CNIS Backup Engineer

Cloud & Telecoms Infrastructure Engineer - Backup & Restore

Contract: 4 months
Location: Newbury
Working Pattern: Hybrid

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Cloud & Telecoms Infrastructure Engineer to support the design and implementation of a backup and restore solution within a complex cloud-native telecommunications environment.
The successful engineer will work across Linux infrastructure, automation, scripting and telecoms platforms, developing an automated backup capability that can be tested within a laboratory environment before being introduced into live infrastructure.
This is a technically specialised role suited to an engineer with experience across telecommunications, cloud infrastructure and Linux-based automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement backup and restore capabilities for cloud-native telecommunications infrastructure.
• Develop and configure a Backup Proxy Service within the infrastructure environment.
• Develop Linux-based scripts to automate backup processes.
• Configure cron jobs and scheduled tasks to trigger regular backups.
• Support backup processes across multiple telecoms infrastructure components.
• Implement and test the solution within a lab/test environment before live deployment.
• Support integration with SFTP and secure file-transfer processes.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, networking and backup-related issues.
• Produce technical documentation covering configuration, processes and implementation.
• Work closely with technical stakeholders to validate the solution and support transition into live environments.

Essential Experience

• Strong commercial experience working with Linux/Unix infrastructure, ideally Ubuntu or Red Hat.
• Experience developing Shell/Bash and/or Python scripts.
• Strong understanding of backup and restore technologies and processes.
• Experience automating infrastructure tasks using cron, scripting or configuration management tools.
• Understanding of SFTP and secure file transfer.
• Experience working with cloud, virtualised or bare-metal infrastructure.
• Strong networking fundamentals including IP, routing and switching.
• Previous experience within a telecommunications, mobile network or service-provider environment.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with Ericsson telecoms infrastructure.
• Experience with Cloud Native Infrastructure / CNIS environments.
• Experience with 5G Core, NFVi, IMS or VoLTE platforms.
• Experience with EVNFM, OMC or related telecoms management platforms.
• Experience working with Kubernetes or other containerised platforms.
• Experience designing or implementing automated backup solutions within production environments.
• Previous experience working within a Tier-1 telecommunications environment.