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Commvault

Data protection software and services provider

Principal Data Analytics Engineer

Full-TimePosted on 10/15/2026
No salary listed
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Bachelor's
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Data & AnalyticsData Engineering, Business Intelligence

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 10 years of experience across analytics engineering, business intelligence, semantic modeling, data engineering, machine learning engineering, MLOps, or related disciplines.
  • Demonstrated experience serving as a principal-level technical leader or architect for enterprise data, analytics, or AI solutions.
  • Deep expertise in SQL, dimensional modeling, semantic model design, analytical performance optimization, and governed metric implementation.
  • Hands-on experience with Microsoft Power BI and/or Microsoft Fabric semantic models, including DAX and enterprise-scale model design.
  • Hands-on experience with Databricks or a comparable cloud data and AI platform, including production data pipelines and model lifecycle capabilities.
  • Experience designing or operating CI/CD, experiment tracking, model registries, monitoring, evaluation, and observability for machine learning or generative AI solutions.
  • Working knowledge of generative AI patterns such as embeddings, vector retrieval, retrieval-augmented generation, prompt and model evaluation, and agent-based solutions.
  • Strong understanding of metadata, lineage, data quality, access control, business glossary, and responsible AI principles.
  • Proven ability to mentor technical professionals, lead architecture reviews, and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
  • A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Responsibilities
  • Define enterprise standards and reference patterns for semantic models, dimensional models, business metrics, KPIs, hierarchies, calculations, and reusable analytical assets.
  • Architect semantic consumption patterns across Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Databricks Gold-layer data, and approved AI applications.
  • Partner with business domain owners, analysts, and Data Governance to translate business concepts into consistent, governed definitions and analytical models.
  • Lead design reviews for semantic models and analytical data products, balancing usability, reuse, performance, security, and maintainability.
  • Ensure semantic assets are documented with appropriate metadata, lineage, ownership, and change controls.
  • Define engineering standards for deploying, versioning, testing, monitoring, and governing machine learning and generative AI solutions.
  • Architect reusable machine learning and large language model patterns, including CI/CD, model and prompt versioning, experiment tracking, evaluation, observability, rollback, and production support.
  • Guide implementation of feature pipelines, model registries, inference workflows, retrieval pipelines, vectorized knowledge assets, and AI evaluation frameworks.
  • Partner with Data Scientists and AI product teams to move prototypes into secure, scalable, and supportable production services.
  • Implement technical controls for traceability, reproducibility, model performance, data drift, responsible AI requirements, and operational reliability.
  • Design curated, governed data products and knowledge assets for predictive analytics, generative AI, copilots, agents, and retrieval-augmented generation.
  • Define how structured data, enterprise metrics, metadata, documents, embeddings, and retrieval indexes are linked and consumed.
  • Ensure AI applications use approved business definitions, metrics, access policies, and authoritative data sources.
  • Collaborate with Architecture and Governance teams on ontology, glossary, metadata, lineage, classification, and policy integration.
  • Serve as the technical escalation point for complex semantic, analytics, MLOps, and AI engineering decisions.
  • Create reference implementations, reusable frameworks, coding standards, and engineering playbooks.
  • Mentor Senior Analytics & AI Engineers, Semantic Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists.
  • Influence cross-functional roadmaps and communicate architecture decisions, trade-offs, risks, and business outcomes to technical and executive audiences.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend pragmatic adoption paths aligned with enterprise architecture and governance standards.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with Microsoft Purview, Unity Catalog, MLflow, Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, and cloud observability tooling.
  • Experience supporting enterprise Finance, GTM, Product, Customer, or Workforce analytics domains.
  • Experience establishing reusable semantic or AI platform capabilities in a federated operating model.

