Senior Storage Infrastructure Engineer

NTT DATA; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA in Canberra is seeking a Senior Storage Infrastructure Engineer to join the Infrastructure Platforms team, responsible for enterprise storage, backup, virtualization and data centre services supporting mission-critical operations.

You will design, deploy and optimize SANs, monitor performance and contribute to documentation, architecture reviews and knowledge sharing. This is a 12-month contract with two 12-month extensions, primarily onsite at ACT offices.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, administering and troubleshooting enterprise storage platforms.
• Strong SAN design, implementation and operational support experience.
• Ability to create detailed design, build and operational documentation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and sharing technical knowledge.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
• Ability to work across infrastructure, project and operational teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and manage enterprise storage solutions across physical and virtual environments.
• Configure, administer and optimise SAN infrastructure.
• Monitor, tune and troubleshoot storage performance, capacity and availability.
• Support backup, recovery and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Produce high-quality technical documentation including designs, build guides and procedures.
• Provide technical leadership and knowledge transfer to the team.
• Contribute to evaluating and adopting emerging storage technologies.
• Participate in after-hours on-call support roster.

Skills

Storage design

SAN design

Documentation

Communication

Mentoring

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

Dell Data Domain

Scality Artesca

SANnav

Veeam Backup & Replication

Job description

• Shape resilient enterprise storage and data protection services
• Work with HPE, NetApp, Dell, Scality, Brocade and Veeam technologies
• 12-month contract with two 12-month extension options; ACT-based role

Are you an experienced Storage Infrastructure Engineer looking to work in a large-scale enterprise environment where you can influence the future direction of critical storage and data platforms?

We are seeking a Senior Storage Infrastructure Engineer to join a high-performing Infrastructure Platforms team responsible for managing enterprise storage, backup, virtualisation and data centre services supporting mission‑critical operations.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, deploy and manage enterprise storage solutions across physical and virtual environments
• Configure, administer and optimise Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructure
• Monitor, tune and troubleshoot storage performance, capacity and availability
• Support backup, recovery and disaster recovery capabilities
• Produce high-quality technical documentation including solution designs, build guides and operational procedures
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and knowledge transfer to team members
• Contribute to the evaluation and adoption of emerging storage technologies and platform improvements
• Participate in an after-hours on-call support roster

We're particularly interested in professionals with experience across one or more of the following technologies:

• Dell Data Domain
• Scality Artesca

SAN Technologies

• SANnav

Backup & Recovery

• Veeam Backup & Replication

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience designing, administering and troubleshooting enterprise storage platforms within complex ICT environments
• Strong SAN design, implementation and operational support experience
• Ability to create detailed design, build and operational documentation
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and sharing technical knowledge
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Ability to work effectively across infrastructure, project and operational teams

Work Arrangement

Primarily onsite with regular attendance required at ACT-based offices

Contract

Initial 12 months + 2 x 12-month extension options

Hours

Up to 40 hours per week

Security Clearance

Australian Citizenship required and ability to obtain NV1 Security Clearance

Start Date

January 2027

Why Apply?

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior infrastructure specialist to work with modern enterprise storage, backup and SAN technologies in a complex and evolving environment. You'll play a key role in maintaining critical infrastructure while helping shape future platform capabilities and improvements.

Interested? Reach out directly or send through your latest CV for a confidential discussion. Applications are now open.