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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 34,000 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 Textron's 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

• Bachelor's 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 you're 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.