Backup Architect (f/m)

Salary: £63,000 - 103,000 per year

Requirements:

• Significant professional experience in IT Infrastructure, with a strong focus on Backup and Recovery Architecture.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise backup platforms, including Veritas, Cohesity, and Veeam, as well as storage technologies such as SAN, NAS, DAS, and object storage.
• Strong understanding of virtualization platforms, database backup methodologies, cloud technologies, and container technologies.
• Solid grasp of security strategies including ransomware protection, encryption, and Zero Trust architecture.
• Strong analytical thinking and crisis management skills.
• Ability to communicate technical risks effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a long-term data protection strategy and technology roadmap for hybrid, multi-cloud, container, and on-premise environments.
• Lead the technical design of scalable, resilient, and secure Disaster Recovery architectures, ensuring robust failover capabilities.
• Evaluate emerging technologies such as immutable backups and air-gapped storage to modernize the data protection stack and reduce technical debt.
• Drive the automation and orchestration of backup and recovery processes to improve efficiency and minimize the risk of human error.
• Act as the technical authority and highest escalation point for complex data recovery failures, bridging operations, security, and business continuity.

Technologies:

• Architect
• Cloud
• Support
• Security
• Veeam

More:

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Backup Architect to join our DIC public and private cloud team based in Toulouse, France. We work on IT Backup Services, IT Resilience, and Cyber security for Hosting, and we are driving the strategy, design, and implementation of backup services to secure critical information assets and ensure they are recoverable and compliant with regulatory standards. Toulouse offers a dynamic working environment with access to outdoor activities, and we support financial rewards, work/life balance, wellbeing/health benefits, flexible working arrangements, and individual development opportunities, including access to more than 10,000 e-learning courses. We are committed to integrity, workforce diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities.

last updated 36 week of 2026