Storage Backup Administrator(Cohesity)

Job Title:: Cohesity Backup Engineer

Location : Washington, DC ( Hybrid/Onsite as required)

Duration: Long Term

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Cohesity Backup Engineer to support our client in Washington, DC. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Cohesity DataProtect, data backup/restore operations, and enterprise storage environments. This role involves architecting, implementing, and maintaining backup solutions to ensure data availability, integrity, and recoverability for mission-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage Cohesity backup and recovery solutions across enterprise environments.
• Perform daily backup operations, monitoring, troubleshooting, and ensuring successful job completion.
• Configure, optimize, and maintain backup policies, schedules, retention rules, and SLAs.
• Lead data recovery efforts, including restore requests, disaster recovery support, and failover testing.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, storage, security, and application teams to ensure backup compliance.
• Analyze backup performance issues and implement tuning or configuration adjustments.
• Maintain documentation for backup architecture, processes, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Support migration activities, upgrades, and integration with other storage or cloud platforms.
• Ensure adherence to PBGC security and compliance standards.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 8 years of experience in backup engineering or enterprise storage administration.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cohesity DataProtect (implementation, configuration, administration).
• Experience with one or more backup platforms (e.g., Commvault, Rubrik, NetBackup) is a plus.
• Solid understanding of VMware, Windows/Linux servers, and enterprise storage systems.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure) backup integration.
• Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and performance optimization skills.
• Experience with scripting (PowerShell, Bash, or Python) is a plus.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Washington, DC as required by PBGC.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cohesity certification (e.g., CCAP) is highly desirable.
• Experience supporting federal clients or secure enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of ITIL processes and change management.