Senior Systems Engineer II (Backup)

About Agile Defense

At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That’s why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.

Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.

Requisition #: 1753

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer II (Backup)

Location: On-Site, Pocatello, ID & Huntsville, AL

Clearance Level: Top Secret / SCI, Must Have Clearance to Start

Job Description

Overview

This role is responsible for designing, deploying, testing, and maintaining the organization’s backup systems and all related components. This includes working with SAN, NAS, tape systems, local disk, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and other storage technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support the organization’s backup infrastructure.

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Serve as the subject matter expert for all backup environments.

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Build and maintain backup solutions for both physical and virtual machines across Linux and Windows, using OEM and third‑party tools.

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Configure and provision backups for Linux and Windows servers.

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Strengthen and maintain security throughout the backup environment.

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Monitor backups, resolve issues, troubleshoot failures, address performance bottlenecks, and configure alerting for proactive response.

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Install, configure, test, and maintain system management tools, SAN and tape infrastructure, and server plugins, ensuring all hardware, software, firmware, and patches stay current.

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Ensure high system availability by verifying data replication, failover copies, and redundant datasets.

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Monitor and test application performance, identify bottlenecks, and collaborate with developers on solutions.

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Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies.

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Write and maintain scripts to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention (including IaaS backup monitoring).

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Support the design of information and operational support systems.

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Provide Tier 3 support.

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Work with vendors and other IT teams to resolve issues.

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Maintain thorough and up‑to‑date technical documentation, including inventory, patch levels, system configuration details, hostnames, IPs, and credentials.

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Integrate systems with Linux and Windows as needed for core services.

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Document system configurations such as passwords, access controls, version/revision numbers, patch levels, and hardware inventory.

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Train government staff and transfer knowledge using industry best practices.

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Provide real‑time reporting on backup storage usage, performance metrics, availability, and trends for tape and disk systems.

Education and Background

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• Minimum 6 years of experience with NetBackup and IBM Spectrum Protect Suite (required).
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• Cohesity experience (preferred).
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• Bachelor’s degree (preferred).

Years of Experience

6 years

Required Skills

Minimum 6 years of experience with NetBackup and IBM Spectrum Protect Suite

Preferred Skills

Cohesity experience

Working Conditions

Office environment. Occasionally lift 50+ lbs in teams.