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About the Role
The Staff Storage & Backup Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for the architecture, engineering, automation, and lifecycle management of enterprise storage and data protection platforms across on-premises, hybrid-cloud, and public cloud environments. This role has a primary focus on VAST Data, NetApp, and Commvault technologies and will lead the design, optimization, modernization, and operational excellence of storage and backup services.
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, engineering, and lifecycle management of storage platforms with a primary focus on VAST Data and NetApp technologies.
- Design and optimize scalable storage solutions supporting enterprise and mission-critical workloads.
- Lead storage modernization, migration, consolidation, and cloud integration initiatives.
- Provide advanced troubleshooting and performance optimization across storage environments.
- Design, implement, and optimize enterprise backup and recovery solutions with a primary focus on Commvault.
- Develop cyber-resilient data protection strategies including immutable backup and ransomware recovery.
- Ensure backup and recovery capabilities support defined RPO and RTO objectives.
- Lead recovery testing and validation exercises.
- Design and support storage and data protection solutions across AWS and Microsoft Azure.
- Develop Infrastructure-as-Code and automation solutions using Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, Bicep, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
- Drive automation initiatives that improve operational efficiency and reliability.
- Provide technical leadership for enterprise infrastructure projects and modernization initiatives.
- Contribute to technology roadmaps and future-state architecture planning.
- Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices.
Requirements
- 10+ years of infrastructure engineering experience with significant expertise in enterprise storage and data protection.
- Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise storage solutions using NetApp and/or VAST Data platforms.
- Strong experience architecting and supporting enterprise backup and recovery solutions using Commvault.
- Experience supporting storage and backup services across on-premises, hybrid-cloud, and public cloud environments.
- Experience developing Infrastructure-as-Code and automation solutions.
- Proven experience leading large-scale infrastructure modernization, migration, or cloud transformation initiatives.
- Experience with both VAST Data and NetApp environments.
- Cyber recovery, ransomware resilience, and immutable backup experience.
- Kubernetes storage and container data protection experience.
- Relevant AWS, Azure, NetApp, Commvault, VMware, or infrastructure certifications.
Skills
- VAST Data
- NetApp
- Commvault
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Terraform
- Ansible
- PowerShell
- Python
- Bicep
- CloudFormation
- SAN
- NAS
- Object Storage
- Fibre Channel
- Replication
- Disaster Recovery
Location
- Frankfurt, Germany
Work Type
- On-premises
- Hybrid-cloud
- Public cloud
Experience Level
- Senior
- Associate Director
About the Company
- IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com
Equal Opportunity
- IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.