Data Protection

Data Protection & Operations Specialist

• Cork based fully onsite.

Eir evo are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Data Protection & Operations Specialist to work onsite with our client in Cork to manage and maintain the day-to-day operations of IT and OT data protection infrastructure.

This role is critical to ensuring the integrity, availability, and recoverability of enterprise data across backup, restore, replication, and tape management processes.

The successful candidate will support compliance efforts, contribute to documentation and reporting, and collaborate with technical teams to uphold data protection standards.

A secondary responsibility includes monitoring IT infrastructure health and completing regular operational checklists to ensure system reliability and performance.

Key Responsibilities

Backup & Restore Operations

• Monitor daily backup jobs and investigate any errors, warnings, or failures; resolve or escalate as appropriate.
• Perform scheduled and ad-hoc restores to validate backup integrity and support operational, disaster recovery, and cyber recovery needs.
• Maintain and execute infrastructure operations checklists, escalating anomalies as required.
• Ensure timely resolution of backup/restore related support tickets
• Maintain Commvault Clients, Storage Resources, Storage Policies & Schedule Policies
• Coordination of legacy tape restore requests with third party vendor

Documentation & Reporting

• Develop and maintain procedural documentation and wiki articles for common data protection tasks (e.g., server onboarding, restore procedures, replication checks).
• Build and manage Commvault dashboards and reports, including:
  • Executive summary status reports (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Capacity planning and health reports
  • Custom reports for specific teams (e.g., database, data warehouse)

Infrastructure & Patch Management
Coordinate regular patching and updates across:

• Commvault Software Maintenance Releases and Feature Releases
  • Commvault Distributed Software
  • Media agent OS/BIOS/firmware
  • Tape library firmware
  • Commvault server OS patching

Commvault User Access Administration

• Manage Commvault user accounts, including MFA configuration and access reviews.
• Ensure licensing capacity and data ageing policies are monitored and maintained.

Replication & Virtualization

• Monitor and report on replication jobs (RecoverPoint, Commvault Dash copies, database DR copies).
• Perform VMware data protection tasks, including snapshots and VM restores.

Tape Library & Offsite Rotation

• Oversee tape library operations:
  • Cleaning cycles, tape ordering, labelling, and scratch media replenishment
  • Daily ejection of cyber-protect media
  • Hardware installation and replacement coordination
• Managing data retention and disposal under information governance guidelines and ensuring compliance with legal requirements
• Manage offsite tape rotation:
  • Liaise with third-party storage providers
  • Maintain inventory and disposal logs
  • Ensure compliance with secure storage requirements
• Liaise with staff in Disaster Recovery site regarding tape rotation process

Procurement & Vendor Coordination

• Raise purchase requests for data protection-related items (e.g., tapes, support contracts, offsite storage).
• Support vendor coordination for hardware and service delivery.

Infrastructure Monitoring & Checklist Execution

• Monitor the general health of IT infrastructure components, including physical hardware, virtual environments, disk libraries, and media agents.
• Track infrastructure metrics such as capacity, performance, and licensing.
• Complete daily, weekly, and monthly operational checklists to ensure system reliability.
• Escalate anomalies and issues identified during checklist execution.
• Support continuous improvement of monitoring and checklist processes.

Key Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in data protection operations within IT/OT environments.
• Working knowledge of Commvault, RecoverPoint, and VMware backup technologies desirable.
• Familiarity with Windows and Linux OS, virtualization, and networking fundamentals (OSI model, TCP/IP, IPv4, LAN/WAN).
• Excellent documentation and reporting skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration with technical and compliance stakeholders.

REF: EVO7379

Candidates must be eligible to work full time and long term in the location specified or currently hold a valid appropriate long term work Visa to apply.

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