Storage & Backup Infrastructure Engineer

Vallum; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Vallum in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Storage Engineer to manage and support enterprise backup solutions, focusing on Veritas NetBackup, HP StoreOnce, and Storage Area Network (SAN/NAS) environments.

You will configure, monitor, test recoveries, perform capacity planning, and contribute to disaster recovery planning and documentation. The role requires hands-on incident resolution and strong problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Experience managing enterprise backup/Storage environments.
• Ability to monitor storage infrastructure health and resolve incidents.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support Veritas NetBackup and storage solutions.
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot backup and restore operations.
• Perform backup validation and recovery testing.
• Tape rotation and retention management.
• Ensure scheduled backups complete and resolve failures promptly.
• Develop and maintain backup policies, schedules, and retention requirements.
• Administer SAN/NAS and storage resources for servers/apps.
• Monitor capacity, utilization, and performance; plan expansions.
• Support disaster recovery planning and execution; conduct drills.

Skills

Backup administration

Technical support

Root cause analysis

Incident management

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

HP StoreOnce

PowerMax

SAN/NAS administration

Job description

Vallum in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Storage Engineer to manage and support enterprise backup solutions, focusing on Veritas NetBackup, HP StoreOnce, and Storage Area Network (SAN/NAS) environments.

You will configure, monitor, test recoveries, perform capacity planning, and contribute to disaster recovery planning and documentation. The role requires hands-on incident resolution and strong problem-solving skills.