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Senior Data Protection and Encryption Engineer

Andishi
Nairobi
Full-time
Posted: 2026-08-19

About Andishi

At Andishi, we strive to democratize access to global technology by actively seeking, supporting, and linking underrepresented professionals working for organizations worldwide. This organization originated in Nairobi's Silicon Savannah, founded on the fundamental idea that skilled developers are abundant in their work lives, but the likelihood of them finding a career opportunity is often too low for many to meet.

Description

Andishi is looking for an experienced Data Protection & Encryption Engineer to oversee and execute large-scale enterprise backup, disaster recovery, and encryption systems. The candidate should possess deep expertise across multiple key technologies including virtualization providers like VMware, Hyper-V, Veeam, Zerto, Avamar, and Data Domain. This role demands a person who can diagnose current environments, customize solutions, debug technical problems, conduct thorough recovery tests, and create comprehensive documentation to ensure all configurations are set up correctly under the supervision of other engineers.

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

Configure and manage enterprise backup, replication, and disaster recovery environments.

Administer Veeam Backup & Replication, including immutable repositories and recovery workflows.

Manage Zerto replication, VPGs, journals, failover/failback, and DR testing.

Support Dell Avamar and Data Domain backup environments.

Implement and maintain encryption and centralized key-management solutions.

Work with CipherTrust, Luna HSM, or similar KMS/HSM platforms.

Perform backup and restore validation and verify RTO/RPO requirements.

Support VMware, Hyper-V, SAN/NAS, networking, DNS, and firewall dependencies.

Improve ransomware resilience through immutable and isolated backup strategies.

Troubleshoot production issues and coordinate technical changes as needed.

Create clear operational documentation and DR runbooks.

Required Skills

Veeam Backup & Replication

Zerto

Dell Avamar / Data Domain

CipherTrust Manager or similar KMS

Luna HSM or similar HSM technology

VMware vSphere / ESXi

Microsoft Hyper-V

SAN/NAS storage

Windows and Linux

TCP/IP, DNS, and firewall troubleshooting

Disaster recovery, replication, RTO/RPO, and ransomware recovery

Expected Deliverables

Assessment of the current backup, encryption, and DR environment

Stable and optimized backup/replication configurations

Encryption and key-management configuration

Tested backup restores and disaster recovery workflows

RTO/RPO validation

Ransomware-resilient backup recommendations or implementation

Technical documentation and recovery runbooks

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a senior engineer who can take full technical ownership of the engagement.

You should be able to investigate issues independently, design and implement solutions, test your work, and carry technical problems through resolution without requiring continuous supervision.

When applying, please briefly describe your hands-on experience with Veeam, Zerto, Avamar/Data Domain, KMS/HSM technologies, VMware, and disaster recovery, along with one relevant project you personally delivered.

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