2 Active Nics?

Here is my scenario.

Currently running RedHat 6.7 with 1 of my 8 nic cards active utilizing my production network eth0, which has a static IP and gateway as defined by my network team.

Now I need to active a 2nd nic card eth1 for my backup and storage team to utilize only our backup network with a separate static IP and gateway.

1.) Is this even possible to have 2 active nics with different static IPs (subnet is different) and gateways?
2.) If 1 is possible is there a way to define what traffic/services/applications utilize which nic outward. Meaning I want all traffic to use eth0 except for our networker service to use eth1 for backups.

Thanks.