Storage & Backup Engineer

**Are you a Storage & Backup Engineer looking for a new challenge?**Our team requires a Storage & Backup Engineer to support in the end to end life cycle management of Server storage solutions, in accordance to the clients business requirements (hot, cold, performance, retention, technology, etc.). This will involve designand implementation of storage solutions in line with the client’s business requirements and maintenance and fault resolution of new and existing storage solutions.

The role will also include providing support to the backup service team, in accordance to business requirements, on platforms monitored and managed. They will monitor and analyse performance of the storage infrastructure and all related components usingthe provided/native vendor toolset from an end-to-end perspective and be responsible for the decommissioning and erasing of all data from storage securely when required. The Storage and Back-Up Architect’s major functions include:
**What you will be doing:
Providing storage**:

- Designing/defining storage solutions to meet the clients requirements
- Provide hardware installation, server and service support and monitoring and operational acceptance of new implementations into service
- Manage storage allocation, and utilisation and forecast and report requirements for additional capacity
- Establish network connection with LAN/ WAN and establish network connection for FO, SAN, etc
- Ensure high availability solution design & deployment, and correct operation of fail overs through regular testing and auditing

**Operating storage**:

- Provide privacy management (dedicated/ shared)
- Execute performance management (flash drives/ full flash, latency)
- Perform security management (public/ restricted/ secret/ top secret)
- Provide SAN - NAS - LUN management
- Conduct fine-tuning
- Provide hardware/ software maintenance, support maintenance/ repairing processes
- Perform storage/ data restorations
- Manage trouble tickets and request to resolution in line with service SLA’

**Providing backup**:

- Design Configure and setup backup solutions in line with client business requirements
- Configure and setup backup to tape/ physically isolated storage
- Install (e.g. real time mirror, replication, etc.), maintain and support backup software products

**Operating backup**:

- Manage external storage media library, operations, and administration
- Support hardware/software maintenance processes
- Perform backups in accordance with the client’s policies in place
- Perform retention management (RTO/RPO)
- Test restoration output
- Ensure security compliance
- Perform recovery tests, as required and in accordance with policies
- Provide archiving of backed-up data

**Providing archiving solution**:

- Define and execute long term backup strategy
- Test restoration plan
- Check for data integrity of restored data
- Sustain archiving infrastructure

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Working within a collaborative infrastructure team to provide storage and backup support
- Delivery of storage and backup services to meet the business needs
- Manage the environment to maintain to latest revisions of software and firmware to storage and backup technologies
- To build, deploy, and maintain storage and backup infrastructure
- Provide operational stability through implementing and following policies, processes, and procedures
- Able to work effectively with teams in different locations
- Proactive approach to storage and backup systems, using monitoring systems to identify issues before they occur
- Able to actively engage in customer and internal lead change requests relating to storage and backup project
- Managing helpdesk tickets logged by users, driven by SLAs

**Essential Skills**:

- Experience in Windows and Linux environments
- Good knowledge of Enterprise HP Storage Technologies
- Good knowledge of Enterprise Backup Technologies such as (Netbackup, DataProtector and Veeam)
- HP 3Par experience
- Experience managing virtualised environments
- Experience managing physical servers with mapped storage
- Good knowledge of backup processes across VMware estates (Datastore/LUN) management, including provisioning of new storage and decommissioning
- HP Tape Library Management and LTO media Management (LTO4/5/6/7)
- Experience of offsite tape management practices and processes
- Minimum 2 years’ experience working in datacentre environment
- Maintain accurate records and documentation
- Experience in capacity planning

**Desirable Skills**:

- VMware ESXi 6.x and 7.x
- VMware vCenter 6.x and 7.x
- SAN Fabric experience
- Netapp OnTap C-Mode experience
- Knowledge of LAN/WAN Technologies

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you

**Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Newport
Security Clearance Level: Must be eligible for SC
Internal Recruiter: Josh Huggins-Smith

**Salary**: £28,000 to £35,000 + potential extra £10k with on call
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund**

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