SAN Storage Engineer

Spring Technology ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £45,000 per annum

Overview

SAN Storage - City of London - Permanent - £45k - £50k Per Annum The Company A Housing Association, who have recently undergone a major merger, are seeking an experienced SAN Storage Engineer. The Role This position will be responsible for capacity planning, product lifecycles, platform optimisation, development and documentation. You will be working alongside Infrastructure Architects to ensure that storage needs are catered for as part of any new implementation. Responsibilities You will be working alongside the Operations and monitoring teams to ensure that the SANs are effectively monitored for capacity and performance within agreed tolerances. You will be responsible for ensuring that data is solidly backed up using industry leading technologies such as Zerto and Veeam. On the hardware front, you will have responsibility for ensuring that all SAN hardware operations (installations, upgrades, replacements and hardware fixes) run successfully. You will be working with project managers on selected projects to assess feasibility, approach, risks and come up with technical plans and architectural designs to match requirements - providing sound technical solutions and options. You will ensure continued stability of the platform, by participating in capacity planning, and prediction of resource needs. From the planning and documentation perspective, you will ensure that the documentation for storage platforms across the business are relevant, up to date and applicable to the business. Experience Required Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Proven attention to detail and ability to work on a variety of tasks simultaneously. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines and targets To ensure that all policies and procedures are adhered to so that consistent and standard practice is achieved across the organization Strong storage design and management skills Good working knowledge and hands-on experience of administering and troubleshooting NetApp, Compellent, and Tegile Storage platforms Analysis and review of existing enterprise backup solutions, (Zerto, Veeam) working closely with Operations teams within IT Review of technical disaster recovery plans, working with team management to refine and improve as a continuous process. A NetApp Certified Support certification is desirable for this role. If this above sounds like you and you are keen to join an organisation where you will be offered excellent benefits, flexibility and great career progression opportunities them please apply now for immediate consideration Spring acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Spring Group UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Spring. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser: candidate-privacy-information-statement