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Our client is a well-established financial institution known for its long-standing stability, international footprint, and commitment to operational excellence. The organisation fosters a collaborative culture, values expertise, and promotes continuous improvement across its global technology and data functions.
Job description
As Senior Data Protection & Recovery Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, operation and continuous improvement of a mission-critical backup and disaster recovery environment protecting highly sensitive enterprise systems and data assets. You will work closely with infrastructure, storage and platform teams to ensure resilience, recoverability and compliance across complex enterprise environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and optimize enterprise backup, recovery and retention services
- Execute and document disaster recovery and recovery validation exercises
- Design and implement automation and monitoring solutions for backup operations
- Contribute to backup platform upgrades, modernization initiatives and migration projects
- Perform root-cause investigations related to backup and recovery failures
- Collaborate with storage, virtualization and infrastructure teams
- Participate in operational support and on-call rotations
Expected profile
You hold a university-level qualification in Computer Science or a related discipline and bring several years of current, hands-on experience working with enterprise backup platforms in large-scale environments.
Additionally:
- Minimum 3–5 years of experience administering enterprise backup solutions
- Proven experience with data recovery testing and disaster recovery exercises
- Strong knowledge of SAN storage environments and enterprise storage concepts
- Hands-on experience with Linux (preferably Red Hat) and Windows Server environments
- Familiarity with UNIX-based operating systems
- Experience automating operational procedures using scripting languages and automation tools
- Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure migration and modernization projects
- ITIL knowledge required; TOGAF certification advantageous
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting capabilities
- Fluent in English; German and/or French advantageous
- Valid CH work permit or EU/EFTA citizenship required
- Willingness to work 100% on-site
Benefits:
- Central city office locations across Switzerland
- Above average insurance coverage fully borne our client
- Contribution to health insurance and meal allowance
- Excellent opportunities for further training and personal development
- International environment
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