Storage Engineer

Harvey Nash; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 86,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey Nash in Glasgow is seeking an experienced Storage Engineer with a strong software development background to join our technology team. You will design, develop and integrate storage solutions across the firm-wide platform, working on automation tools and in-house applications.

The role combines advanced programming skills with solid storage and Linux expertise, supporting highly available, scalable infrastructure in a global enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• Strong software development experience, ideally with Python and/or Perl.
• Experience across the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals.
• Intermediate-to-advanced experience administering Linux/RHEL in an enterprise environment.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across operating systems, networks and storage.
• Excellent communication, organisation and prioritisation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and integrate solutions across the firm-wide storage platform.
• Develop in-house applications and automation tools.
• Handle problem management, preventive maintenance and capacity management.
• Work on storage virtualisation, automation and software-defined storage.
• Support distributed and scale-out file systems.
• Engage in infrastructure automation and observability.
• Integrate with third-party storage technologies and vendors.
• Collaborate with customers to understand requirements and communicate technical solutions.
• Operate as part of a global technology team.

Skills

Software development

Python

Perl

SDLC

Linux/RHEL

Troubleshooting

Communication

Organization

Prioritisation

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Docker

IBM GPFS / Storage Scale

Job description

£540 per day including holiday pay on PAYE

We’re currently recruiting for an experienced Storage Engineer with a strong software development background to join our client’s technology team in Glasgow.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who combines advanced programming skills with solid storage and Linux expertise, working on highly available, scalable infrastructure solutions within a global enterprise environment.

The Role

You’ll play a key role in designing, developing and integrating solutions across the firm-wide storage platform, covering areas such as:

• Storage provisioning, monitoring, alerting, auditing and inventory management
• Development of in-house applications and automation tools
• Problem management, preventive maintenance and capacity management
• Storage virtualisation, automation and software-defined storage
• Distributed and scale-out file systems
• Infrastructure automation and observability
• Integration with third-party storage technologies and vendors
• Working closely with customers to understand requirements and communicate technical solutions
• Collaborating as part of a global technology team

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone with:

• Strong software development experience, ideally with Python and/or Perl
• Experience working across the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals
• Intermediate-to-advanced experience administering Linux/RHEL in an enterprise environment
• Strong troubleshooting skills across operating systems, networks and storage
• Excellent communication, organisation and prioritisation skills

Experience with some of the following would be highly beneficial:

• IBM GPFS / Storage Scale
• Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SCSI, NFS, CIFS and POSIX
• Object storage, SAS, SATA, NVMe/SSD
• RAID and erasure coding
• Distributed and scale-out storage
• High-availability architectures
• Storage databases and SQL
• Networking protocols and connectivity
• Enterprise UNIX/RHEL and Windows Server environments
• OpenShift, Kubernetes and Docker
• Cloud platforms including Azure, AWS or Google Cloud
• Storage virtualisation, performance and capacity management
• NetApp, HDS, EMC, Brocade, Veritas, Sybase and/or DB2 technologies

Programming: Advanced

Please note that our client operates a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy when working outside the office, so candidates will need access to a personal device.