Storage Engineer

PURVIEW; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Purview is seeking a multi-disciplinary developer in Glasgow to design and develop highly available, scalable storage solutions for the firm-wide repository. The role includes provisioning, monitoring, alerting, auditing, and inventorying, plus building in-house applications as part of the technology platform.

The candidate should have 8+ years in software development, be proficient in Python or Perl, and possess strong English communication skills.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Proficient in Python or Perl.
• Experience with SDLC on large software development projects.
• Strong English communication and written skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop highly available and scalable solutions to manage the firm-wide storage repository, including storage provisioning, monitoring, alerting, auditing, and inventorying.
• Architect and integrate storage solutions with 3rd party vendors and in-house applications forming part of the technology platform.
• Develop storage tools for problem management, preventive maintenance, and capacity management; understand storage virtualization and distribution systems.

Skills

Python

Perl

SDLC

CS fundamentals

English comms

Job description

Purview is a global leader in IT-Engineering and Talent Solutions, trusted by Fortune 500 and mid-market clients across 21+ countries. Headquartered in Edinburgh, with delivery center's in India, our 1,200+ professionals drive meaningful digital transformation worldwide.

As a certified Ethnic Minority Business and Premier Member of MSDUK, we proudly blend diversity with deep technical expertise to deliver results that matter.

We’re currently hiring for the below role with one of our valued clients. If it aligns with your experience and aspirations, we’d love to hear from you!

Location: Glasgow, UK

Job Type: Hybrid work mode (3 days per week On-Site)

Job Description:

We are seeking a multi-talented developer that will focus on designing and developing highly available and scalable solutions to manage the firm wide storage repository including storage provisioning, monitoring, alerting, auditing, inventorying, etc. In addition to architecting and integrating a storage solution working with 3rd party vendors, the candidate will develop in-house applications that will become part of the technology platform for the business. The ideal candidate will also design storage tools on problem management and preventive maintenance (alert and capacity management). Additionally, the candidate needs to understand storage virtualization, automation, storage provisioning, distributed and scale-out file systems, software defined storage solutions, emerging technologies in infrastructure automation, observability, etc. Ability to work as part of a global team is a requirement. In addition, the candidate must be able to listen to customer requirements and be able to advise, discuss and articulate technical solutions effectively. It would also be desirable that the candidate has relevant experience (intermediate to advanced preferred) in deploying, operating, and administering a Linux operating system in an enterprise level ecosystem.

Job Description ::

Required skills / knowledge:

we need someone with 8+ years experience

• Experienced in software development and proficient in one or more of the following programming languages - Python, Perl
• Experience with SDLC (software development lifecycle) best practices with large software development projects is a must.
• Good knowledge in Computer Science fundamental
• Good organizational and English communication skills, prioritization of multiple projects and objective.

Preferred skills / knowledge:

• Familiarity with Object Oriented concepts and SQL programming
• Knowledge of storage technologies and disciplines namely, Fibre Channel, ISCSI, SCSI, NFS, CIFS, POSIX, Object Storage, SAS, SATA, FLASH (NVME, SSD, etc.), RAID, Erasure Coding, Distributed/Scale-out Storage, File systems, High-availability methods, working knowledge of databases etc. are strongly preferred. Understanding networking protocols and connectivity preferred.
• System Architecture experience within enterprise UNIX (RHEL)/Windows Server environments, Container environments (RH Open Shift/Kubernetes/Docker, etc.) and Cloud environments (Azure/AWS/Google) is highly desirable but not required.
• Understanding of Client/Server, Scale-out architectures, virtualization, performance, and capacity management strongly preferred.
• Effective troubleshooting skills across O/S, network, and storage.
• Knowledge in the following vendor products is preferred but not required: NetApp 7mode/cDOT/Engenio, IBM Spectrum Scale (aka GPFS), HDS Storage Arrays/HCP, EMC Atmos, Brocade SAN/FOS, Veritas Storage Foundation Suite, Sybase, DB2.

Skills Proficiency: Advanced (in Programming)/Intermediate + (in Storage and/or Linux)