Data Domain Administrator

The Data Domain Administrator is responsible for the administration, monitoring, maintenance, performance optimization, security, and support of Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Domain and DDVE environments. The role ensures reliable backup storage, replication, cyber resilience, disaster recovery readiness, and integration with AS 400/IBM i-Series.

Key Responsibilities

Administration and Operations
- Install, configure, and manage Data Domain appliances, including physical Data Domain and DDVE instances.
- Perform regular system health checks, proactive monitoring, and operational validation.
- Manage storage units, MTrees, CIFS/NFS shares, DD Boost configurations, and access controls.
- Monitor backup storage utilization, available capacity, growth trends, and system alerts.
- Plan and perform software upgrades, patches, and firmware updates as per organizational change processes.

Backup Storage Management
- Configure Data Domain as backup storage target for enterprise backup applications.




- Monitor backup storage performance and support troubleshooting of failed or slow backup jobs.
- Manage retention policies, storage optimization, deduplication, compression, and cleanup activities.
- Ensure backup images remain available, recoverable, and aligned with business retention requirements.

Replication and Disaster Recovery
- Configure and manage Data Domain replication between production, DR, and vault environments.
- Monitor replication health, lag, throughput, and capacity usage.
- Support DR drills, recovery validation, and restoration exercises.
- Validate backup storage readiness against defined RPO and RTO requirements.

Security and Cyber Resilience
- Implement Retention Lock, immutability, RBAC, and secure administrative access.
- Support Dell Cyber Recovery, isolated vault, air-gap, and cleanroom recovery use cases.
- Investigate backup storage anomalies, security alerts, and suspicious operational behavior.
- Participate in ransomwa

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