Data Protect Principal Analyst

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Peterborough
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The Role & Key Responsibilities
Job title: Data Protect Principal Analyst

Location: Peterborough (Hybrid)

Are you an infrastructure specialist interested in data protection and motivated to safeguard critical systems? Do you thrive in high-stakes environments where your technical knowledge directly affects business continuity and innovation?

Our BTS Data Protect team is looking for a technically skilled Principal Analyst to take a leading role in managing and evolving our core data protection services. In this pivotal position, you'll act as the final point of technical escalation, guide your team through complex challenges, and help shape the future of our infrastructure—ensuring our systems are secure, resilient, and ready to support the demands of a global business.

What you'll be doing:
- Acting as the technical lead and subject matter expert for all Data Protect infrastructure components, providing final point of escalation for complex technical issues.
- Overseeing the resolution of high-impact incidents and problems, ensuring robust, efficient, and secure systems across our backup, recovery, and storage platforms.
- Facilitating continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for optimisation and innovation within infrastructure and service management practices.
- Supporting the delivery and technical support of data protection products and services in line with agreed SLAs and OLAs.
- Leading and contributing to medium-to-large scale technical projects, working closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Coaching, mentoring, and supporting team members—sharing and deputising for the Data Protect Manager when required.
- Maintaining up-to-date technical documentation and ensuring adherence to IT standards, procedures, and security requirements.
- Collaborating with external vendors and partners, ensuring effective lifecycle management, cost control, capacity planning, and compliance across infrastructure services.
What you'll bring:
- Extensive technical experience across infrastructure technologies, including storage (e.g. Pure), SAN (Brocade & SanNav), and backup/recovery tools (Commvault, AvePoint).
- Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise-level IT environments, with solid knowledge of Microsoft Server technologies, Active Directory, Group Policy, and Certificate Services.
- Familiarity with virtualisation platforms such as VMware and Hyper-V, as well as cloud environments like Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.
- Scripting ability using PowerShell and SQL, with a keen eye for automation, efficiency, and process improvement.
- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Load-Balancers), PKI, and license management.
- A collaborative mindset with the ability to act as a technical lead, supporting and mentoring team members while influencing stakeholders.
- Experience in incident and problem management, including coordination with third-party service providers.
- A flexible approach to working hours, with the ability to travel to other locations when needed.
Location

Hybrid, a mix of office and homeworking. This role will be based at our Peterborough offices on the Lynchwood Business Park. The office has recently been renovated and along with a modern work environment has great public transport links, free onsite parking, free drink facilities, free lunch option each day and a great team culture.

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services are continually reviewing our benefits to ensure our staff feel rewarded…

Associated British Foods is a global giant when it comes to the world of food processing and retail. Our ingredients division is the world’s second-largest producer of both sugar and baker’s yeast and our grocery brands occupy leading positions across the globe meaning that, in the UK, nine out of ten households use our brands.

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services (BTS) was first established in 2008 to deliver a centralised IT infrastructure and service to our fellow ABF businesses. We have now grown and operate in over 185 locations spread across 23 countries supported by a fantastic team of nearly 200. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we’re looking for people who are eager to join us in supporting and delivering this vision.

We want you to be a part of our future and to support you, so below are a handful of some of our benefits that are offered to our employees.

AB Foods BTS match up to 10% pension (contributory)
Up to 10% Bonus
Opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday per calendar year
Discounts on ABF products such as Twinings, Silverspoon, Pataks and Ryvita
24/7 free and confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme to support you as and when necessary

We’re looking for dedicated and conscientious people who embrace and live our values. If you are an individual who thrives in a collaborative, trusting and pioneering work environment, ABF could be the right company for you.

All recruitment activities into our ABF BTS team are supported by our AB Agri business.

Making your application

Ready to apply? Great! Simply register your details and upload your CV via our careers website – it usually takes just a few minutes. Please do not delay making your application. In the event of a high candidate response to this vacancy we may close the application period before the date shown and without notice.

So that we can support you to perform at your best, please let us know of any adjustments that may be required throughout the recruitment process by emailing [email protected]

As part of your application, we ask you to answer some equal opportunities questions that help us to monitor how inclusive our recruitment process is and identify areas we can improve in. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions with no impact on your application.

ABF BTS recruitment is supported by our AB Agri group and we politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We have a PSL and do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

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Questions about this role?

If you have any questions about this role or need help applying please contact Taylor Waldon via [email protected].

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