Sr. Backup & Storage Engineer

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

Overview:  The Sr. Backup & Storage Engineer will be responsible for the expert-level design, architecture, and delivery of enterprise storage and backup solutions, supporting infrastructure, and tools.  The primary role focus will be backups and recovery for our current on-prem and co-location roadmap designs, on-prem to cloud transition, technical deployment, troubleshooting, support, and problem resolution relating to complex backup and storage systems. 

Essential Functions: 

• Key contributor in setting roadmaps, developing, and implementing plans for backup and storage solutions across on-premises and multi-cloud environments 

• Key contributor in defining and driving data storage, backup, and recovery initiatives in an efficient and scalable manner, working with all levels of CMM/McKesson to address related requirements, problem escalation/resolution, skills development, and training 

• Evaluate and test multi-vendor storage and backup solution products and platforms, make recommendations based on research, develop plans, and implement 

• Continually seeks ways to automate redundant functions to improve quality and efficiencies of tasks 

• Acts as lead on large projects for BU’s to provide cloud storage and backup solutions as needed in a team environment 

• Documents standards, architecture, implementation procedures, and troubleshooting 

• Manages customer expectations.  Keeps the customer aware of the project status, critical issues, and risks. Obtains customer sign-off at appropriate checkpoints 

• Acts as a contact point for vendors during evaluation, implementation, and decommissioning of identity platforms 

• Keeps management well informed on a timely basis of progress, status, and concerns for each assignment 

• Effectively communicates ideas and information to peers, management, and customers 

• Responsible for training, mentoring, directing, and validating the work of less experienced/knowledgeable team members 

• Member of on-call rotation. 

• Consistently demonstrates regular, dependable attendance & punctuality 

• Can perform all duties while working remotely or on-site 

Minimum Requirements: 

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 7+ years of relevant experience 

Critical Skills:  

• Demonstrable, senior level experience with Dell Compellent, Data Domain, and Rubrik,  

• Advanced experience with Azure Cloud deployment and storage at an enterprise level. 

Preferred Skills: 

• 5+ years’ experience with On-prem, Co-Location, Cloud, and Hybrid-Cloud Storage, Backup, and Recovery Solutions 

• 5+ years’ experience in Storage Engineering, managing Backup Solutions, managing Enterprise Storage Solutions, experience with data storage security concepts and best practices, vulnerability assessment, and remediation.