RANSOMWARE RECOVERY & CYBER VAULT ADMINISTRATOR

LOCATION: Remote (Must be local to Southern California and available to report to the office as needed)

SCHEDULE: Full-time

DURATION: 6 months

PAY: 77-82 USD per hour

Job Responsibilities:

In this role, you will administer and support the organization's ransomware recovery and cyber vault infrastructure, ensuring critical enterprise data is protected and recoverable in the event of a cyber incident. Key responsibilities include:

• Administering and maintaining Dell Cyber Recovery Vault environments and supporting infrastructure.
• Managing secure replication of backup data into isolated recovery environments.
• Monitoring vault health, replication status, storage capacity, and recovery readiness.
• Administering Dell Data Domain appliances, including configuration, maintenance, upgrades, replication, and retention management.
• Administering Dell CyberSense, including configuring scans and policies, monitoring ransomware detection analytics, and investigating anomalies.
• Supporting ransomware recovery processes, disaster recovery exercises, and recovery validation activities.
• Performing backup verification, restore testing, and recovery readiness assessments.
• Implementing secure and immutable backup configurations and maintaining security hardening standards.
• Collaborating with cybersecurity, infrastructure, storage, database, and application teams to support recovery operations.
• Maintaining operational documentation, reporting, and recovery procedures.
• Supporting compliance requirements, security reviews, risk assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Essential Duties and Job Functions:

• Manage day-to-day administration of Dell Cyber Recovery Vault infrastructure and ensure the environment remains secure and operational.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Dell Data Domain systems, including backup failures, replication issues, system performance, deduplication efficiency, and capacity utilization.
• Administer Dell CyberSense and review analytics reports to identify potential ransomware activity, suspicious data changes, and indicators of data corruption.
• Investigate anomalies and coordinate with cybersecurity teams to assess potential threats and determine appropriate recovery actions.
• Validate the integrity and recoverability of protected data through regular testing and recovery exercises.
• Support cyber incident response and participate in ransomware recovery activities as needed.
• Maintain backup retention policies, replication configurations, access controls, and immutable storage settings.
• Ensure cyber recovery procedures align with business continuity, disaster recovery, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, dashboards, and recovery readiness reports.
• Identify opportunities to improve platform reliability, recovery efficiency, and ransomware resilience.
• Work independently, take ownership of assigned tasks, and drive them through completion with minimal supervision.
• Collaborate with the Senior Manager of the Data Recovery team and other technical stakeholders to support operational priorities.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Hands-on experience with Dell CyberSense and Dell Cyber Recovery Vault technologies.
• Strong knowledge of Dell Data Domain administration, including replication, retention policies, storage management, troubleshooting, and system maintenance.
• Understanding of ransomware recovery strategies, cyber resilience, immutable backups, and isolated or air-gapped recovery environments.
• Experience with enterprise backup and recovery platforms, disaster recovery planning, and recovery validation.
• Knowledge of data replication, enterprise storage, SAN/NAS concepts, and backup lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with VMware virtualization, Linux, and Windows administration.
• Understanding of security hardening, access controls, privileged access management, and incident response procedures.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and root cause analysis skills.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and execute tasks efficiently.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and capable of taking ownership of technical assignments with minimal direction.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cybersecurity, infrastructure, storage, and application teams.
• Flexibility to support recovery operations and occasional schedule adjustments based on team workload.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in enterprise backup, storage, data protection, or cybersecurity administration.
• Hands-on experience administering Dell Data Domain environments.
• Experience supporting cyber recovery vaults or isolated recovery environments.
• Experience with Dell CyberSense is required.
• Experience participating in ransomware recovery testing, disaster recovery exercises, or business continuity initiatives.
• Dell Proven Professional certifications or related data protection certifications are preferred.
• Experience in regulated industries such as utilities, energy, financial services, or healthcare is a plus.
• Experience with cloud-based backup and recovery solutions is desirable.

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