Only candidates, with existing Netherlands/EU work authorization should apply, Sponsorship is not provided for this role.
About the Role
Are you passionate about enterprise storage, backup, and recovery technologies? We are looking for an experienced Storage & Data Protection specialist to join our growing team in Amsterdam.
In this critical role, you will manage, troubleshoot, and optimize enterprise storage environments while ensuring maximum availability, performance, and data protection. You will work with industry-leading storage and backup technologies, helping to safeguard business-critical data and maintain operational excellence across the infrastructure landscape.
As a trusted technical expert, you will play a key role in strengthening backup and recovery capabilities, validating restore readiness, and driving continuous improvement within the storage ecosystem.
Work Model
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring you to work both remotely and from a Cognizant or client office in the Netherlands. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured — we will always be clear about role expectations.
In This Role, You Will
Troubleshoot platform, latency, and connectivity issues across enterprise storage environments.
Diagnose and resolve storage protocol and data access issues across file and object storage platforms.
Investigate, triage, and resolve backup job failures.
Lead recovery activities by determining and executing the most effective recovery strategy, including snapshot and full restores.
Maintain, enhance, and regularly validate restore readiness procedures and checklists.
Execute restore validation testing and accurately document results and recommendations.
Monitor and optimize the performance, availability, resilience, and reliability of storage and backup platforms.
Collaborate with cross-functional technical teams to support incident management, root-cause analysis, and service improvement initiatives.
What You Need to Have to Be Considered
Hands-on expertise with enterprise storage platform administration, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
Strong experience with enterprise storage replication and data services.
Proven proficiency with enterprise backup platforms, including policy management, job monitoring, troubleshooting, and restore workflows.
Solid understanding of storage networking technologies and protocols.
Experience with snapshot lifecycle management, including creation, scheduling, retention, and restoration.
Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting enterprise-scale storage and data protection environments.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in hybrid and geographically distributed teams.
We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
What We Offer
Joining Cognizant means becoming part of a technology-driven, international organisation with an open and collaborative team spirit. For this role based in the Netherlands, we offer:
Competitive salary aligned with your experience and the market
Pension scheme
Access to Udemy and Cognizant Academy for continuous learning and professional development
NS Business Card for public transport commuting
️ 25 paid holidays per year
Laptop and smartphone provided
Work in a technology-driven organisation with an international environment and open team spirit
Contact the Recruiter
Have questions about this role? Feel free to reach out directly:
Nikoletta Katona [email protected]
Sobre a Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) é uma construtora de IA e fornecedora de serviços de tecnologia, criando a ponte entre o investimento em IA e o valor para as empresas por meio do desenvolvimento de soluções de IA completas para nossos clientes. Nossa profunda experiência em setores, processos e engenharia nos permite incorporar o contexto único de cada organização em sistemas tecnológicos que potencializam a capacidade humana, geram resultados tangíveis e mantêm empresas globais à frente em um mundo em rápida transformação. Saiba mais em cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.
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Informações adicionais de emprego
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A Cognizant é uma empregadora que investe em equidade. Sua candidatura não será pautada em raça, cor, gênero, sexualidade, credo, origem, deficiência, gravidez ou qualquer outra característica protegida pelas leis brasileiras.
Se você tem uma deficiência que requer adaptações razoáveis para procurar uma vaga de emprego ou enviar uma candidatura, envie um e-mail para [email protected] com sua solicitação e informações de contato.
