Infrastructure Engineer

Job Title: Infrastructure Engineer – Storage

Employment Type: Contract (Freelance)

Contract Length: 6 months initial (with possible extension)

Location: Coventry, UK (Hybrid – 2 days on-site per week)

Experience Level: Mid-level (5+ years)

Working Hours: 40 hours per week

Overview

We are currently supporting a leading organisation in their search for a Storage Infrastructure Engineer to join an established Platform team. This role will focus on supporting and maintaining critical storage infrastructure within a complex, high-pressure production environment.

The successful candidate will play a key role in troubleshooting production incidents, delivering technical storage tasks, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across the platform.

Key Responsibilities

- Independently troubleshoot and resolve production incidents, escalating where necessary

- Perform technical tasks including patching, storage allocation, scripting, and backup configuration

- Manage and prioritise workload to ensure high-priority issues are addressed promptly

- Support cluster and storage environments across multiple platforms

- Contribute to process improvements and technical documentation

- Collaborate with team members and provide guidance where needed

Must-Have Skills (Non-Negotiable)

- Strong experience with Linux command line technologies

- Proven experience with cluster management within Spectrum Scale

- Solid understanding of Spectrum Scale protocols (GPFS, NFS, SMB) in active-active topology

Essential Technical Skills

- Experience with IBM Flash Systems, including replication (Global Mirror, Metro Mirror, Change Volumes)

- Exposure to Spectrum Scale (GPFS) and distributed storage environments

- Understanding of cluster management in Oracle and ESXi environments

- Experience provisioning and managing storage across IBM storage estate

- Familiarity with GKLM / SKLM (key lifecycle management)

- Experience using ServiceNow or similar ticketing tools

- Strong awareness of system availability and impact of changes

Nice to Have

- Exposure to AWS Cloud and/or IBM Cloud environments

- Understanding of VMware technologies (vSphere, vRealize)

- Knowledge of Cisco UCS and HPE infrastructure

- Experience working in Agile environments

- General understanding of virtualisation architectures

Profile

- 5+ years of experience in infrastructure or storage engineering roles

- Comfortable working in complex, fast-paced production environments

- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently

- Collaborative mindset with a proactive approach to continuous improvement