Backup Engineer

JobdescriptionBackup 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 & recoveryLanguage: French or English (team environment)The roleYou 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 doKeep 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 skillsIBM 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-havesGood 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 skillsTeam player who shares knowledge; excellent written communication, synthesis and presentation skills; strong decision-making and risk management mindset; pragmatic, accountable.Contract snapshotFull-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.