Security Cleared Storage and Back up Engineer - near Glasgow - 12 mont

We are currently seeking an experienced security cleared STORAGE AND BACK UP ENGINEER to work as a part of a team, based near Glasgow. Due to the nature of the role and project, the successful candidate will have a valid UK security clearance or willing to undergo the vetting process.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

Robust background and deep and broad knowledge of enterprise IT including comfortable working at the command-line level in several operating systems including Microsoft server and Unix/Linux flavours and has sufficient depth and breadth of technical knowledge to design and scope multiple deliverables across a number of technologies, although day-to-day role will be more consultative, using this knowledge base

Deep understanding of distributed storage and/or backup and familiar with several of the major enterprise levels of storage platform and/or backup software packages

Advise, design and architect advanced storage solutions using the following skills:

- Advanced storage manipulations using advanced array features demonstrating an expert level of storage functionality and performance tuning of the array and the SAN network
- Advance configuration of a backup server for advanced tuning and functionality, and use advanced features of the backup product
- Advanced configuration of storage related software
- Advise and engineer other storage, backup and archiving related products
- Ability to develop solutions that enhance the availability, performance, maintainability and agility of a particular customer's enterprise. Has contributed to the design and application of new tools. Ability to build upon existing experience to develop new solutions to take to market.
- Strong commercial focus and understanding of the market

Lead a team of project assigned resources for Storage and Backup, taking ownership of this area in the assignment including appropriate investigation and discovery, both technical and personal with customer area, to develop and deliver the architectural solution

Authoring and senior approval of technical documentation from the team's system

Lead and counsel a team in various project delivery tasks such as project meetings with customers and vendors, environment discovery tasks, larger scale storage deliveries, designs, migrations and implementations

Test and engineer release of new technologies and versions of products/software

Full understanding and consideration of the customer release and change control process

Provide estimates for advanced and major project delivery

Demonstrates broad knowledge in other technical areas in order to properly manage complex integration efforts. Demonstrates application of technical expertise in successful engagements involving multiple disciplines.

Ability to work across multiple disciplines with the ability to diagnose complex technical problems to their root cause

Maintain bleeding edge technology expertise and be seen as the storage expert and strategist by the customer