Backup Specialist (Veeam Focus)

Description

We understand that our **mission** is to guide companies toward digital transformation, preparing\-them for the new challenges and changes in today's landscape! Our **purpose** is to build trustworthy connections between people and technology. **Trade Technology** has a diverse and highly skilled team, offering on-demand consulting, effective, flexible, and qualified IT solutions, cognitive intelligence software, and infrastructure — all aimed at simplifying business management for our clients. **Responsibilities and Duties** Serve as the technical reference for Veeam Backup \& Replication, focusing on architecture, performance, advanced tuning, and protection of critical environments — especially Microsoft SQL Server in clusters (AlwaysOn / Failover Cluster). The professional will be responsible for elevating the current solution’s technical level, resolving structural bottlenecks, and ensuring adherence to Veeam’s best practices. **Requirements and Qualifications** **Responsibilities** --------------------- * Administer, maintain, and evolve the Veeam Backup \& Replication environment * Act as the technical owner for solution architecture and tuning * Perform advanced performance troubleshooting (CPU, Proxy, Network, Target, Repository) * Diagnose and resolve structural bottlenecks in large-scale environments * Design and validate sizing for: * Proxies * Repositories * SOBR (Scale\-Out Backup Repository) * Tasks and concurrency * Implement and optimize protection for: * Microsoft SQL Server (Standalone, Cluster, AlwaysOn) * High-frequency log backups * Application\-aware processing * Structure repository segregation and policies for critical workloads * Review and optimize retention policies (GFS, Synthetic Full, Active Full) * Implement Fast Clone best practices (ReFS / XFS) * Plan and validate Disaster Recovery strategies * Conduct periodic recovery tests (VM, granular SQL, Instant Recovery) * Ensure compliance with security and regulatory policies * Support technical audits * Document architecture, workflows, and capacity planning * Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, and Project teams **Mandatory Technical Requirements** ------------------------------------ * Proven, solid experience with Veeam Backup \& Replication (advanced level) * Practical experience in medium/large-scale environments * Experience with: * Microsoft SQL Server (application\-aware backup) * SQL Cluster / AlwaysOn * Log backup and truncation troubleshooting * Experience analyzing Veeam bottlenecks * Advanced knowledge of: * Task and repository concurrency * Proxy transport modes (HotAdd, NBD, Direct SAN) * Synthetic Full vs Active Full * SOBR and performance tiering * Hands-on experience with enterprise storage (SAN, All\-Flash, NVMe) * Experience with Linux-based repositories (XFS) * Knowledge of ReFS and Fast Clone * Experience with VMware and/or Hyper\-V environments * Networking and throughput knowledge for backup operations **Strongly Preferred Differentiators** -------------------------------------- * Veeam certification (VMCE or higher) * Experience in high-volume environments (multiple TBs / hundreds of VMs) * Experience with Hardened Repository (immutable Linux) * Knowledge of Object Storage (S3 / Azure Blob) * Experience in compliance and audit-driven environments * Hands-on troubleshooting experience with Veeam Support **Additional Information** #### **Benefits:** Here, we believe caring for people goes far beyond salary. **Training Incentive** Thirst for knowledge is part of our daily life. We encourage continuous development and support your participation in events, courses, and certifications. As IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, and other major technology partners, we ensure access to the world’s best training platforms. **Meal and Food Allowance – Flash** You receive a flexible card with monthly credits usable at supermarkets, restaurants, and affiliated establishments — fuel to tackle challenges with energy. **Health Insurance** Your health is our priority. We offer a corporate health plan for your well\-being and peace of mind. **Dental Insurance** A 100% company-funded dental plan — because smiling is also part of quality of life. **Life Insurance** All employees receive fully company-funded life insurance. **Birthday Day Off** In your birth month, you get one day off to celebrate your way. After all, your day deserves to be special. **People Management Platform – Qulture.Rocks** We use Qulture to strengthen our people management culture. This is where we align priorities, track goals, work with OKRs, record recognitions, and collaboratively build development plans — in a light, clear, and collaborative way. **Shall We Connect People and Technology?** ----------------------------------------- At Trade Technology, we deeply value human relationships. We believe innovation, development, and transformation are possible only through those relationships and the actions derived from them. Thus, our behaviors are grounded in three fundamental pillars: transparency, trust, and truth. Our partnerships with major technology market players — such as IBM, Oracle, AWS, Lenovo, and others — guarantee innovation and technology for digital transformation. Our three core service areas are: Infrastructure (Products and Services), Cognitive Science (Data Science Software and Services), and Information Security Consulting. **Cognitive Science** Cognitive Science envisions transforming the future through data-driven information, directly enabling service personalization and creation of innovative products powered by cutting-edge technology. Beyond our Sivee and Timezer solutions, we deliver outsourcing services to strategic clients. Our tech stacks include PHP (with Laravel), Python, C\#, .Net, Angular, React, and others. **IT Infrastructure** Our Infrastructure team stands out for its accumulated technical expertise — recognized by our clients as a strategic asset. Its mission is to deploy and sustain IT solutions focused on agility and quality, supported by specialists across all domains and technologies. **Information Security Consulting** Consulting delivers value-added solutions tailored to each client’s specific needs. This area is responsible for maximizing our clients’ success by delivering services aligned with agreed expectations — grounded in general Information Security principles and the General Data Protection Law.