Senior Storage & Backup engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 24, 2026. Qualcomm scores B on the Alion truth index.
Company:
Qualcomm Intl Inc., Mexico Branch OfficeJob Area:
Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT EngineeringGeneral Summary:
Qualcommis seeking a Senior Storage&Backup engineerwith3 to 5years ofexperience inoperating andmanagingmulti-vendor large scale Storage and BackupInfrastructure. Proficiencyin storagetechnologies includingNetApp, Dell, Pure, VASTand Backup systems including Cohesity, Veeam, NetBackupand Networker.
Job Description:
This person will be a member of a global24/7/365 IT infrastructureOperations team focused on enterprise Storage, backup, and recovery. This role specificallyfocusesprimarily on administrating and providing support for Enterprise Storage &Data protectionand recovery. Our Senior IT engineers can expect to work withcutting edgetechnology in a large, fast-paced, and dynamic enterprise environment.
Responsibilities:
- Provides Tier1/Tier2 support tothe storage and backup technologies infrastructure.
- 8/5-with mandatoryon-call participationon weekends and holidays on a rotational basis.
- This is a100%work from office position.
- Monitorand troubleshoot service availability, capacity, and reliability.
- Efficiently handle performance issues on storage and backup systems
- MonitoringBackup systems for backup/restore failures and resolution ondailybasis.
- Involvement incriticalincidents andcollaborationwith multiple teams, vendor supportforfast and qualityresolution.
- Upgrade/ Patch management of Storage and Backup systems.
- Addressing Tickets (incidents, ChangesandService Requests) in ServiceNowwith defined SLA/ KPI
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to adapt quickly to changing environments and technologies.
- Skilled in generating custom reports/dashboards and Knowledgebase documentation.
- Working with various vendors
Prospective candidate should be technically sound in the following:
- Provision, migration and decommission of Storage and Backup systems
- NetApp cluster mode, Dell Isilon,Pure Storageand VAST Storage
- Cohesity DataProtect,Dell EMC Networker, Veeam, NetBackup
- Tape libraries from vendors like Oracle andSpectra logicor similar
- Snapmirror/Snapvaultand Disaster Recovery (including Disaster Recovery of Backup catalogs)
- Knowledge onServerOS (Linux and/or Solaris)
- Relevant storage certifications (i.e.NetApp Certified Data Administrator),Dell, Pure,Cohesity or similar.
Prospective candidates having following is an added advantage:
- Strong knowledge of automation methodologies, scripting languages, and tooling.
- Scripting knowledge (Bash, Perl, Python or PowerShell)
- Basic knowledge on Splunk queries and Splunkdashboards
- Any other skills that support storage and backup, not covered above.
- Basic knowledge on Ansible is desired.
- Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently while making sound decisions
- Willingness to learnnew technologiesand processes, quickly and apply them.
- Ability to work seamlessly with both vendors and internal stakeholders
- Collaborate with cross-functional team to achieve common objectives
- Identifyand drive efficiency improvement initiatives
- Ability to escalate critical issues to internal and/or 3rd-parties, asappropriate, and communicate status and resolution to the team.
- Comfortable working in a performance-based and structured environment whiledemonstratinghigh ethical standards
- Good knowledge of industry tools
Minimum Qualifications:
3+years of IT-related work experience with abachelor’sdegree.
OR
5+ years of IT-related work experience witha master’sdegree.
Minimum Qualifications:
• 3+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree.OR
5+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor’s degree.
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