Description
Certification Name: Certificate in Backup & Disaster Recovery Engineer
Course Id: CBDRE/Q0001.
Eligibility: Graduation or Equivalent.
Objective: The Certified Backup & Disaster Recovery Engineer course is designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills to plan, implement, and manage effective backup and disaster recovery strategies for IT environments. The course covers data backup techniques, recovery planning, replication, high availability, risk assessment, business continuity, and testing of disaster recovery procedures.
Duration: Three Month.
How to Enroll and Get Certified in Your Chosen Course:
Step 1: Choose the course you wish to get certified in.
Step 2: Click on the “Enroll Now” button.
Step 3: Proceed with the enrollment process.
Step 4: Enter your billing details and continue to course fee payment.
Step 5: You will be redirected to the payment gateway. Pay the course and exam fee using one of the following methods:
Debit/Credit Card, Wallet, Paytm, Net Banking, UPI, or Google Pay.
Step 6: After successful payment, you will receive your study material login ID and password via email within 48 hours of fee payment.
Step 7: Once you complete the course, take the online examination.
Step 8: Upon passing the examination, you will receive:
• A soft copy (scanned) of your certificate via email within 7 days of examination.
• A hard copy (original with official seal and signature) sent to your address within 45 day of declaration of result.
Step 9: After certification, you will be offered job opportunities aligned with your area of interest.
Online Examination Detail:
Duration- 60 minutes.
No. of Questions- 30. (Multiple Choice Questions).
Maximum Marks- 100, Passing Marks- 40%.
There is no negative marking in this module.
| Marking System: | ||||||
| S.No. | No. of Questions | Marks Each Question | Total Marks | |||
| 1 | 10 | 5 | 50 | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | |||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 30 | 100 | |||||
| How Students will be Graded: | ||||||
| S.No. | Marks | Grade | ||||
| 1 | 91-100 | O (Outstanding) | ||||
| 2 | 81-90 | A+ (Excellent) | ||||
| 3 | 71-80 | A (Very Good) | ||||
| 4 | 61-70 | B (Good) | ||||
| 5 | 51-60 | C (Average) | ||||
| 6 | 40-50 | P (Pass) | ||||
| 7 | 0-40 | F (Fail) | ||||
Key Benefits of Certification- Earning a professional certification not only validates your skills but also enhances your employability. Here are the major benefits you gain:
Practical, Job-Ready Skills – Our certifications are designed to equip you with real-world, hands-on skills that match current industry demands — helping you become employment-ready from day one.
Lifetime Validity – Your certification is valid for a lifetime — no renewals or expirations. It serves as a permanent proof of your skills and training.
Lifetime Certificate Verification – Employers and institutions can verify your certification anytime through a secure and reliable verification system — adding credibility to your qualifications.
Industry-Aligned Certification –All certifications are developed in consultation with industry experts to ensure that what you learn is current, relevant, and aligned with market needs.
Preferred by Employers – Candidates from ISO-certified institutes are often prioritized by recruiters due to their exposure to standardized, high-quality training.
Free Job Assistance Based on Your Career Interests – Receive personalized job assistance and career guidance in your preferred domain, helping you land the right role faster.
Assessment Modules:
Module 1 – Foundations of Backup & Disaster Recovery: Introduction to backup and disaster recovery concepts and terminology, Understanding data loss scenarios and business continuity imperatives, Recovery Time Objective (RTO), Recovery Point Objective (RPO), Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD), Roles and responsibilities of a backup & DR engineer, Regulatory, legal and compliance context in backup/DR
Module 2 – Backup Strategy & Technologies: Types of backups (full, incremental, differential, mirror, synthetic), Backup storage media and technologies (disk, tape, cloud, object storage), Backup software and appliances, Data deduplication, compression and snapshot technologies, Scheduling, retention and lifecycle management of backups, Off‑site, remote and cloud backup architectures
Module 3 – Disaster Recovery & Infrastructure Resilience: Designing DR plans: hot site, warm site, cold site, site‑failover strategies, High availability and fault tolerance infrastructures, Replication, clustering and continuous data protection (CDP), Network, compute and storage resilience for DR, Cloud‑based DR and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), Testing, verification and validation of DR infrastructures
Module 4 – Planning, Implementation & Orchestration of DR: Workload and application prioritisation, Conducting Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Risk Assessment for DR planning, Defining DR strategies and procedures, Implementing DR orchestration, automation and fail‑over/fail‑back workflows, Data migration, continuity and rollback planning, Change management, documentation, team coordination and stakeholder communication
Module 5 – Monitoring, Testing & Maintenance: Backup job monitoring, logging, alerting and auditing, DR plan testing: tabletop, simulation, full fail‑over drills, Measuring and improving recovery metrics (RTO, RPO, recovery rate), Maintenance of DR plans: updates, lessons learned, continuous improvement, Incident response integration and recovery operations management, Compliance reporting, audit readiness and performance benchmarking
Module 6 – Emerging Trends, Security & Governance in Backup & DR: Security considerations for backup and DR (encryption, access controls, immutability, ransomware protection), Data governance, metadata, retention policy and archival strategies, Cloud & hybrid‑cloud backup/DR architectures, Emerging technologies (edge, IoT, containerised workloads, serverless) in backup and DR, Cost optimisation, business case and ROI for backup/DR solutions, Future‑proofing DR: resilience, resilience engineering and organisational culture
Job Opportunities in Backup & Disaster Recovery
Professionals design, implement, and manage backup and disaster recovery (DR) solutions to ensure enterprise data availability, business continuity, and resilience across IT services, BFSI, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and government sectors.
Top Roles: Backup & Disaster Recovery Engineer, Disaster Recovery Specialist, Data Protection Engineer, Business Continuity Engineer, Cloud Backup & DR Engineer, Infrastructure Resilience Engineer, IT Risk & Recovery Analyst, Storage & Backup Administrator, Cyber Recovery Engineer, Freelance DR Consultant/Managed Services Expert
Key Skills: Backup strategies, disaster recovery planning, cloud/hybrid DR, storage management, business continuity, risk assessment, compliance, redundancy & failover, cyber recovery, data integrity & security
Salary Range (India):
- Entry Level: ₹5–6 LPA
- Mid Level: ₹6–16 LPA
- Senior Level: ₹18–20 LPA
- Freelance/Project-based: ₹10–30+ LPA
Industries: IT services & system integrators, BFSI, healthcare & pharmaceuticals, e-commerce & retail, manufacturing & logistics, government & public sector IT
Scope: Career growth includes cloud/hybrid DR specialization, cyber recovery, business continuity leadership, infrastructure resilience, consulting, and remote/global opportunities with strong long-term demand and salary potential.
