Storage Administrator

We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.

Job Title: IBM SAN Storage and Backup admin

Location: Leeds, Birmingham, or Manchester (Hybrid – 2 days per week onsite)

Duration: 1 year and renewable

Pay Rate: £477 per day all inc. (PAYE through FCSA Umbrella)

Role Description:

Skills:

Storage: IBM SAN, Lenovo NAS and Brocade Switch (10+ experience Years)

Backup: IBM Backup Tool (Spectrum Protect)

Key Responsibilities

Manage & administer IBM Storage platforms.

Perform storage provisioning, zoning, replication, firmware upgrades, and performance tuning.

Administer IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) backup environment including schedules, policies, restores, failover , fail back and disk storage operations.

Manage SAN fabrics (Brocade/Cisco), zoning, switch upgrades, and fabric health.

Experience with datacenter operations, including hardware installation and troubleshooting.

Act as L3 escalation for critical storage & backup incidents.

Plan and execute DR drills, storage migrations, and capacity expansion

Strong hands-on experience with IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) & IBM FlashSystem/SVC.

Solid understanding of SAN/FC, multipathing, VMware / AIX storage integrations.

Experience with replication technologies (FlashCopy, GM, MM).

Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.

Create technical documentation, SOPs, and automation scripts (Bash/Python/PowerShell), Should have Proficiency in scripting for automation.

If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.