Data Protection SME

Job Title: Data Protection SME
Job Location: Washington, DC
Eligibility/Clearance: Active Secret or Top Secret

Responsibilities:
- Provide expert-level guidance on the architecture of multi-petabyte
backup environments for federal agencies.
- Troubleshoot and resolve high-priority, complex data recovery issues
impacting agency-wide missions.
- Technical implementation of advanced encryption frameworks and
immutable storage solutions.
- Serve as a primary technical advisor for agency-level disaster
recovery and business continuity planning.
- Analyze existing data protection architectures for security gaps and
recommend remediation aligned with NIST standards.
- Mentor senior engineers and architects on advanced Commvault, Veeam,
or Cohesity features.
- Support the federal Authority to Operate (ATO) process by providing
deep technical evidence for data integrity controls.

Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
- 12+ years of experience in data management and enterprise backup
engineering.
- 7+ years of deep expertise in specialized domains such as
cloud-native backup or ransomware recovery.
- Recognized authority in data protection with a history of solving
complex enterprise data loss challenges.

Technical Skills
- Expertise in Commvault, Veeam, Cohesity, and NetBackup.
- Advanced knowledge of data encryption (FIPS 140-3) and secure key
management (KMS).
- Deep expertise in data deduplication and cross-region replication
strategies.
- Knowledge of container-native backup (e.g., Kasten, Velero) in
secure environments.

Regulatory & Domain Expertise
- Demonstrated expertise in applying NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP High
requirements for data availability.
- Technical implementation of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)
for data protection.
- Experience with classified data handling (SIPR/JWICS) and secure
data archival.

Preferred Certifications
- Federal & Security: CISSP and CCSP.
- Domain-Specific: Commvault Certified Master, Veeam Certified
Architect (VMCA), or Cohesity Expert.
- Architecture/Management: AWS or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
Clearance Requirement
- Active security clearance (Secret or Top Secret)

Arena Technical Resources, LLC, (ATR) is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) who will provide equal employment opportunity to employees and applicants for employment without regard to  race, ethnicity, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family structure, genetic information, or mental or physical disability.