Comm Vault Storage Engineer

VIQU IT; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

VIQU IT is seeking a Comm Vault Storage Engineer in London with hybrid working arrangements. The role focuses on BAU operations, storage administration, and automation across NAS/Isilon environments, with a daily rate of £500-£600 inside IR35.

You will collaborate with Storage Admin Engineers, Delivery and infrastructure teams, ensuring incidents and changes are handled within SLA and supporting regular operational meetings.

Qualifications

• Experience managing NAS/storage environments and administering Isilon DSM Shell.
• Proficient in PowerShell and REST API tooling for automation.
• Experience with NAS migrations and Pure Storage administration.
• Background with Dell EMC storage (VPLEX, Unity, VXRail) and Cisco MDS.
• Familiar with Commvault and Cohesity for data protection and management.
• Ability to document processes and work across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations on BAU tickets including incidents, work orders, problems and improvements.
• Provide hands-on storage administration across NAS, Isilon, and related technologies.
• Support weekly BAU ticket management and SLA-driven resolutions.
• Coordinate with Storage Admin, Delivery, Infrastructure, and application owners.
• Contribute to automation and scripting to improve estate efficiency.

Skills

Automation

PowerShell

Structured approach

Professional communication

Tools

DSM Shell (Isilon)

PowerShell REST API tools

NAS migration

Pure Storage

DELL EMC VPLEX

DELL EMC Unity

Commvault

DELL EMC VXRail

Cisco MDS

Cohesity

Surperna / Supurna Eyeglass

S3

Job description

Comm Vault Storage Engineer - London - Hybrid - Inside IR35 - £500 - £600 per day

Core Tasks To Include:

• Responsible for managing day to day operations working on BAU tickets including Incidents, Work Orders, Problems, BAU Improvements and projects work on a rotation basis. It will be primary focus for a period to gain understanding of the estate, including any support of the daily operational meetings and service management support around any service impacting tickets.
• As an Comm Vault Storage Engineer you will have hands on experience of administering NAS, the work will be mixed and varied and will include working closely with Storage Admin Engineers, Delivery, infrastructure leaders, and application owners.

Technical Skills:

• Experience of supporting and scripting DSM Shell for Isilon
• Good knowledge and Experience of PowerShell Rest API tools, and programming scripts
• NAS migration experience.
• Pure Storage Administrator experience.
• The successful candidate will have a proven track record in administration within a highly professional environment.
• DELL EMC VPLEX experience
• DELL EMC Unity
• Commvault
• DELL EMC VXRail experience.
• Cisco MDS administration and configuration
• Cohesity Maintenance /Support
• Suparna (bespoke software which can be taught on site)
• They should be able to demonstrate a structured approach to work as well as being able to deal with people professionally at all levels.
• Look after morning cheeks and reporting to Operations Morning Meetings.
• Attend weekly meetings around BAU ticket management and resolve these in SLA.
• Automation Skills on PowerShell and scripting languages to enable us to manage the estate more efficient.

Desirable Skills:

• SC Clearance or the ability to obtain
• Process Documentation & Improvement
• DELL EMC Recover Point experienceDELL EMC Unity and VNX
• PeerSync migration tools
• Commvault administration and configuration
• Cohesity Maintenance /Support
• Surperna Eyeglass (bespoke software which can be taught on site)
• S3 experience