Senior NetBackup Solution Architect (SC Cleared)

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Senior NetBackup Solution Architect (SC Cleared)

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London, UK

The Opportunity\n

We are seeking an experienced Senior NetBackup Solution Architect to join a specialist Professional Services team delivering complex enterprise data protection and cyber resilience solutions across highly regulated customer environments.

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This is a customer-facing architecture and consulting role, where you will lead technical engagements from discovery and design through to implementation and knowledge transfer. You will work directly with enterprise customers, acting as a trusted advisor to define backup, recovery, and cyber resilience strategies that align with business and operational objectives.

Key Responsibilities\n
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• Lead technical workshops, architecture discussions, and design engagements with enterprise customers.
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• Design and deliver enterprise-scale backup, recovery, and cyber resilience solutions.
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• Translate business requirements into scalable and supportable technical architectures.
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• Provide expertise across NetBackup environments, including upgrades, migrations, and modernisation projects.
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• Drive solution design and implementation activities alongside internal engineering and project delivery teams.
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• Produce High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), and technical documentation.
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• Deliver executive-level presentations and technical briefings to senior stakeholders.
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• Ensure solutions are aligned with security, governance, compliance, and operational requirements.
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• Act as the technical authority throughout the project life cycle.
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\nEssential Skills & Experience\n
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\nMust Have\n
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• Active SC Clearance
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• 8+ years hands-on experience with Veritas NetBackup
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• Strong experience with: \n
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  • NetBackup Administration
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  • NetBackup Upgrades and Migrations
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  • NetBackup Appliances
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  • Backup and Recovery Architecture
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  • Enterprise Data Protection solutions
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• Experience designing highly available and resilient backup platforms.
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• Strong understanding of: \n
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  • Disaster Recovery (DR)
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  • Business Continuity
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  • Cyber Recovery
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  • Ransomware Protection
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• Experience working directly with enterprise customers.
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• Proven solution architecture experience within large-scale environments.
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• Strong stakeholder management and presentation skills.
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\nHighly Desirable\n
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• NetBackup Flex Appliances
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• NetBackup Flex Scale
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• MSDP
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• CloudCatalyst
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• Auto Image Replication (AIR)
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• VMware backup solutions
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• Oracle backup integrations
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• SQL Server backup solutions
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• Tape and Disk-based backup architectures
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• Data domain or enterprise storage platforms
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\nCloud & Infrastructure Experience\n

Experience with one or more of the following:

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• Microsoft Azure
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• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
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• VMware vSphere
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• Windows Server
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• Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
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\nAutomation & Scripting\n

Experience with:

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• Ansible
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• Puppet
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• PowerShell
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• Python
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• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
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\nIdeal Background\n

We are particularly interested in professionals who have worked as:

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• NetBackup Architect
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• Senior NetBackup Consultant
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• Data Protection Architect
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• Backup & Recovery Architect
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• Enterprise Storage Architect
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• Professional Services Consultant
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• NetBackup Flex Specialist
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• Technical Solution Architect
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• Cyber Recovery Architect
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\nWhat Success Looks Like\n

You'll be the go-to technical authority for enterprise customers, helping them modernise and secure their backup and recovery estates while delivering best-practice architecture and exceptional customer outcomes.

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If you have deep NetBackup expertise, customer-facing consulting experience, and an active SC clearance, we'd love to hear from you.

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Apply now or contact us for a confidential discussion.

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GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.