Enterprise Storage and Backup Administrator

Location: Remote (Central European Timezone ±2 hours)
Start date: Immediate
Languages: English (fluent)
Industry: International Organizations, Enterprise IT Infrastructure, Storage & Backup

About the Company
Pragmatike is recruiting an Enterprise Storage & Backup Administrator on behalf of a prestigious international organization operating at a global scale. This organization manages critical infrastructure supporting worldwide initiatives, with a strong commitment to sustainability, diversity, and operational excellence.
Their IT ecosystem spans complex, heterogeneous environments, delivering highly reliable storage and backup services across multiple regions and stakeholders.

Your Responsibilities
• Run and optimize enterprise storage and backup platforms across distributed environments
• Provision storage, manage integrations, and configure backup policies (scheduling, retention, recovery)
• Monitor system health, capacity, and performance — and proactively resolve bottlenecks
• Troubleshoot across the stack (storage, SAN, backup, network) and drive incidents to resolution
• Operate and improve SAN environments (Fibre Channel, iSCSI, multipathing)
• Manage and support multi-vendor storage arrays (e.g., 3PAR, Dell, NetApp)
• Administer enterprise backup platforms (e.g., Avamar, Data Domain, NetBackup, Veeam)
• Partner with vendors for hardware lifecycle management and issue resolution
• Contribute to infrastructure automation (Python, Ansible, scripting)
• Support rollout of new storage/backup solutions and infrastructure upgrades
• Produce clear technical documentation and operational runbooks
• Participate in on-call rotations and ensure production reliability
• Step into ownership when needed — including leading operations in the absence of team leadership

What You Bring
• 5+ years operating enterprise storage and backup systems in complex environments
• Deep hands-on experience with multi-vendor storage arrays (HP 3PAR, Dell Compellent, NetApp)
• Strong expertise in enterprise backup ecosystems (Avamar, Data Domain, NetBackup, Veeam)
• Solid understanding of SAN technologies (Fibre Channel, VSAN, WWPN, NPIV, multipathing, iSCSI)
• Experience troubleshooting SAN fabrics (Cisco MDS, Brocade)
• Working knowledge of replication, data protection, and recovery strategies
• Comfort operating in distributed, high-availability environments
• Scripting/automation mindset (Python, Ansible, or similar)
• Strong debugging instincts — you don’t stop at symptoms
• Familiarity with ITIL or structured service environments
• Clear communication and ability to operate across teams and time zones

Nice to Have
• Experience with HCI / Software-Defined Storage
• Exposure to cloud storage (AWS S3, Azure Blob)
• Background in virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V)
• Understanding of disaster recovery architectures
• Experience with reporting, capacity planning, or infra analytics
• Relevant certifications (ITIL, storage vendors, cloud, scripting)

Why This Role Will Pivot Your Career
• You’ll operate infrastructure that actually matters — at global scale
• You’ll work on complex, non-trivial systems (not just maintain them)
• You’ll gain exposure across storage, backup, networking, and reliability
• You’ll have room to automate, improve, and influence how things are built
• Strong potential for long-term engagement

Pragmatike is dedicated to a fair, transparent, and inclusive recruitment process. We ensure that no applicant is discriminated against based on age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), your personal data will be processed lawfully, fairly, and securely. We collect and use your personal data solely for recruitment purposes, including sharing it with our client(s) for employment consideration. You have the right to request access, correction, or deletion of your data at any time.
We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality and security of your information throughout the recruitment process.