Infrastructure Senior Storage and Data Protection Engineer

ZipRecruiter; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance company in London is seeking a skilled professional to manage enterprise storage systems, ensuring high availability and performance. You will collaborate with IT teams and vendors, requiring strong technical expertise in storage technologies and excellent communication skills. The ideal candidate has practical experience with systems like NetApp and Dell. This role mandates in-office presence two days a week.

Qualifications

• Strong practical experience with enterprise storage and backup technologies.
• Solid understanding of networking and data centre operations.
• Ability to manage vendor relationships effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain enterprise storage and backup systems.
• Monitor and optimise storage and data protection environments.
• Collaborate with IT teams on new solutions and business continuity.

Skills

Enterprise storage technologies (NetApp, Dell PowerMax/PowerStore, Rubrik)

Networking knowledge

Virtualisation

Excellent troubleshooting skills

Communication skills

Tools

PowerShell

APIs

Job description

Overview

Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Dublin Limited (SMFD) is a wholly owned subsidiary of SMBC and is growing rapidly as a Centre of Excellence for the bank's universal banking business across EMEA. It provides a range of technology and operational support services aligned to SMBC's growth, innovation, and transformation strategies. This role requires in-office presence two days per week.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain enterprise storage and backup systems, ensuring high availability, performance, and data integrity across a global infrastructure.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise storage and data protection environments, including proactive incident response and lifecycle management of hardware and software.
• Collaborate with cross-functional IT teams and vendors to implement new solutions, support business continuity and disaster recovery plans, and ensure compliance with security and operational standards.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery readiness across global data centres.
• Maintain technical documentation and integrate automation where appropriate.

Qualifications

• Strong practical experience with enterprise storage and backup technologies (e.g. NetApp, Dell PowerMax/PowerStore, Rubrik).
• Solid understanding of networking, virtualisation, and data centre operations. Hands-on experience in managing hardware lifecycles and patching schedules.
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills, with the ability to work across global teams and manage vendor relationships effectively.
• Desirable: Knowledge of scripting or automation tools (PowerShell, APIs). Experience working in regulated, process-driven environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise server/storage hardware and cloud-based backup solutions.

What will you bring to the role? Strong experience with enterprise storage and backup technologies (e.g. NetApp, Dell PowerMax/PowerStore, Rubrik).

Desirable: Knowledge of scripting or automation tools (e.g. PowerShell, APIs). Experience working in regulated, process-driven environments. If the above role is of interest please apply to this ad or call on 0207 509 8040 or email on [e-mail] for more info. Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates PandoLogic.

Keywords

Data Engineer, Location: London, ENG - SE25 5PY