NetApp Storage & Veeam Lead Engineer

Sopra Steria Ltd; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Sopra Steria Ltd’s Aerospace Defence and Security sector is seeking a Senior Storage and Backup Engineer to lead the Storage & Backup team. You’ll deploy, configure and administer NetApp ONTAP and manage Veeam backups, with some line management responsibility.

The role is based across sites including Newport, Stevenage and Portsmouth, with circa four days in the office. Applicants must be British citizens eligible for SC clearance and able to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience administering NetApp ONTAP devices and clusters.
• Experience with NAS/SAN provisioning, LUN creation, and NFS/SMB shares.
• Veeam Backup & Replication administration experience.
• Ability to ensure backup/storage platforms meet regulatory, encryption, retention, and audit requirements.
• Line-management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and manage NetApp ONTAP storage environments.
• Administer Veeam Backup & Replication, including job design and retention.
• Lead Storage & Backup team and line-management responsibilities.
• Perform capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Coordinate with sites and on-call/out-of-hours project work.
• Ensure backups meet security and compliance requirements.

Skills

NetApp ONTAP administration

Veeam Backup

NAS/SAN provisioning

LUN creation

NFS/SMB shares

Line management

Education

Technical accreditation (e.g., MCSE)

Tools

NetApp hardware (AFF/FAS/E-Series)

Veeam integration with NetApp

Job description

Sopra Steria Ltd’s Aerospace Defence and Security sector is seeking a Senior Storage and Backup Engineer to lead the Storage & Backup team. You’ll deploy, configure and administer NetApp ONTAP and manage Veeam backups, with some line management responsibility.

The role is based across sites including Newport, Stevenage and Portsmouth, with circa four days in the office. Applicants must be British citizens eligible for SC clearance and able to work in the UK.