Backup Engineer

Jobdescription

Backup Engineer (IBM Spectrum Protect)

Location : Geneva area, Switzerland (on-site)

Engagement : Full-time, long-term assignment (service contract)

Start : By January 2026 (earlier welcome)

Seniority : 8+ years in enterprise backup & recovery

Language : French or English (team environment)

The role

You will operate and evolve a large-scale enterprise backup platform based on IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM). Your mission : ensure availability, performance and security of backup services and associated tooling, and keep platforms compliant with internal standards. You’ll oversee daily operations, incident / request handling, upgrade planning, documentation, and risk management for backup services used across a complex environment.

What you’ll do

Keep the Spectrum Protect estate in operational condition; supervise daily jobs and resolve incidents / requests.

Design / optimise backup policies and schedules; proactively monitor capacity & trends to prevent issues.

Administer integrations for database backups (Exchange, MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL) and TSM-VE for virtual environments.

Manage Dell EMC Data Domain, tape libraries / robotics and tape technologies (LTO).

Maintain secure configurations, apply updates / upgrades, and manage vulnerabilities.

Write and update operational & technical procedures; support solution integrators.

Must-have skills

IBM Spectrum Protect expert level (certified) and 8+ years’ experience.

Strong knowledge of database backup / restore (Exchange, MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL).

TSM-VE, Data Domain, tape libraries / robotics & tape technologies.

Solid AIX OS skills and security awareness for backup platforms.

Important nice-to-haves

Good knowledge of Linux and Windows client OS; exposure to Commvault.

Storage notions : SAN block, NAS (PowerScale / Isilon), object (Scality).

Monitoring with Splunk and / or Nagios.

Soft skills

Team player who shares knowledge; excellent written communication, synthesis and presentation skills; strong decision-making and risk management mindset; pragmatic, accountable.

Contract snapshot

Full-time (100%) service contract; long duration (up to 5 years per framework); award subject to budget approval.

How to apply : Send your CV highlighting Spectrum Protect certifications, scale of environments managed, database integrations you’ve handled, and Data Domain / tape / AIX experience.