Data Protection SME

Overview

Acuity is an award-winning consulting firm that provides proven management and technological services to the Federal government. Recognized as one of the Best Places to Work, by the Washington Business Journal for over five years in a row, we are hiring a Data Protection SME to further assist and join in our growth. 

Why Acuity?

Looking to make a difference, to help keep people safe, or even to save lives through your work with technology? Join Acuity’s team of experts to have an impact on our government’s critical missions. Acuity, Inc. is a consulting firm that supports federal agencies in the areas of IT Modernization, Data Enablement, and Hyperautomation.

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)

Min

USD $108,000.00/Yr.

Max

USD $170,000.00/Yr.

Salary Range

The salary range for this position represents Acuity's good faith estimate of the compensation for this job title at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's qualifications, experience, education, certifications, skills, geographic location, contract requirements, applicable labor categories, and, where applicable, contract award and funding.