Lead Storage & Backup Engineer - NetApp & Veeam

Sopra Steria Limited; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£5,400 car allowance

25 days annual leave

private medical

life assurance

pension

generous flexible benefits fund

Job summary

Sopra Steria Limited is seeking a Senior Storage and Backup Engineer to lead the Storage & Backup Tower. You will deploy and administer NetApp ONTAP systems and manage Veeam Backup & Replication integrations, driving efficiency through capacity planning and performance tuning.

The role includes line management responsibilities and potential on-call work, with a hybrid model based at Stevenage or other sites, and security clearance requirements.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Infrastructure Management.
• Experience with deployment, configuration, and administration of NetApp ONTAP devices.
• Knowledge of NAS/SAN provisioning, LUN creation, NFS/SMB shares, and storage virtual machines (SVMs).
• Veeam Backup & Replication administration experience.
• Experience integrating Veeam with NetApp storage for snapshot-based backups and rapid recovery workflows.
• Experience ensuring backup and storage platforms meet regulatory, encryption, retention, and audit requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Storage & Backup Tower.
• Deploy, configure, and administer NetApp ONTAP devices and clusters.
• Administer Veeam Backup & Replication and integrate with NetApp storage.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and storage optimisation.
• Coordinate on-call and out-of-hours project work.
• Accurately assess effort and cost involved with implementation.

Skills

NetApp ONTAP administration

Veeam Backup & Replication

NAS/SAN provisioning

LUN management

Storage performance tuning

Line management

Education

MCSE or equivalent accreditation

Tools

NetApp ONTAP

Veeam

Job description

Sopra Steria Limited is seeking a Senior Storage and Backup Engineer to lead the Storage & Backup Tower. You will deploy and administer NetApp ONTAP systems and manage Veeam Backup & Replication integrations, driving efficiency through capacity planning and performance tuning.

The role includes line management responsibilities and potential on-call work, with a hybrid model based at Stevenage or other sites, and security clearance requirements.