Storage Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Storage & Infrastructure Engineer to join our Enterprise Services team. This role is ideal for someone with deep technical expertise in storage platforms, automation, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices, who is passionate about delivering high-quality services and driving continuous improvement.

Key ResponsibilitiesStorage & Platform Engineering

• Certify, test and develop new features and platforms across SAN infrastructure, primarily Dell PowerMax/Vmax-3/XtremIO, Pure FlashArray, HP Primera/Alletra and Cirrus DMS using Broadcom and Cisco SAN switches/directors and iSCSI connectivity.
• Carry out end-to-end server-to-storage mapping and remediation activities.
• Develop and maintain automation supporting installation, provisioning, migration, compliance, and platform operations.

Enterprise & Cloud Services

• Provide enterprise platform services across UNIX/Linux, Windows, virtualisation and storage environments.
• Support the delivery of Developer Services such as virtualisation, ALM, Dev Engineering, Development and Cloud.
• Develop cloud-based infrastructure platforms and deliver Infrastructure/Platform-as-a-Service in collaboration with business and DevOps teams.
• Determine and execute the strategic direction across key enterprise technology disciplines.

Service, Quality & Governance

• Ensure service quality targets are met for all platforms.
• Manage risk and cost across services and technologies.
• Partner with business stakeholders to define product roadmaps and identify emerging capabilities.

Automation, DevOps & Engineering

• Write development code and build automated test scripts for infrastructure products and upgrades.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and build automation interfaces between systems.
• Drive continuous improvement and support change implementation across services.

Required Skills & Experience

• Expertise in server operating systems: Linux (RHEL), Windows, VMware.
• Deep technical knowledge of Dell PowerMax/Vmax3/SRDF/XtremIO, Pure FlashArray, HPE Primera, Cirrus DMS.
• Strong experience in Python, Ansible and Shell scripting for automation and as-a-service capabilities.
• Proven capability in storage migration (server- and storage-based).
• Experience with infrastructure as code and automation/orchestration tools such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible Tower, Jenkins.
• Understanding of cloud and storage infrastructure architecture.
• Background in storage engineering, scripting, or automation roles.
• Experience with CI/CD engineering approaches.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices (desirable).
• Relevant certifications (EMC, Pure, cloud-related) beneficial.

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