About the company

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Commvault

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Commvault provides data protection and information management software and services that help organizations back up, recover, migrate, and govern data across on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Its software uses agents and components to manage backups, replication, and recovery, with licenses or subscriptions granting ongoing access plus support and training. It differentiates itself by offering an integrated suite for backup, recovery, migration, and information governance along with consulting and education for a wide range of industries, including regulated sectors. The goal is to help customers protect data, manage it efficiently, and derive maximum value from their data-management investments.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Tinton Falls, New Jersey

Founded

1996

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What believers are saying

  • September 2026 AWS Data Competency strengthens Commvault's AWS database workload pipeline.
  • FedRAMP High expansion to MSPs opens federal and Defense Industrial Base channels.
  • September 2026 board hire David Morton signals discipline around SaaS growth and buybacks.

What critics are saying

  • Microsoft, Rubrik, and Veeam attack Commvault's backup and cyber-recovery budgets every quarter.
  • Active Directory Pre Recover ships in early access; delays hand rivals a marketing win.
  • Identity-resilience hype fails if a 2026 breach breaks Commvault cleanroom recovery credibility.

What makes Commvault unique

  • Commvault unified data security, identity resilience, and cyber recovery on one platform.
  • September 2026 Active Directory Pre Recover cuts identity recovery from hours to minutes.
  • FedRAMP High, AWS Data Competency, and NetApp integrations deepen enterprise and government reach.

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TechDay
Oct 16th, 2026
Commvault adds Microsoft 365 tools to spot safe backups.

Commvault adds Microsoft 365 tools to spot safe backups. Fri, 16th Oct 2026 (Today) Commvault has introduced new data security and threat-hunting tools for Microsoft 365 designed to help customers identify clean recovery points in backed-up data. The additions cover sensitive data discovery, threat detection across backup data, and the identification of content that is safe to restore after a cyber incident. They apply to protected data from Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams. One feature, Data Posture 360, is designed to map where sensitive information, including personally identifiable information and intellectual property, sits across Microsoft 365 environments. It is intended to highlight exposure risks and help organisations decide where to focus their response. A second tool, Threat Scan, is designed to find malware, ransomware, encryption activity, data anomalies and other indicators of compromise in Microsoft 365 backup data. Customers will also be able to apply current threat intelligence to historical backup copies held in immutable storage, enabling them to look for threats that were not known or detected when the data was first protected. The announcement reflects growing attention on the security of software-as-a-service data as businesses rely more heavily on cloud collaboration platforms. Microsoft 365 has more than 450 million paid commercial seats worldwide, making it a major target for attacks involving email, attachments and shared files. Recovery focus A central part of the update is the use of threat signals to separate compromised content from material that can be trusted. The goal is to help organisations restore known-good data rather than recover files that could reintroduce malware or other threats into production systems. "Commvault is bringing three key elements to the resilience equation with Microsoft 365: detection, visibility, and clean recoveries," said Pranay Ahlawat, Chief Technology and AI Officer at Commvault. "Resilience and compliance depend on identifying threats fast, understanding if sensitive data is exposed, and what's safe to restore," Ahlawat said. Commvault is positioning the tools around a growing problem for backup users after a breach: not just whether data exists in backup copies, but whether those copies can be trusted. Security teams and IT administrators often need to check whether archived content contains malicious files or signs of compromise before beginning restoration. Spokane Industries, which uses Commvault for Microsoft 365 data protection, said the issue is significant. "During a cyber incident, knowing what data can be safely restored is just as important as having a backup," said Matt Pancheri, IT Manager and Systems Administrator at Spokane Industries. "Commvault gives our team a way to investigate our protected Microsoft 365 data and make more informed recovery decisions, helping limit disruption to the business," Pancheri said. Market context Analysts argue that security and recovery are becoming more closely linked as ransomware attacks and other intrusions spread across cloud services as well as on-premise systems. Backup repositories, once viewed mainly as an insurance policy against data loss, are now also being examined as a source of forensic evidence and as a checkpoint for deciding what can be restored. Jennifer Glenn, Research Director for Information and Data Security at IDC, said the ability to flag compromised content inside Microsoft 365 backups has implications for both security and continuity planning. "Alerting decision-makers to compromised data within Microsoft 365 backup offers both data security and data protection teams the information they need for improved resilience and continuity," Glenn said. "This is essential for enterprises to prove operational data is both recoverable and trustworthy," she said. Threat Scan and Data Posture 360 for Microsoft 365 are planned for early access preview in the coming weeks. General availability is targeted for early 2027. Both products will be sold as paid add-ons to Commvault Backup & Recovery for Microsoft 365, and customers will be able to buy each separately.

