Rubrik SME

Rubrik SME

Inside IR35 / 4 days onsite

Our client is a leading global financial institution undergoing continued investment across its technology and data infrastructure. As part of this transformation, they are looking for an experienced Rubrik SME to join their Storage & Data Protection function.

The role will suit someone who has a strong background in Rubrik, enterprise backup, data protection and storage, ideally within a large-scale, highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities • Act as the SME and technical owner for Rubrik and enterprise backup technologies.

• Oversee the design, implementation, administration and ongoing optimisation of backup systems and associated infrastructure.


• Manage and maintain backup and storage services across EMEA and international environments.


• Monitor backup success rates, identify recurring issues and drive improvements to minimise and ultimately eliminate backup failures.


• Ensure Rubrik and associated technologies are maintained, patched and upgraded in line with vendor recommendations and organisational standards.


• Ensure backup and storage platforms meet stringent security, risk, control and regulatory requirements.


• Design and implement appropriate operational controls to mitigate risks associated with data protection and storage.


• Ensure data is backed up and retained in accordance with corporate policies and regulatory requirements.


• Manage restoration requests and ensure historical data can be recovered reliably and within agreed SLAs.


• Ensure backup and storage environments meet agreed SLAs, KPIs, availability and resilience requirements.


• Support the development of BCP and Disaster Recovery strategies for new and existing services.


• Contribute to architecture decisions, technology standards and the strategic roadmap for backup and storage.


• Identify opportunities to introduce new technologies and improve the resilience, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the environment.


• Manage capacity and identify potential capacity risks before they impact service.


• Provide technical input into wider technology programmes and change initiatives.


• Participate in audits, investigations and regulatory assessments where required.


• Maintain accurate, comprehensive technical and operational documentation.


• Identify opportunities for automation to improve operational efficiency.


• Provide technical consultancy to development, infrastructure and other technology teams.


• Provide day-to-day SME support for backup and storage technologies and assist with incident and request management.

Essential skills: • Extensive hands-on experience with Rubrik in an enterprise environment.

• Strong understanding of backup, recovery and data protection technologies.


• Experience designing, implementing and supporting enterprise backup platforms.


• Strong knowledge of Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and operational resilience.


• Experience working within large-scale, complex infrastructure environments.


• Strong understanding of security, privileged access, risk and control requirements.


• Experience working with SLAs, KPIs, capacity management and service availability.

Desirable skills: • VMware / virtualisation

• Microsoft environments


• Azure / AWS or other cloud platforms


• NAS / enterprise storage


• SAN / storage networking


• Replication technologies


• Database backup and recovery


• PowerShell, Python or other automation technologies


• REST APIs


• Cyber resilience and ransomware recovery


• Immutable backup / air-gapped recovery strategies


• Financial services or another highly regulated environment

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