Server & Storage Design Engineer

Sword Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

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

We require hands-on production experience with VMware vSphere/vSAN (ESA preferred), HPE ProLiant hardware with iLO, and Rubrik backup concepts.

Qualifications

• Hands-on with VMware vSphere/vSAN and ESA in production environments.
• Experience with HPE ProLiant servers and iLO configuration.
• Familiarity with Rubrik backup and DR concepts.
• Knowledge of Windows Server components (AD, PKI/AD CS, RDS) as they relate to identity workstreams.
• Ability to author and review design docs, diagrams and build guides.
• Comfort operating in regulated, security-conscious environments with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support Low-Level Design authoring through to build and commissioning of VMware Cloud Foundation / vSAN platform.
• Author and review technical design documentation to audit-ready standards.
• Engage with customer stakeholders and third-party vendors within a regulated setting.

Skills

VMware vSphere

VMware vSAN

vSAN ESA

Cluster design

RAID/FTT policy

Encryption config

HPE ProLiant

iLO configuration

Rubrik backup

Windows Server

AD / PKI / AD CS / RDS

Technical design docs

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

HPE ProLiant

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