Storage & Backup Infrastructure Engineer in Newport

Are you an expert in enterprise storage architecture and data resilience? We are seeking a Senior Storage & Backup Infrastructure Engineer to take ownership of technical design, seamless implementation, and high-level support for mission-critical storage and backup infrastructure.

This role sits at the intersection of strategic engineering and tactical delivery-combining pre-sales solution scoping, technical documentation, and robust operational support. If you want to leverage your NetApp expertise in a highly secure environment, this contract offers fantastic scope and impact., As a Senior Engineer, you will drive the lifecycle of storage infrastructure and project delivery:

Pre-Sales & Scoping: Collaborating with stakeholders to scope technical solutions, estimate resource/cost requirements, and contribute directly to proposal-ready documentation.

Storage & Environment Administration: Maximizing system supportability by managing data storage (space allocation/optimization), supporting SAN environments, overseeing access authorizations, and ensuring network access integrity.

Integration & Evaluation: Evaluating, testing, and integrating new hardware and software products into the existing program infrastructure.

SLA-Driven Support: Providing high-quality second-line support to resolve incidents and service requests efficiently within a strict SLA framework.

Team Leadership: Guiding and mentoring small technical teams to successfully deliver project tasks on time and within scope.

To succeed in this position, you will need a deep foundation in enterprise infrastructure management:

Core Essentials:

NetApp Expertise: Proven, hands-on experience managing and optimizing NetApp storage solutions is highly important.

SAN Environments: Deep understanding of SAN environments, including performance tuning and optimization.

Infrastructure Management: Extensive background in large-scale infrastructure management, data management, and user account/access controls.

Project Delivery & Technical Writing: Experience working within project lifecycles with strong documentation skills (producing both operational procedures for service desks and end-user materials).

Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading small technical teams to execute project tasks.

Highly Desirable:

Advanced fault-finding, diagnosis, and resolution capabilities across enterprise environments.

Experience with File/Print Clusters, Virtualization, Messaging, and Enterprise Thin Client environments.

Hardware build and evaluation experience.

Relevant technical certifications (e.g., MCSE or equivalent vendor-specific storage accreditations).