Job Title: Encryption & Data Resiliency Engineer
Company: Mindwhiz
Location: Wapda Town, Lahore
Type: Full-Time || Hybrid
Timings: 6PM to 3AM (Monday – Friday)
Salary: PKR 350,000 to PKR 400,000 per month.
About the Role
Mindwhiz is seeking an experienced Encryption & Data Resiliency Engineer to strengthen enterprise data protection, encryption management, backup infrastructure, and disaster recovery capabilities. This role is responsible for ensuring business continuity through secure encryption practices, continuous data protection, and highly resilient backup and recovery solutions.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise with enterprise backup technologies, key management systems, disaster recovery platforms, and virtualization environments. The position requires a proactive professional capable of safeguarding critical business data while maintaining compliance with security and regulatory standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain enterprise encryption and data protection solutions.
- Manage centralized Key Management Systems (KMS) and encryption policies across infrastructure.
- Administer Hardware Security Modules (HSM) for cryptographic key protection and security operations.
- Manage and optimize backup environments across virtual, physical, and cloud platforms.
- Perform backup monitoring, troubleshooting, restore testing, and recovery validation.
- Administer Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, Data Domain, and Zerto environments.
- Implement continuous data protection (CDP), replication, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Configure and manage Zerto Virtual Manager (ZVM), Virtual Replication Appliances (VRAs), and Virtual Protection Groups (VPGs).
- Conduct disaster recovery drills and maintain Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) targets.
- Monitor storage performance, backup repository health, and capacity utilization.
- Apply system updates, firmware upgrades, and security patches to backup and encryption platforms.
- Collaborate with security teams to implement immutable and air-gapped backup solutions.
- Support infrastructure projects, vendor evaluations, asset management, and compliance audits.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, backup, encryption, and recovery-related issues.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 5–7 years of experience in data protection, backup, disaster recovery, and encryption technologies.
- Hands-on experience with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, and Zerto.
- Experience with CipherTrust Manager or similar Key Management Systems (KMS/TDE solutions).
- Strong understanding of enterprise encryption, key lifecycle management, and HSM technologies.
- Experience with VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and SAN/NAS storage environments.
- Knowledge of TCP/IP networking, DNS, firewall configurations, and replication technologies.
- Experience with disaster recovery planning, failover testing, and business continuity processes.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and data protection environments.
- Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Luna HSM administration and cryptographic operations.
- Knowledge of SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and related compliance frameworks.
- Veeam VMCE, Zerto, CISSP, or similar industry certifications.
- Experience with Azure and AWS disaster recovery and migration projects.
- Familiarity with immutable backups, ransomware protection, and air-gapped recovery solutions.
- Understanding of AI-driven automation, inventory management, and process optimization.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary.
- Opportunity to work on enterprise-grade security and resiliency platforms.
- Career growth within a highly specialized infrastructure environment.
- Collaborative and technology-driven workplace.