SC Cleared Backup Engineer

SC Cleared Backup Engineer Initial 6-Month Contract London | Hybrid £500 - £600 p/day | Inside IR35 An excellent opportunity for an experienced Backup Engineer to support and maintain enterprise backup and recovery…

Inside IR35 Hybrid IT
Pay rate £500 – £600/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 30 October 2026

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SC Cleared Backup Engineer
Initial 6-Month Contract
London | Hybrid
£500 - £600 p/day | Inside IR35

An excellent opportunity for an experienced Backup Engineer to support and maintain enterprise backup and recovery services within a secure enterprise environment.

The successful candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Commvault and/or Rubrik, alongside a solid background in backup administration, disaster recovery and enterprise infrastructure environments.

Key Responsibilities:

Monitoring, maintaining and administering enterprise backup and recovery services.
Troubleshooting backup failures, resolving recovery issues and conducting root cause analysis.
Managing backup policies, retention, replication and reporting.
Supporting backup and recovery across VMware, Windows, Linux, SQL Server, NAS and enterprise storage environments.
Assisting with platform upgrades, migrations and operational improvements.
Supporting disaster recovery activities and recovery testing.
Producing and maintaining technical documentation, backup procedures and recovery plans.
Working within ITIL-based operational support environments to ensure service availability and reliability.
Key Requirements:

Valid SC Clearance
Proven experience working as a Senior Backup Engineer, Backup Administrator or similar within an enterprise environment.
Strong hands-on experience administering Commvault and/or Rubrik backup platforms.
Extensive experience in backup, restore and disaster recovery operations.
Strong technical knowledge of VMware, Windows Server, Linux and SQL Server environments.
Experience supporting NAS and enterprise storage platforms.ECS Recruitment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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