Storage Engineer

Synechron; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron, based in Glasgow, UK, seeks an experienced Storage Engineer to design and deploy scalable storage solutions for the Banking domain. The role focuses on provisioning, monitoring, alerting, auditing, and vendor integration, plus in-house tooling to support the business platform.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience, strong Linux administration, and hands-on knowledge of SAN/NAS, file systems, and cloud/container environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in software development with Python or Perl.
• Strong SDLC experience on large software projects.
• Solid Computer Science fundamentals.
• Good English communication and prioritization of multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop highly available and scalable storage solutions.
• Architect storage integration with 3rd party vendors and in-house apps.
• Design storage tools for problem management and preventive maintenance.
• Understand storage virtualization, automation, and scale-out file systems.
• Collaborate with global teams and translate customer requirements into technical solutions.

Skills

Python

Perl

SDLC

English communication

Tools

Linux

RH OpenShift

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Storage Engineer to join our client in the Banking domain based in Glasgow, UK.

• Location: Glasgow, UK
• Domain: Banking
• Employment Type: Permanent / Contract
• Experience Required: 7+ Years

About Company:

Synechron is a global technology consulting firm that helps leading organizations accelerate digital transformation through innovation, expertise, and agility. With more than 16,500 professionals across around 60 offices in over 20 countries, we combine deep industry knowledge with advanced capabilities in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and data engineering.

Our regional teams, supported by strategic delivery centers, provide scalable, cost-efficient solutions tailored to local markets. Through our award-winning Synechron FinLabs accelerators and strategic partnerships with AWS, Microsoft, Databricks, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, we enable clients to innovate fast and lead with confidence. For more information on the company, please visit our website or LinkedIn community.

Synechron: Technology and AI Consulting for Business

Synechron is an innovative global consulting firm delivering industry-leading digital solutions to transform and empower businesses.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Synechron’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program, Same Difference, was developed because we believe in a culture of listening, respect, and opportunity.

We each bring unique backgrounds, thoughts, talents, and experiences with us to work every day, and we know that by embracing them, we are creating an even greater Synechron. The best way to build a strong team is to value individual differences. So, it doesn`t matter where you’re from or what you’ve had to do to get here – if you have the skills, enthusiasm, and drive to make your mark, we’ll support you like we support each other. Choose a career with us and let`s pursue innovation, together.

Job Descriptions:

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.

Required skills / knowledge:

• 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.