[Remote] Senior BUR and Storage Engineers
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Maximus is a trusted federal partner supporting mission-critical programs across national security, defense, and public service delivery. The Senior Backup, Recovery & Storage Engineer will support enterprise backup, recovery, and storage operations across various environments, ensuring service availability and compliance with SLAs while working closely with multiple technical teams.
Responsibilities
- Own and operate enterprise backup, recovery, and storage services across on‑premise, data center, and hybrid environments, supporting restoration during outages, migrations, and infrastructure events
- Maintain disaster recovery (DR) plans, procedures, and runbooks; execute backup integrity checks, restoration testing, and recovery actions
- Support testing and validation of infrastructure and application changes impacting backup and recovery platforms
- Participate in configuration, change, release, patch, and upgrade activities affecting backup, recovery, and storage tooling
- Coordinate with incident management and service teams during critical incidents to ensure timely data restoration and service recovery
- Provide senior‑level technical guidance on recovery architecture and operational best practices while supporting junior engineers in day‑to‑day execution to protect SLA performance
Skills
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust is required
- Must be a U.S. Citizen without dual citizenship
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent work experience
- 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise backup, recovery, and storage operations in on‑premise and/or hybrid environments
- Hands‑on experience with enterprise backup and recovery platforms (e.g., disk‑ and tape‑based solutions)
- Experience executing backup integrity checks, recovery testing, and restoration activities
- Working knowledge of disaster recovery concepts, RPO/RTO, and operational runbooks
- Experience supporting change, patch, and upgrade activities in regulated environments
- Ability to coordinate across infrastructure, network, database, cloud, and incident management teams
- Experience working within ITIL‑aligned operational processes
- An active Public Trust and/or DHS suitability is preferred
- Experience supporting large federal enterprise environments
- Familiarity with hybrid cloud backup and recovery architectures
- Experience with storage platforms (SAN/NAS/object storage)
- ITIL Foundation or similar service management training
- Strong documentation, communication, and incident coordination skills
Benefits
- Short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- A retirement savings plan
- Paid holidays and paid time off
Company Overview
- Maximus helps governments deliver on their mission with modern services that improve outcomes and citizen experiences. It was founded in 1975, and is headquartered in Mclean, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.maximus.com/.