Veeam Consultant

Job title: Veeam Backup & Recovery ConsultantDay rate: £350 per day - Outside IR35 / Limited Company Start date: ASAPDuration: 1-2 monthsLocation: Fully remoteRoleWe are seeking an experienced Veeam Backup & Recovery Consultant to deliver the Veeam component of a large-scale greenfield datacentre deployment. The wider project includes Azure Local infrastructure, Dell storage platforms, and disaster recovery capabilities across two active-active datacentres. The successful Veeam Backup & Recovery Consultant will be responsible for the design, deployment, testing, and handover of the Veeam backup and replication solution.Project Environment

• Azure Local with Dell PowerStore (FC SAN)
• Dell PowerScale with Superna
• Veeam Backup & Replication v13.1
• Veeam Data Cloud Vault
• Dell R760XD Linux Hardened Repositories (2 per site, 600TB capacity)
• Remote delivery (physical installation completed by onsite team)

Responsibilities

• Lead Veeam design workshops covering backup, replication, DR, and recovery requirements.
• Design and deploy Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Linux Hardened Repositories, and Data Cloud Vault.
• Assess the requirement for Veeam Recovery Orchestrator.
• Configure backup, replication, and monitoring.
• Perform UAT, including backup, restore, replication, and failover testing.
• Migrate and validate up to 10 VMs.
• Produce as-built documentation, administration guides, and deliver knowledge transfer.

Required Skills

• Strong enterprise experience with Veeam Backup & Replication (v12/v13).
• Linux Hardened Repository deployment.
• Veeam ONE.
• Backup, replication, disaster recovery, and recovery testing.
• VMware environments.
• Excellent customer-facing consulting and documentation skills.

Desirable

• Azure Local
• Dell PowerStore
• PowerScale
• Fibre Channel SAN
• Veeam Recovery Orchestrator experience