IT Brief India
Oct 16th, 2026
Commvault adds Microsoft 365 tools to spot safe backups.

Commvault adds Microsoft 365 tools to spot safe backups. Fri, 16th Oct 2026 (Today) Commvault has introduced new data security and threat-hunting tools for Microsoft 365 designed to help customers identify clean recovery points in backed-up data. The additions cover sensitive data discovery, threat detection across backup data, and the identification of content that is safe to restore after a cyber incident. They apply to protected data from Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams. One feature, Data Posture 360, is designed to map where sensitive information, including personally identifiable information and intellectual property, sits across Microsoft 365 environments. It is intended to highlight exposure risks and help organisations decide where to focus their response. A second tool, Threat Scan, is designed to find malware, ransomware, encryption activity, data anomalies and other indicators of compromise in Microsoft 365 backup data. Customers will also be able to apply current threat intelligence to historical backup copies held in immutable storage, enabling them to look for threats that were not known or detected when the data was first protected. The announcement reflects growing attention on the security of software-as-a-service data as businesses rely more heavily on cloud collaboration platforms. Microsoft 365 has more than 450 million paid commercial seats worldwide, making it a major target for attacks involving email, attachments and shared files. Recovery focus A central part of the update is the use of threat signals to separate compromised content from material that can be trusted. The goal is to help organisations restore known-good data rather than recover files that could reintroduce malware or other threats into production systems. "Commvault is bringing three key elements to the resilience equation with Microsoft 365: detection, visibility, and clean recoveries," said Pranay Ahlawat, Chief Technology and AI Officer at Commvault. "Resilience and compliance depend on identifying threats fast, understanding if sensitive data is exposed, and what's safe to restore," Ahlawat said. Commvault is positioning the tools around a growing problem for backup users after a breach: not just whether data exists in backup copies, but whether those copies can be trusted. Security teams and IT administrators often need to check whether archived content contains malicious files or signs of compromise before beginning restoration. Spokane Industries, which uses Commvault for Microsoft 365 data protection, said the issue is significant. "During a cyber incident, knowing what data can be safely restored is just as important as having a backup," said Matt Pancheri, IT Manager and Systems Administrator at Spokane Industries. "Commvault gives our team a way to investigate our protected Microsoft 365 data and make more informed recovery decisions, helping limit disruption to the business," Pancheri said. Market context Analysts argue that security and recovery are becoming more closely linked as ransomware attacks and other intrusions spread across cloud services as well as on-premise systems. Backup repositories, once viewed mainly as an insurance policy against data loss, are now also being examined as a source of forensic evidence and as a checkpoint for deciding what can be restored. Jennifer Glenn, Research Director for Information and Data Security at IDC, said the ability to flag compromised content inside Microsoft 365 backups has implications for both security and continuity planning. "Alerting decision-makers to compromised data within Microsoft 365 backup offers both data security and data protection teams the information they need for improved resilience and continuity," Glenn said. "This is essential for enterprises to prove operational data is both recoverable and trustworthy," she said. Threat Scan and Data Posture 360 for Microsoft 365 are planned for early access preview in the coming weeks. General availability is targeted for early 2027. Both products will be sold as paid add-ons to Commvault Backup & Recovery for Microsoft 365, and customers will be able to buy each separately.

PR Newswire
Oct 15th, 2026
Commvault brings discover-to-recover resilience to Microsoft 365.

