At Sun Pharma, we commit to helping you “Create your own sunshine”— by fostering an environment where you grow at every step, take charge of your journey and thrive in a supportive community.
As you enter the Sun Pharma world, you’ll find yourself becoming ‘Better every day’ through continuous progress. Exhibit self-drive as you ‘Take charge’ and lead with confidence. Additionally, demonstrate a collaborative spirit, knowing that we ‘Thrive together’ and support each other’s journeys.”
We are seeking an experienced Data Backup Manager (Administrator) to manage and execute data backup, restoration, and disaster recovery operations across a hybrid cloud infrastructure. This role is pivotal in ensuring data protection, integrity, availability, and regulatory compliance within highly regulated environments such as Pharma, Healthcare, and BFSI.
- Manage daily operations of enterprise backup solutions, including scheduling, monitoring, and validating backup jobs.
- Perform regular data restore testing to verify RTO/RPO compliance.
- Handle escalation and resolution of backup failures, job exceptions, and system issues.
- Administer tape backup and archival management, including encryption, vaulting, and lifecycle tracking.
- Administer hybrid backup platforms across VMware/Hyper-V, SAN/NAS storage, and cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Implement and manage cloud-based backup services and immutable storage for ransomware protection.
- Create and maintain HLDs/LLDs, SOPs, validation scripts, and compliance documentation.
- Ensure all backup systems and operations align with GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, and corporate audit standards.
- Participate in internal and external audits and assist in the preparation of documentation and evidence.
- Maintain system validation lifecycle documentation for regulated applications.
- Implement data classification, tagging, and backup policies based on sensitivity and criticality.
- Support business continuity and DR planning by ensuring recoverability of mission-critical data.
- Monitor storage usage trends and manage data archival and retention strategies.
- Collaborate with infrastructure and application teams for backup onboarding of new systems.
- Support the Backup Lead in preparing RFPs, RFIs, BOMs, and project execution activities.
- Interface with OEMs and vendors to ensure service delivery, upgrades, patching, and compliance.
- Generate and share weekly/monthly backup performance and compliance reports.
- Maintain dashboards and documentation for internal IT teams and external auditors.
- Provide input to leadership on capacity planning, license utilization, and upgrade planning.
