Cloud-Enabled Senior Server & Storage Engineer

FlexIT Talent Solutions Ltd; Royal Borough of Greenwich; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday scheme

Pension scheme

Job summary

FlexIT Talent Solutions Ltd is assisting a client in South West London to recruit a Senior Server and Storage Engineer. The role is hybrid with up to 3 days onsite per week and focuses on server, storage and virtualization management, including VMware.

You will design, implement and upgrade infrastructure with IT teams, monitor performance, and drive improvements in backup, capacity planning and cloud-related initiatives.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of physical and virtual server technologies.
• Experience with Windows Server and Linux/GPFS deployment/management.
• Ability to work with specialists to deliver IT services across large user environments.
• Familiarity with server monitoring tools such as Nagios and SolarWinds.

Responsibilities

• Support the operational management and strategic development of server, storage and virtualization services, including the on-premises VMware environment.
• Collaborate with technical specialists and wider IT teams to deliver reliable, high-quality infrastructure services.
• Contribute to design, implementation, testing and upgrading of systems and infrastructure solutions, ensuring alignment with IT strategy and architectural best practice.
• Evaluate and implement new technologies to improve performance, efficiency, productivity and cost-effectiveness.
• Support backup and recovery strategies, capacity planning, infrastructure upgrades and technology roadmaps.
• Monitor service performance and availability, ensuring agreed service levels and operational standards are maintained.

Skills

Server technologies

Windows Server

Linux/GPFS

Collaboration

Network troubleshooting

Tools

Nagios

SolarWinds

vCenter

vSphere

VMware

Job description

FlexIT Talent Solutions Ltd is assisting a client in South West London to recruit a Senior Server and Storage Engineer. The role is hybrid with up to 3 days onsite per week and focuses on server, storage and virtualization management, including VMware.

You will design, implement and upgrade infrastructure with IT teams, monitor performance, and drive improvements in backup, capacity planning and cloud-related initiatives.