our European Institution in Brussels, we are looking for a Senior Storage & Backup Infrastructure Consultant
As a Senior Storage & Backup Infrastructure Consultant, you will join an Infrastructure & Operations team responsible for the administration, evolution, and optimization of enterprise storage and backup platforms within a large-scale international environment.
You will play a key role in ensuring the availability, security, and performance of critical infrastructure services while supporting business applications and operational teams.
Working closely with infrastructure, server, network, and operations teams, you will contribute to both day-to-day operations and strategic infrastructure initiatives.
Your responsibilities
As a Senior Storage & Backup Infrastructure Consultant, you will:
Administer and maintain enterprise backup infrastructures
Manage and operate SAN and NAS storage environments
Install, configure, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize backup platforms
Ensure backup and recovery operations for: Physical and virtual servers, Windows and Linux environments, NAS platforms, Microsoft Exchange environments, Microsoft SharePoint environments, Oracle databases, Microsoft SQL Server databases
Perform incident, problem, and change management activities
Develop operational procedures and technical documentation
Manage off-site backup operations and data protection processes
Participate in capacity planning and infrastructure improvements
Conduct technical studies and evaluate new technologies
Define and execute proof of concepts and technical assessments
Contribute to migration projects and production deployments
Monitor service quality and operational KPIs
Provide knowledge transfer and technical training to operational teams
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure service continuity and operational excellence
Mandatory skills
Strong experience with enterprise backup solutions: Dell EMC Networker (preferred), Veeam, NetBackup, Commvault, Cohesity
Experience with Dell EMC Data Domain
Good knowledge of SAN and NAS technologies
Experience with NDMP and tape libraries
Strong Windows Server administration skills
Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Experience working in virtualized environments
Knowledge of enterprise storage architectures
Education
Nice to have
Dell EMC Data Protection Suite
VMware ESXi and vCenter
Nutanix AHV and Prism Central
Dell EMC Unity, PowerStore, and PowerScale
ITIL best practices
Experience with operational governance and service management
Infrastructure architecture and technology assessment experience
Migration and transformation project experience
Training and knowledge-sharing capabilities
Soft skills
Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities
Excellent problem-solving skills
Ability to work autonomously
Team-oriented mindset
Good communication skills
Customer and service-oriented approach
Ability to work in critical and highly available environments
Flexibility to occasionally work outside regular business hours
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