IT Enterprise Backup Engineer

It Enterprise Backup Engineer

Nature and Scope The IT Enterprise Backup Engineer is responsible for ensuring the stability, security, and resilience of ARI IT infrastructure at all sites (NY, OH and CA). This role focuses on backup solutions, disaster recovery (DR) planning, business continuity (BC), and maintaining high availability of critical IT systems. The Enterprise Backup Engineer works closely with IT infrastructure/administration team, security team, and business stakeholders to develop, implement, and optimize continuity strategies. The successful person will be a cooperative, creative person who is strongly motivated to solve business issues. This person will be adept at finding the right technology balance to solve problems quickly and efficiently, while creating a maintainable codebase that can evolve as technologies change. This person must be capable of working independently and towards goals vs. just following instructions. This person thrives in a team environment, happily sharing your knowledge and insights and able to work under pressure, also always searching to improve yourself by learning new technologies, methodologies and/or how to be better.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Infrastructure Management Design and implement resilient IT infrastructure to ensure business continuity. Design, deploy, and maintain IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, and cloud-based systems. Manage high-availability (HA) solutions for critical systems, including failover and load balancing strategies. Monitor system performance, capacity, and availability to ensure optimal operation. Implement automation and optimization strategies to enhance infrastructure efficiency. Monitor IT infrastructure performance, ensuring uptime and rapid issue resolution.

Backup & Disaster Recovery: Develop and manage backup solutions to ensure data integrity and availability. Collaborate with other IT members to lead and develop, implement, and test disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) plans. Implement disaster recovery plans (DRPs) and business continuity strategies (BCPs) to minimize downtime. Perform regular testing and validation of backup and DR processes. Maintain documentation for DR strategies, policies, and procedures. Work with security teams to implement best practices for Enterprise Backup and compliance.

Incident Response & Risk Mitigation Act as a key responder for IT resilience incidents, ensuring minimal downtime and quick recovery. Analyze incidents and conduct post-mortem reviews to strengthen resilience strategies. Identify vulnerabilities in IT systems and implement proactive risk mitigation measures. Maintain up-to-date documentation for recovery procedures.

Security & Compliance Adhere to all I.T. JSOX policies in performing day to day activities. Periodically train on the I.T. department's policies in compliance with JSOX. Ensure infrastructure meets cybersecurity and compliance requirements (e.g., GxP, NIST). Implement data protection policies, including encryption and secure storage solutions. Work with cybersecurity teams to address vulnerabilities and mitigate risks. Keep up with evolving threats and best practices to improve IT resilience.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement Partner with IT leadership, cybersecurity, and business stakeholders to align infrastructure and continuity strategies with business objectives. Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance resilience. Provide training and guidance to IT teams on best practices for business continuity.

Education Requirements and Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to pe