Backup, Recovery & Replication Specialist
Overview
DecisionPoint seeks a Backup, Recovery & Replication Specialist to support enterprise continuity of operations (COOP) and disaster recovery (DR) capabilities across a large federal and DoD-aligned mission environment. This role is responsible for implementing and managing secure database backup strategies, replication configurations, log shipping, failover clustering, and recovery procedures that meet strict RTO/RPO requirements.
The specialist ensures highly reliable and resilient data protection and recovery processes for mission-critical systems while collaborating with database, cybersecurity, and cloud engineering teams to maintain IL5-compliant backup and replication architectures.
This position is fully remote.
Note: By applying to this position, you acknowledge and consent to having your resume included in an active competitive government contract bid.
Duties & Responsibilities
The Backup, Recovery & Replication Specialist will:
- Manage backup, restore, and replication strategies across production and non-production database environments.
- Ensure COOP and DR procedures meet established Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) .
- Configure and maintain log shipping, database mirroring, clustering, and high-availability replication.
- Conduct regular backup validation, restore testing, and failover exercises to ensure operational readiness.
- Monitor backup job performance, replication lag, storage utilization, and data integrity.
- Troubleshoot backup failures, replication inconsistencies, and recovery issues.
- Implement secure backup encryption, access control, and IL5-compliant data protection measures.
- Support RMF documentation for AU, SC, CP, and AC control families as related to COOP and data protection.
- Maintain COOP/DR runbooks, backup schedules, architecture diagrams, and operational SOPs.
- Coordinate with database administrators on schema considerations, retention settings, and log management.
- Work with cybersecurity teams to address vulnerabilities, patching dependencies, and secure backup configurations.
- Support DR exercises, continuity planning, tabletop reviews, and audit inquiries.
- Provide recommendations for improving reliability, redundancy, and backup automation workflows.
Qualifications
Clearance Requirement
Must hold an active Top Secret clearance, supported by a Tier 5 background investigation.
Education (Required)
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Database Administration, or a related technical field.
Experience (Required)
- Minimum 5 years of experience managing backups, recovery operations, or replication technologies.
- Experience supporting COOP/DR strategies in enterprise or secure environments.
- Experience performing restores, replication configuration, and backup validation tests.
- Experience with RTO/RPO planning and execution.
- Experience troubleshooting failover, replication lag, and data integrity issues.
- Experience applying DoD cybersecurity standards to backup and storage systems.
Technical Knowledge (Required)
- Proficiency with database backup tools, replication technologies, and clustering methods.
- Strong understanding of SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL backup and failover capabilities.
- Knowledge of IL5 data protection requirements and secure storage principles.
- Familiarity with RMF control families related to continuity and secure data handling.
- Experience with log shipping, mirroring, snapshots, and cloud-based backup mechanisms.
Technical Knowledge (Preferred)
- Experience with AWS cloud backup platforms (S3, Glacier, RDS snapshots, etc.).
- Experience with automation scripting for backup orchestration.
- Knowledge of enterprise DR platforms and orchestration tools.
Certifications
Required:
- CompTIA Security+
Preferred:
- AWS Backup or Disaster Recovery certification