Enterprise Data Protection Engineer Fort Worth, TX

Textron is a renowned global multi-industry company with a diverse portfolio spanning aerospace and defense specialized vehicles turf care and fuel systems. Our brand lineup includes leading names like Bell Cessna Beechcraft E-Z-GO Lycoming Engines and many others. With a strong worldwide presence and a workforce of 34000 individuals across 25 countries we prioritize attracting top talent.

The Enterprise Data Protection Engineer is a hands-on engineer responsible for the day-to-day operation maintenance and continuous improvement of Textrons enterprise data protection backup and storage environment across on-premises and cloud (Azure commercial and GCC High) platforms globally across Textron and its subsidiaries. Working within a distributed team this engineer helps ensure the data protection availability cyber resiliency and recoverability of business-critical systems. The role partners with senior engineers and architects to plan and implement backup storage replication and disaster-recovery solutions consistent with company goals industry best practices and regulatory requirements. Over time the role is expected to broaden into adjacent compute and cloud operations responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor daily backup and replication jobs; troubleshoot and remediate failures and escalate repeat or systemic issues to server support teams and/or suppliers.
• Perform day-to-day administration of the enterprise backup platform (Commvault) and associated storage including job scheduling capacity management and performance tuning.
• Build configure and support backup for a diverse estate: VMware Azure IaaS/AKS physical and virtual servers and databases (SQL Oracle HANA PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB DB2) across Windows Linux and AIX.
• Contribute to the architecture and implementation of global backup and storage solutions aligned to the long-term strategy for enterprise file/block storage multi-cloud recovery business continuity/DR automation and cost optimization.
• Implement and validate data protection controls including immutable/WORM backups encryption at rest and in transit and retention/compliance policies.
• Design and distribute backup reports to system owners and stakeholders and help enforce architecture and configuration standards in collaboration with application owners developers and end users.
• Develop and document processes and procedures for deployment maintenance and administration in accordance with company policies industry standards and recommended practices.
• Support and help audit third-party / managed-service activities for adherence to Textron policies procedures and architecture standards.
• Plan and coordinate upgrades data migrations and system refreshes.
• Participate in critical incident response troubleshooting and remediation during outages or performance degradation including occasional off-hours work.
• Represent data protection interests in global change-management processes for activities that may impact backup/storage availability replication or performance.
• Cross-train with peers and over time take on growing responsibility within the broader midrange and cloud operations space.
• Ensure the protection and privacy of employee personnel records and other sensitive information.
• Perform other duties as assigned and remain open to future career-development opportunities within Textron.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or a related field

• Minimum of 5 years in Information Technology Infrastructure preferably with experience in backup and storage systems

• Working knowledge of both on-premises and cloud (Azure or AWS) compute and storage environments
• Understanding of backup and storage architecture principles and practical experience designing building configuring and supporting backup systems and management software preferred
• Direct experience with compute/cloud operations preferred
• Relevant certifications (e.g. Commvault Microsoft Azure such as AZ-104/AZ-500 storage/DR) are a plus

Skills & Attributes

• Strong troubleshooting organizational and time-management skills;
• Willing to work occasional unusual hours and after hours support.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly self-motivated self-directed and eager to grow technically into a broader operations role over time.

At Textron we believe that thriving at work starts with balance

We prioritize work-life balance with a generous time-off package and a culture that encourages connection and engagement. Whether youre joining an Employee Resource Group or participating in fun workplace activities there are plenty of ways to make your experience here both meaningful and enjoyable.

Our team is committed to supporting new members and we take pride in our diverse mix of experience levels. This creates a collaborative environment where mentorship and knowledge sharing thrive.

We also offer a competitive total rewards package including:

• Competitive total rewards package
• Industry-leading 401(k) matching
• Generous tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive health dental and more

Join Textron and become part of a dynamic team where innovation creativity and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.