Data Protection Specialist

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Data Protection Specialist to join our team at Cyclad. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in backup administration, disaster recovery planning, and data protection strategies.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated professional to work with enterprise backup systems, design and implement backup policies, schedules, and retention strategies. You will be responsible for monitoring backups, addressing failures, and performing root cause analysis. Additionally, you will collaborate with system and database administrators to ensure proper backup and restore procedures for business-critical applications.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain enterprise backup systems (e.g., Veeam, Commvault, Veritas Net Backup, IBM Spectrum Protect)
• Design, implement, and manage backup policies, schedules, and retention strategies
• Monitor and ensure successful completion of backups, addressing failures and performing root cause analysis for any issues
• Perform regular restores and recovery testing to validate backup integrity and compliance with disaster recovery plans
• Maintain and manage offsite backup storage and ensure secure data transfer and storage practices
• Implement and monitor backup encryption and data protection strategies to ensure compliance with security policies and regulations
• Collaborate with system and database administrators to ensure proper backup and restore procedures for business-critical applications
• Provide on-call support for critical backup failures, restorations, and disaster recovery scenarios
• Monitor backup storage capacity and forecast future storage needs based on growth and usage trends
• Document backup processes, configurations, and disaster recovery plans

Requirements-Expected

• 2+ years of experience in backup administration and data protection
• Experience with enterprise backup software (e.g., Veeam, Commvault, Veritas Net Backup, IBM Spectrum Protect)
• Solid understanding of backup and recovery best practices, including full, incremental, differential, and synthetic backups
• Good level of French (At least B2) and communicative level of English (at least B1)
• Hands-on experience with backup technologies and storage systems (e.g., tape libraries, cloud storage, disk-to-disk backups)
• Knowledge of backup encryption, compression, and deduplication technologies
• Familiarity with disaster recovery planning and testing
• Experience with managing backup policies, scheduling, retention, and regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA)
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting skills for backup failures and restoration issues
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Benefits

• Employment contract with competitive salary: €40,000 - €50,000 per year
• Hybrid type of job (70% from home)
• Private medical care and life insurance with ability to buy additional packages (e.g., dental care, senior care, oncology)
• Access to Helpline with possibility to chat with therapists
• Access to benefit platform (40+ options available)
• Personal and professional development
• Trainings platforms
• Transparent performance management policy
• Opportunity to develop professional skills
• International and friendly environment with possibility to work on global projects

About Us

Cyclad is a consulting company that specializes in technology services and digital transformation. We are committed to delivering high-quality solutions to our clients and fostering a collaborative work environment.