Senior Backups Engineer

Role : Enterprise Backups Senior Solutions Engineer
Duration: 12 months with a strong possibility to extend to beyond that period - 40 hours per week (OT must be approved prior by Program and Procurement)
Work Site Posture: Hybrid 3-4 days a week at either 2401 Mill Road, Alexandria VA, New Carrollton, MD or L'Enfant Plaza (DC).
Candidates must be in DC metro (DC proper, Prince Georges/Montgomery County MD, Northern VA - This is very important)
We are looking for an engineer to be focused on enterprise back-ups for its on-prem solutions in their data center AND their cloud solutions. They run a couple of backup solutions to meet their needs for business continuity. They are migrating from IBM Spectrum Protect to Oracle's Zero Loss Recovery product. The ideal candidate will have experience with this migration path but a candidate that has used both should work as well. It is also important that the resource has experience in multiple operating systems (Windows, IBM AIX, Red Hat Linux). The other tools that are used include Dell Unity Storage and Oracle RecoveryManager (RMAN). A critical component of the backup function at client is to adhere to the chain of custody of PCI data associated with credit card transactions for loading fare cards. It is important that this resource has experience backing up and maintaining that data in accordance with PCI laws and regulations.

• Analyzes user requirements, technical specifications, and existing technical architecture designs to develop and oversee implementation of architecture for Infrastructures.
• The contractor is currently working as part of Enterprise Backup Team in supporting and enhancing enterprise-wide backup solutions. (IBM Spectrum Protect and Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance and VEEAM (future))
• Backup Systems holds WMATA critical application backup data for Fare Collection, Maximo, Documentum, Cognos, Smart trip, OHAW, DFS Shares, People Soft, SOA, Hyperion, BUS, Cleaver CAD, TRES, TGVetc.
• The contractor, as part of enhancing and securing Enterprise Backup Solutions and data, is working on below listed projects.
• Enterprise Backup Application (IBM Spectrum Protect) server enhancements and upgrades.
• Quarterly ISP client upgrades (as and when the patches are released by vendor) to meet the compliance requirements for patching.
• Enterprise Backup Data migration from legacy TSM to ISP servers.
• Quarterly AIX upgrades on ISP/TSM Servers.
• Decommission legacy TSM servers.
• Configure Quantum Scalar i6000 for new ISP Servers. MAN
• Decommission and destroy legacy LTO8 tapes.
• Periodic Dell Unity storage systems firmware upgrades.
• Design and implement airgap solution for enterprise backup data for cyber protection asper requirements from DMCS.
• Automate IBM Spectrum Protect Client upgrades using Ansible.
• Analyze and test cloud storage integration with IBM Spectrum Protect.
• Migrating Oracle backup configuration from ZDLRA to IBM Spectrum Protect.
• Disaster Recovery test of IBM Spectrum Protect Application.
• Enhance VEEAM backup solutions.
• Design backup solution for Power Flex systems.
• Design disaster recovery solution for Power Flex system using backups.
• Support Oracle RMAN backups in Azure Cloud workload.
• Implement ISP operation center.
• The contractor is also involved in below Day to Day activities as part of the responsibility.
• Supporting all Existing/New projects (e.g., Next Fare, Faregate, Hyperion) which needs backup resources and service.
• Analyze ISP performance and design appropriate solutions to meet client needs and monitoring of scheduled backups to ensure success or take remedial action for failures.
• Perform daily monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting of backup jobs on various applications and platforms.
• Provide ISP support to database administrators, application analysts, and other system administrators.
• Provide backup system data statistics to management.
• Perform periodic restores as requested by end users and other team members.
• Installation and maintenance of IBM LPAR configuration software
• Tuning ISP applications, tape libraries and host Operating Systems
• Troubleshoot ISP application issues as well as issues with backups and/or restores.
• Support Unix team for AIX OS enhancements and upgrades.
• Support UNIX team for RHEL OS enhancements and upgrades.
• Manage Dell Unity Storage Systems
• Manage and Administer Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA)
• Quarterly Patch Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA)
• Annual PCI, Financial audit compliance for Enterprise Backups
• Monitor and report IBM Spectrum Protect Licenses

Skills Matrix:
Experience with Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA) - Required 5 Years
Experience with Installation and maintenance of IBM LPAR configuration software - Required 5 Years
Experience with AIX OS enhancements and upgrades - Required 6 Years
Experience with RHEL OS enhancements and upgrades - Required 6 Years
Experience with Dell Unity Storage Systems - Required 3 Years
Experience managing IBM Spectrum Protect Licenses - Required 3 Years