# Senior Backup Administrator- Riyadh, KSA

> DeepSource Technologies · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Full-time · Posted 2026-07-27

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

We are seeking an experienced **Backup Administrator** with strong hands-on expertise in enterprise backup, recovery, and cyber resilience solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience administering **Veritas NetBackup**, **Dell Data Domain**, **Dell Cyber Recovery Solution (CRS)**, and Dell EMC backup technologies, ensuring reliable backup operations, disaster recovery readiness, and protection against cyber threats. The candidate should also have experience supporting VMware or Hyper-V environments and Windows/Linux servers.

### Key Responsibilities

-   Administer, configure, and maintain **Veritas NetBackup** enterprise backup infrastructure, including backup policies, schedules, storage units, media servers, and clients.
-   Monitor daily backup and restore operations, proactively identify failures, troubleshoot issues, and ensure successful completion of all backup jobs.
-   Perform backup, restore, and recovery operations for enterprise applications, databases, virtual machines, and file systems.
-   Administer and support **Dell Data Domain** appliances, including storage management, DD Boost configuration, replication, retention policies, capacity monitoring, and performance optimization.
-   Configure, maintain, and support **Dell Cyber Recovery Solution (CRS)**, including Cyber Recovery Vault, recovery policies, orchestration workflows, and cyber recovery testing.
-   Support Dell EMC backup solutions such as **PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM)** and **Dell NetWorker** as required.
-   Conduct disaster recovery (DR) testing and validate backup recoverability to ensure compliance with business continuity requirements.
-   Monitor backup infrastructure capacity, storage utilization, and system health, recommending improvements where necessary.
-   Manage backup lifecycle activities, including software upgrades, patches, firmware updates, and backup infrastructure maintenance.
-   Protect backup environments against cyber threats by implementing immutable backup practices, ransomware protection measures, and cyber recovery best practices.
-   Support backup operations for **VMware vSphere/ESXi** and **Microsoft Hyper-V** virtual environments.
-   Collaborate with infrastructure, storage, virtualization, security, database, and application teams to ensure reliable backup and recovery services.
-   Support **Windows Server** and **Linux** environments from a backup and recovery perspective.

## Requirements

-   Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field.
-   **10+ years** of hands-on experience in enterprise backup, recovery, and system administration.
-   Strong hands-on experience with **Veritas NetBackup** administration.
-   Experience administering **Dell Data Domain** appliances.
-   Experience with **Dell EMC backup solutions**, including:

-   Cyber Recovery Solution (CRS)
-   Data Domain
-   PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM)
-   Dell NetWorker

Solid understanding of backup and recovery concepts, including:

-   RPO (Recovery Point Objective)
-   RTO (Recovery Time Objective)
-   Disaster Recovery (DR)
-   Business Continuity

## Apply

[Apply at DeepSource Technologies](https://apply.workable.com/deepsource/j/D2E22B9746/apply)

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