System Engineer, Data Protection & Recovery

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What we offer:
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary:
Magna is more than one of the world's largest suppliers in the automotive space. We are a mobility technology company built to innovate, with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team. With 65+ years of expertise, our ecosystem of interconnected products combined with our complete vehicle expertise uniquely positions us to advance mobility in an expanded transportation landscape.
Job Responsibilities:
Magna Global IT is building a global Data Protection & Recovery service to ensure compliant, reliable, and recoverable workloads across onpremises and cloud environments.
The System Engineer - Data Protection & Recovery plays a key role in operating and evolving this service, with CommVault as the central backup and recovery solution. The role combines daily operational responsibility, stakeholder engagement, and the implementation of new divisional backup use cases in a hybrid environment leveraging onpremises infrastructure and Microsoft Azure.
Major Responsibilities

• Implement & Support backup infrastructure for new rollout projects
• Operate and monitor backup and recovery jobs

• Perform daily backup compliance checks
• Creation of disaster event playbook and periodic testing
• Analyse and remediate backup failures at resource, OS, or integration level
• Produce operational and compliance reports for business stakeholder
• Implement, Maintain, and support Azure Cloud services for the solution
• Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner
• Work closely with customer to implement and/or consult requested solutions
• Work closely with IT Security and Governance teams to ensure data protection and compliance

Skills and Competencies

• Positive attitude and a strong commitment to delivering quality work.
• Deep Knowledge and proven experience operating CommVault or comparable enterprise backup solutions
• Deep Knowledge of backup and recovery concepts
• Deep Knowledge of troubleshooting backup issues on Windows & Linux operating systems
• Deep Knowledge of restore procedures in recovery events
• Deep Knowledge on integration methods of virtual, physical, AS400, and storage workloads
• Understand Microsoft Azure Cloud services for storage, computing, and network
• Knowledge about basic core infrastructure services and protocols, including DNS, SMTP, DHCP, and NTP.
• Familiarity with Powershell, Bash, Terraform, Github and other/similar (scripting/automation)
• Effective communication skills (written and verbal) to properly articulate complicated infrastructure reports to management and other IT development partners.
• Able to communicate in English Language (listening, writing, speaking)

Knowledge and Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or relevant field
• CommVault trainings and certifications
• Microsoft Azure fundamentals or associate-level certifications
• Microsoft Windows Server or Linux certifications

Work Experience

• 5+ years of experience

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure
As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.
Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.
If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.
Worker Type:
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)
Group:
Magna Corporate