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Senior SRE / Cloud Engineer Backup & Cyber Recovery

NexwaveChicago, IL🇺🇸United StatesPosted Sep 24, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Advance your career in a hybrid environment with this Senior SRE/Cloud Engineer role, offering significant growth in cutting-edge backup and cyber recovery technologies. You'll thrive here if you have extensive experience with cloud platforms, enterprise backup solutions, and a passion for building resilient systems, all while enjoying a competitive hourly rate. Apply today to join a forward-thinking team and make a real impact.

Quick Overview

Salary
$60/hr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, IL, United States
Posted
1 week ago
AWSELKEncryptionMFASplunkAnsibleAzureBashGitHub ActionsGoogle CloudGrafanaKubernetesPowerShellPrometheusPythonTerraformVMwareZero Trust

Job Description

Role: Senior SRE / Cloud Engineer Backup & Cyber Recovery

Location: Chicago, IL Hybrid (3 days/week) Must Locals

Rate: $60/hr on C2C/1099 Max

Exp : 10+

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years in Infrastructure, Backup Engineering, or SRE.
  • Strong experience with AWS, Azure/Google Cloud Platform, Linux, VMware, Kubernetes/OpenShift.
  • Hands-on enterprise backup technologies: Cohesity, Dell PowerProtect/Data Domain/Cyber Recovery, Rubrik, Commvault, NetBackup, Veeam.
  • Expertise in cyber recovery, ransomware protection, immutable backups, air-gapped vaults, IREs, clean rooms, and recovery orchestration.
  • Strong Terraform, Ansible, Python, PowerShell, Bash, GitHub/GitHub Actions skills.
  • Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Dynatrace/ELK.
  • Knowledge of IAM, MFA, encryption, Zero Trust, NIST/CIS.
  • Experience defining SLOs/SLIs, RPO/RTO, RCA, automation, and resilience testing.
  • Financial services/GSIB and regulatory experience preferred.
  • Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Regards,

Stephen

Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist

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