Server & Storage Design Engineer

Sword Group; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Sword Group is seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer to join the Compute & Storage workstream for a major Critical National Infrastructure virtualization programme. You will support LLD authoring through to build and commissioning of a dual-site VMware Cloud Foundation / vSAN platform.

Key tasks include design and configuration of vSphere/vSAN, HPE ProLiant deployments, Rubrik backup, and working within a regulated security environment while liaising with stakeholders and vendors.

Qualifications

• Author and review technical design documentation (LLDs, diagrams, build guides).
• Experience in a regulated, security-conscious environment and stakeholder engagement.
• Hands-on production exposure to virtualization, backup and server hardware.

Responsibilities

• Support Low-Level Design through to build and commissioning of a dual-site VMware Cloud Foundation / vSAN platform.
• Create and maintain audit-ready technical design documents and build guides.
• Engage with customer stakeholders and third-party vendors in a security-focused environment.

Tools

VMware vSphere

VMware vSAN

Rubrik backup

HPE ProLiant

iLO management

Windows Server (AD/PKI/RDS)

Job description

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, dedicated to driving transformational change for our clients. We leverage proven technology, specialist teams, and extensive domain expertise to create robust technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications. Our mission is fueled by a passion for technology as a means to solve complex business problems and achieve our clients’ objectives.

About the role:

We’re looking for an experienced infrastructure engineer to join the Compute & Storage workstream for a major Critical National Infrastructure virtualisation programme, supporting Low-Level Design authoring through to build and commissioning of a dual-site VMware Cloud Foundation / vSAN platform.

• Hands-on production experience with VMware vSphere and vSAN (ideally vSAN ESA specifically), including cluster design, RAID/FTT policy, and encryption configuration
• Experience with HPE ProLiant server hardware — deployment, firmware management, iLO configuration
• Understanding of enterprise backup and DR concepts and hands-on experience with an enterprise backup platform (Rubrik experience specifically is a strong plus)
• Working knowledge of Windows Server infrastructure (Active Directory, PKI/AD CS, RDS) to the extent needed to coordinate with an Identity workstream
• Ability to author and review technical design documentation (LLDs, Diagrams, build guides, configuration standards) to a high, audit-ready standard
• Comfortable working within a regulated, security-conscious environment and able to engage confidently with customer stakeholders and third-party vendors