NEW JOB OPENING
SENIOR CYBER RECOVERY AND CLOUD BACKUP ENGINEER
IN Chicago, IL, USA!

 

Date Posted: 09/03/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 506944
Industry: Financial Services
Job Title: Senior Cyber Recovery and Cloud Backup Engineer
Job Location: Chicago, IL, USA, 60604
Work Model: Hybrid
Work Model Details: Onsite 3 days/week. Anchor day is Wednesday
Shift: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Employment Type: Temp to Hire
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 9
Min Hourly Rate($): 85.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 100.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Python, Terraform, Veritas
Experience Desired: Enterprise backup engineering experience (8+ yrs); Experience designing enterprise backup architecture (5+ yrs); Experience supporting highly regulated environments (5+ yrs); Experience with hybrid cloud infrastructure (8+ yrs); Strong understanding of cyber resiliency principles (5+ yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree

**C2C is not available**

 

Job Description
Education Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering



Required Skills for the Senior Backup Engineer:

- 8+ years of enterprise backup engineering experience

- 5+ years designing enterprise backup architectures

- Experience supporting Fortune 500 or highly regulated environments

- Extensive experience with hybrid cloud infrastructure

- Strong understanding of cyber resiliency principles



Backup Technologies - experience with one or more

- Cohesity

- Dell PowerProtect Data Domain

- Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

- Dell Cyber Recovery Vault

- Rubrik

- Veeam

- Commvault

- Veritas NetBackup



Air-Gap & Immutable Backup - deep experience implementing

- Immutable backup repositories

- Air-gapped backup solutions

- Cyber recovery vaults

- Secure recovery environments

- Clean room recovery concepts

- Ransomware recovery strategies



Cloud Platforms - experience with

- AWS

- Microsoft Azure

- Azure Local

- VMware Cloud

- Kubernetes/OpenShift



Infrastructure as Code - strong expertise in

- Terraform

- Terraform Modules

- GitHub

- Git-based workflows

- CI/CD pipelines



Scripting - advanced scripting experience with

- PowerShell

- Python

- Bash

- REST APIs

- JSON/YAML



Operating Systems - experience with

- Windows Server

- Linux (RHEL preferred)

- VMware ESXi



Preferred Qualifications

- Experience designing enterprise cyber recovery architectures

- Knowledge of NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-209, and ransomware recovery best practices

- Experience integrating backup platforms with SIEM, monitoring, and automation tools

- Familiarity with enterprise observability platforms such as Dynatrace or Splunk

- Experience with storage technologies including Dell PowerStore, PowerScale, NetApp, or Pure Storage

- Experience supporting financial services or other highly regulated industries

- Relevant certifications (AWS, Azure, VMware, HashiCorp Terraform, Cohesity, Dell Technologies, Veeam, or similar)



Senior Backup Engineer Overview:

We are seeking a highly technical Senior Backup Engineer to assist with designing, implementing, automating, and continuously improve enterprise backup, cyber recovery, and data protection platforms across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments along with a DTE (Dedicated Testing Environment). This role will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for modernizing backup infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, immutable air-gapped architectures, and recovery testing. The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in enterprise backup technologies, cyber resiliency, cloud infrastructure, Terraform development, scripting, and large-scale recovery validation. They should be comfortable architecting secure solutions while driving automation and operational excellence within a highly regulated enterprise.



Responsibilities:

Enterprise Backup & Recovery

- Design, implement, administer, and optimize enterprise backup and recovery platforms across physical, virtual, cloud, and containerized workloads

- Lead the architecture and operational management of immutable and air-gapped backup environments to defend against ransomware and destructive cyber events

- Develop enterprise backup standards, engineering patterns, and operational procedures

- Perform capacity planning, lifecycle management, performance tuning, and storage optimization

- Ensure backup solutions consistently meet enterprise RTO, RPO, security, and compliance requirements



Air-Gapped Cyber Recovery

- Design and engineer logically and physically isolated cyber recovery environments

- Implement immutable backup strategies utilizing modern cyber vault technologies

- Validate secure backup replication into isolated environments

- Build automated processes for backup validation and malware-free recovery verification

- Partner with Cyber Security teams to support ransomware recovery strategies and cyber resilience initiatives



Automation & Infrastructure as Code

- Develop reusable Terraform modules for deploying backup infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments

- Automate backup deployments using Infrastructure as Code principles

- Create automation utilizing: PowerShell, Python, Bash, REST APIs

- Build self-service deployment capabilities and standardized backup patterns

- Integrate automation into enterprise CI/CD pipelines



Recovery Testing & Engineering

- Build and maintain dedicated backup testing and validation environments

- Design automated recovery validation frameworks

- Lead enterprise recovery exercises including: Backup restore validation, Bare metal recovery testing, Database recovery, File recovery, VM recovery, Cloud workload recovery, Cyber recovery scenario testing

- Continuously improve testing automation to increase confidence in recoverability



Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure

- Engineer backup solutions supporting: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Private Cloud, VMware, Hyper-V, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Traditional on-prem infrastructure

- Support cloud-native backup strategies including immutable object storage and cloud disaster recovery



Engineering & Continuous Improvement

- Build engineering standards and reusable automation frameworks

- Evaluate emerging backup and cyber recovery technologies

- Optimize backup performance and reduce operational complexity

- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership

- Participate in architecture reviews and enterprise resiliency initiatives
  • **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

  • **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**


 

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