Senior Backup, storage and Kubernetes engineer

🚨 WE’RE HIRING | Senior Backup, Storage & Kubernetes Engineer
Experience: 7–12 Years
Work Mode: 100% Remote
Shift Timing: 5:30 PM – 2:30 AM IST
Working Days: Monday–Friday
Job type: Remote and 6 months contract.
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Senior Backup, Storage & Kubernetes Engineer with 7–12 years of hands-on experience in enterprise backup, storage, virtualization, and Kubernetes environments.
The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Commvault, Pure Storage and/or NetApp, along with practical experience managing Kubernetes clusters and Container Network Interfaces (CNI).
Key Responsibilities
Manage and support enterprise-level backup and storage environments using Commvault, Pure Storage, and NetApp.
Perform daily backup operations, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolution of backup and restore issues.
Configure, maintain, and optimize SAN, NAS, and disk-based storage systems.
Manage backup configurations for various data sources, including VMware, SQL, Exchange, Unix, Windows, and Kubernetes environments.
Maintain and troubleshoot backup jobs, including Auxiliary Copy, Data Aging, retention policies, and tape library management.
Support backup and data protection for Kubernetes/containerized workloads.
Configure and troubleshoot Kubernetes networking and CNI solutions.
Monitor and troubleshoot Kubernetes cluster networking, pod-to-pod communication, service networking, and network connectivity issues.
Work with common CNI technologies such as Calico, Cilium, Flannel, or equivalent.
Support Kubernetes cluster infrastructure, including networking, storage integration, persistent volumes, and backup/restore operations.
Perform storage performance tuning, capacity planning, and storage system audits.
Execute storage provisioning, LUN masking, zoning, and replication activities.
Manage storage replication and data protection using NetApp Snapshot, SnapMirror, and Pure Storage FlashArray features.
Support disaster recovery planning and execution, including regular DR tests and backup recovery exercises.
Collaborate with Kubernetes, VMware, database, Windows, Linux, network, and infrastructure teams to ensure smooth infrastructure operations.
Follow ITIL processes for incident, change, and problem management.
Participate in infrastructure maintenance, patching, upgrades, and technology refresh activities.
Provide on-call support and participate in scheduled infrastructure maintenance activities.
Maintain operational documentation, troubleshooting procedures, and infrastructure standards.
Required Skills & Experience
7–12 years of overall experience in enterprise infrastructure, backup, storage, and/or systems administration.
4+ years of hands-on experience with Commvault backup administration.
Strong understanding of enterprise backup architecture, backup policies, retention, recovery, and compliance.
Hands-on experience with Pure Storage and/or NetApp storage platforms.
Strong understanding of SAN, NAS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, and CIFS/SMB.
Experience with NetApp Snapshot, SnapMirror, or Pure Storage FlashArray.
Strong experience supporting VMware/virtualized environments.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting.
Good understanding of Kubernetes networking and CNI (Container Network Interface).
Experience with at least one Kubernetes CNI solution such as Calico, Cilium, Flannel, Weave Net, or equivalent.
Understanding of Kubernetes networking concepts including Pod networking, Services, Network Policies, ingress/egress traffic, DNS, and cluster networking.
Experience troubleshooting Kubernetes networking and connectivity issues.
Knowledge of persistent storage / CSI integration with Kubernetes is preferred.
Experience with backup and recovery of containerized/Kubernetes workloads is an advantage.
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Good communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a distributed/remote team environment.
Good to Have
Experience with Disaster Recovery (DR) planning and execution.
Knowledge of ITIL-based Incident, Change, and Problem Management.
Experience with storage capacity planning and performance optimization.
Experience with Kubernetes cluster upgrades, patching, and maintenance.
Exposure to enterprise infrastructure upgrades, patching, and maintenance activities.
Experience working with tape libraries and enterprise backup media management.
Understanding of backup and storage compliance, governance, and data retention practices.
Exposure to Linux administration and shell scripting.
Knowledge of CSI, persistent volumes, StorageClasses, and Kubernetes storage architecture.
Exposure to cloud or hybrid-cloud infrastructure is a plus.
Work Details
📍 Location: Remote
💼 Experience: 7–12 Years
🕐 Shift: 5:30 PM – 2:30 AM IST
🏠 Work Mode: 100% Remote
📞 Support: On-call / maintenance support as required
Interested candidates can share their updated CVs for consideration.

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