Phil Saxon

A Data Recovery Technician should be well-versed with computer hardware, specifically hard drives and associated equipment. They have to take care of the computer hardware to fixing mechanical issues. The Technician will perform low level forensics on multiple computer hardware storages. They should create data recovery plans for disaster recovery. The Technician should identify the computer data that are either hidden or damaged.

The job of a Data Recovery Technician can be easy or hard depending on the difficulty of the recovery job. As seen by the various duties he has to perform, the role takes on technical as well as administrative functions. The overall role, however, of the technician is recovering data from failed drives. That is accomplished by performing all the duties associated with the position. Data may be recovered for individuals, companies, and even law enforcement agencies involved in criminal cases. Being a Data Recovery Technician can be a very rewarding job, knowing that you were able to make someone who thought all was lost happy again, as well as helping to put criminals behind bars.