Accenture Federal Services
Backup Recovery Engineer
About this role
Accenture Federal Services seeks a Backup Recovery Engineer to manage enterprise backup and recovery operations, ensure data integrity, and support disaster recovery initiatives for federal government clients in Washington, DC. The role requires 4+ years of backup/recovery experience, a relevant degree, and an active security clearance.
What you'll do
- Manage backup and recovery processes, monitor job completions, and resolve backup failures
- Conduct regular backup verifications and test restores to ensure data recoverability
- Implement and maintain backup procedures, manage tape rotations, and off-site storage of backup media
- Collaborate with system and database administrators to ensure critical data is properly backed up
- Assist in capacity planning for backup infrastructure and implement data retention policies
- Participate in disaster recovery exercises, document recovery procedures, and support continuous improvement
What they're looking for
- Enterprise backup and recovery systems management
- Disaster recovery and COOP planning
- Data integrity verification and restoration testing
- Backup infrastructure capacity planning
- Data retention policy implementation
- System and database administration collaboration
- IT service management frameworks
- Backup and recovery technologies
Benefits
- Collaborative and inclusive work environment
- Hands-on experience and professional development opportunities
- Industry certifications and training programs
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Mission-driven work supporting US federal government
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Accenture Federal Services
Accenture Federal Services builds and maintains mission-critical technology solutions for the U.S. federal government, including cloud infrastructure, enterprise systems integrations, and cyber defense tools. The company is hiring DevOps engineers, full-stack developers, SAP specialists, and test engineers to support classified and unclassified federal government projects.
- Website
- accenturefederal.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience implementing and managing backup systems in an enterprise environment—what platforms and tools have you used?
- Walk us through how you would design a disaster recovery plan and test it to ensure data recoverability.