Commvault brings discover-to-recover resilience to Microsoft 365. Oct 15, 2026, 08:30 ET New capabilities help organizations uncover hidden threats in Microsoft 365 backup data, identify trusted recovery points, and reduce the risk of reinfection TINTON FALLS, N.J., Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT), a leader in unified resilience at enterprise scale, today announced new data security and threat hunting capabilities for Microsoft 365. With more than 450 million paid commercial seats worldwide,[1] Microsoft 365 is a popular cloud productivity and collaboration platform. Bad actors often target emails, attachments, and shared files associated with the SaaS application. Commvault is helping Microsoft 365 customers advance resilience in the following ways: * Discover sensitive data: Map where sensitive data, including personally identifiable information (PII) and intellectual property, resides across Microsoft 365 with Commvault Data Posture 360 (previously Risk Analysis) and surface exposure risks to help prioritize response. * Hunt for hidden threats: Uncover malware, ransomware, encryption activity, data anomalies, and other indicators of compromise across protected Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams data with Commvault Threat Scan. * Know what's safe to restore: Use threat signals to isolate compromised content and identify clean, trusted recovery points. This helps recover only known-good data, reduce reinfection risk, and accelerate recovery of Microsoft 365 data. * Broaden threat discovery: Apply current threat intelligence to historical backup copies in immutable storage to detect threats that may have been unknown or undetected when the data was originally protected. "Commvault is bringing three key elements to the resilience equation with Microsoft 365: detection, visibility, and clean recoveries," said Pranay Ahlawat, Chief Technology and AI Officer at Commvault. "Resilience and compliance depend on identifying threats fast, understanding if sensitive data is exposed, and what's safe to restore." "During a cyber incident, knowing what data can be safely restored is just as important as having a backup," said Matt Pancheri, IT Manager and Systems Administrator, Spokane Industries. "Commvault gives our team a way to investigate our protected Microsoft 365 data and make more informed recovery decisions, helping limit disruption to the business." "Alerting decision-makers to compromised data within Microsoft 365 backup offers both data security and data protection teams the information they need for improved resilience and continuity," said Jennifer Glenn, Research Director for Information and Data Security, IDC. "This is essential for enterprises to prove operational data is both recoverable and trustworthy." Global Availability Threat Scan and Data Posture 360 for Microsoft 365 are both planned for early access preview in the coming weeks, with general availability targeted for early 2027. Both capabilities will be offered as paid add-ons to Commvault Backup & Recovery for Microsoft 365. Customers can purchase either capability independently. About Commvault Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is a leader in unified resilience at enterprise scale. In a constantly evolving threat landscape, Commvault keeps customers ready by unifying data security, identity resilience, and cyber recovery, on one cloud-native, AI-enabled platform. Customers trust Commvault to conduct the fastest, most complete recoveries - not just their data, but their entire business. Purpose-built for the agentic enterprise, Commvault also enables organizations to safely embrace AI while protecting against AI-driven threats. SOURCE COMMVAULT

Techplus Media
Oct 14th, 2026
Beyond Data Protection: Yokohama India's Sharad Sharma prioritises faster detection, Recovery and business continuity.

