CMK Resources is seeking an experienced NetBackup SME / Consultant to support enterprise data protection projects across the United Kingdom. This consultant will work directly with Cohesity and its customers, including highly regulated and public-sector organizations.
The ideal candidate is a current, hands-on NetBackup specialist who can quickly become productive in a customer environment, independently lead technical delivery activities, and communicate effectively with both engineering teams and senior stakeholders.
An active UK national security vetting clearance is required. Candidates must be UK-based and eligible to work on engagements involving sensitive public-sector organizations.
Key Responsibilities
Design, implement, upgrade, and support enterprise NetBackup environments.
Deliver NetBackup-to-NetBackup migrations and platform-modernization projects.
Support NetBackup upgrades, appliance deployments, and infrastructure refresh initiatives.
Work with NetBackup Flex and Access Appliances.
Assess existing backup environments and recommend improvements to resiliency, recoverability, performance, and operational efficiency.
Develop and execute migration plans, implementation procedures, test plans, and recovery validation activities.
Use or quickly become proficient with the Tranzman migration tool.
Integrate NetBackup with cloud, virtualized, database, and enterprise application environments.
Troubleshoot complex backup, restore, replication, connectivity, and performance issues.
Develop scripts and automation to improve deployment and operational processes.
Produce technical documentation, architecture diagrams, migration runbooks, and customer-facing reports.
Lead technical discussions and present recommendations to engineers, architects, managers, and senior stakeholders.
Work independently across multiple phases of professional services and customer delivery engagements.
Required Qualifications
Active UK national security vetting clearance.
Current hands-on expertise with Veritas NetBackup.
Strong experience with NetBackup installation, configuration, administration, upgrades, troubleshooting, and recovery.
Experience with NetBackup Flex Appliances.
Proven experience delivering enterprise backup migrations or modernization projects.
Deep understanding of data protection, backup, recovery, replication, retention, and highly available architectures.
Experience supporting cloud-connected backup environments, preferably AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
Strong knowledge of major operating systems, including Linux and Windows.
Experience protecting enterprise databases and applications such as Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Customer-facing consulting or professional services experience.
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to senior stakeholders.
Ability to learn new tools and technologies quickly and work with limited supervision.
Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, “can-do” approach.
Preferred Qualifications
NetBackup Access Appliance experience.
Experience with NBU-to-NBU migrations using Tranzman is a major bonus but not required.
Cohesity platform or Cohesity Professional Services experience is a bonus.
Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, or other cloud platforms.
Scripting or automation experience using Ansible, Puppet, PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
Experience supporting UK government, financial services, law enforcement, or other highly regulated environments.
Experience designing backup solutions for highly available applications and critical infrastructure.
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