Storage and Backup Infrastructure Engineer

Sopra Steria; Newport; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Sopra Steria is seeking a Storage and Backup Engineer in Newport. The ideal candidate will have experience with NetApp Storage and Veeam Backup, focusing on deployment and administration. The role offers a full-time permanent position with competitive benefits, including health cash plans and generous annual leave.

Successful candidates will ensure backup and storage platforms meet regulatory requirements. Applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Join Sopra Steria and contribute to meaningful government projects in security and defence.

Qualifications

• Experience with the 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.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and administer NetApp ONTAP devices and clusters.
• Manage NAS/SAN provisioning, LUN creation, and storage virtual machines.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and storage optimization.
• Administer Veeam Backup & Replication, including job design and scheduling.

Skills

NetApp ONTAP administration

Veeam Backup & Replication

NAS/SAN provisioning

LUN creation

Storage virtual machines (SVMs)

Job description

Are you an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with expertise in Storage and Backup?

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace Defence and Security sector are currently recruiting for a Storage and Backup Engineer with experience in the administration of NetApp Storage and Veeam backup. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone with some level of existing experience in NetApp and Veeam looking to develop their skills and become a technical expert. This role sits within a group level account putting you in the best place to progress.

Ideally you would be based local to Newport as there is an expectation you will be in the office 4 days per week.

Due to the nature of the project, we are only able to progress with candidates that are eligible for SC clearance.

What you’ll be doing

• Deploy, configure, and administer NetApp ONTAP devices and clusters, including AFF, FAS, and E-Series platforms.
• Manage NAS/SAN provisioning, LUN creation, NFS/SMB shares, and storage virtual machines (SVMs).
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and storage optimisation.
• Administer Veeam Backup & Replication, including job design, scheduling, retention, and repository management.
• Integrate Veeam with NetApp storage for snapshot-based backups and rapid recovery workflows.

What you’ll bring

• Experience with the 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 workflow.
• Previous experience ensuring backup and storage platforms meet regulatory, encryption, retention, and audit requirements.

If you’re interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Newport

Security Clearance Level: SC

Internal Recruiter: Olly Walker

Salary: Up to £40,000

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.

We support flexible working arrangements and encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

About the business

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK’s largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.