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/.