Beyond Data Protection: Yokohama India's Sharad Sharma prioritises faster detection, Recovery and business continuity. By Archana Gupta 5 hours ago The definition of enterprise data resilience is evolving. While protecting critical information remains fundamental, technology leaders are increasingly examining how quickly organisations can detect threats, restore operations and ensure business continuity following a disruption. Sharad Sharma, Head of IT at Yokohama India, shared this perspective with CXO TV following the CXO Leadership Dialogue held on 23 September 2026 in New Delhi, in association with Commvault, Microsoft and SoftwareOne. Reflecting on the discussion, Sharma acknowledged a shift in his own approach to data resilience - from primarily protecting data towards strengthening detection capabilities, accelerating recovery and maintaining business continuity. From Data Protection to Recovery Readiness For enterprise IT leaders, data protection is only one component of a broader resilience strategy. Sharma highlighted the importance of reducing the time required to identify potential threats and recover from disruptions. His observations bring attention to two increasingly important operational measures: how quickly an organisation can detect an incident and how effectively it can restore critical services. Zero Trust, AI and Compliance in Focus Sharma also identified Zero Trust infrastructure, AI-driven data resilience solutions and compliance with India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) framework among his key technology focus areas. He emphasised the potential role of behavioural-based detection and other approaches that can improve threat identification and support faster recovery. Together, these priorities reflect a broader need to align cybersecurity capabilities with operational resilience and regulatory requirements. The Evolving Technology Roadmap Sharma's perspective highlights four areas relevant to enterprise technology planning: Threat detection: Improving the speed and effectiveness of identifying potential security incidents. Recovery and continuity: Strengthening the ability to restore operations following disruption. AI and Zero Trust: Exploring technologies that support stronger security and data resilience. Regulatory compliance: Addressing applicable DPDP requirements as part of enterprise data governance. His key takeaway from the dialogue reinforces a fundamental consideration for IT leadership: protecting data is essential, but the ability to detect threats quickly, recover effectively and sustain business operations is equally critical. Watch the CXO TV Executive Insight featuring Sharad Sharma to hear his perspective on the changing priorities of enterprise data resilience.

Storage Newsletter
Oct 9th, 2026
Commvault Shift 2026: where resilience meets AI.

Commvault Shift 2026: where resilience meets AI. Conference features keynotes, AI attack and recovery simulation workshops, and immersive experiences that help enterprises put AI to work while building resilience in everything they do. Commvault, announced its annual customer and partner conference, Commvault Shift 2026. Taking place in Nashville at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, November 9-12.This year's event will be the boldest in the company's history, providing attendees with the opportunity to explore and immerse themselves in the new rules of resilience - and it all starts with AI. AI has changed the modern enterprise: accelerating innovation, advancing automation, and delivering greater intelligence and opportunity. It has also introduced new levels of risks, including rogue agents, compromised identities, and AI-enabled cyberattacks. In order to embrace the agentic world with confidence, recovery has become an operational requirement, with continuous resilience emerging as a top priority at the highest levels of every organization. Shift 2026 is where organizations will experience a new world of recovery that's required to be resilient in the age of AI. It's where attendees will hear from 60 speakers - prominent thought leaders, security and AI experts, technologists, and practitioners - on how they can adopt AI while having the power to roll back and rapidly recover when the inevitable disruption hits, so they can operate continuously. In addition to having a front-row seat on late-breaking innovations and announcements, attendees will participate in a full value-driven agenda including: * Recovery hub: Everything happens on the immersive show floor where attendees will walk through five distinct villages, each offering live demos of Commvault's latest offerings, theaters featuring speaking sessions and workshops, and partner showcases * Expert sessions: Education is the cornerstone of Shift 2026, with hands-on learning opportunities, certification courses, and more than 50 expert-led sessions focusing on Identity Resilience, Cyber Recovery, and AI and Data Security * Visionary keynotes and speakers: Get real-time guidance and insights from executives representing Databricks, Deloitte, Microsoft, and Nvidia; hear from the TIME + Commvault CISO of the Year; and attend engaging keynotes with Commvault's president and CEO, Sanjay Mirchandani, Chief Technology & AI Officer, Pranay Ahlawat, and Clumio CTO, Woon Ho Jung * Partner and customer awards: This year's event will include the 2026 Fearless Partner Awards, recognizing partners taking resilience to the next level. The company will also unveil the Commvault Impact Awards, recognizing customers using Commvault to strengthen resilience, lead with confidence, and prepare for the future * To share a story, customers can self-nominate in four categories: cyber resilience, cloud resilience, identity resilience, and AI innovation. Read also: As more employees rely on Claude Cowork, Claude Code, and OpenClaw to build agents on their managed devices, Commvault extends resilience capabilities to these AI tools and gives security teams greater visibility into shadow AI Continuing to address both on-premise and cloud environments Commvault preparing its next phase Commvault and NetApp are transforming cyber resilience from detection to clean recovery