Storage Engineer

Qube Research & Technologies Limited; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a skilled Storage Systems Administrator to join their infrastructure team. In this hands-on role, you will design and implement storage solutions, collaborate with diverse teams, and enhance data backup strategies. Your expertise will contribute to the company's mission of delivering high-quality returns through a technology-driven approach. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment that values collaboration and innovation, ensuring your contributions have a significant impact on the organization's success. If you're passionate about technology and eager to tackle complex challenges, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Healthy work-life balance initiatives

Diversity and inclusion programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in storage systems administration and platform engineering.
• Proven track record in developing and implementing data backup strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions for shared storage requirements to support QRT’s needs.
• Collaborate with various teams to maintain optimized enterprise-grade storage solutions.

Skills

Storage Systems Administration

Platform Engineering

Storage Protocols (SMB, NFS, S3)

Linux OS

Windows OS

Data Backup Strategies

Communication Skills

Documentation Skills

Job description

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

Your future role within QRT:

The successful candidate will join the infrastructure team at QRT. Collaborating with Windows, UNIX, Network and database teams, the candidate will work on designing solutions to meet shared storage requirements to support QRT’s needs – covering Windows file shares, NFS shares, performant storage attached networks for database clusters, etc. The role will include building and maintaining vendor relationships, product selection, design, and implementation. The role will also include the development of a data backup solution and will involve contributing to QRT’s business continuity plans.

As well as design work, the role is a technical, hands-on position.

Responsibilities:

• You will have 5+ years of experience in storage systems administration and platform engineering.
• You have delivered, tuned, and maintained optimized enterprise-grade storage solutions.
• You will have excellent working knowledge of storage protocols (SMB, NFS, S3).
• You will have good working knowledge of Linux and Windows OS.
• You will have a proven track record of developing and implementing data backup strategies.
• You work well as part of a team and excel in a collaborative environment.
• You have excellent communication and documentation skills.

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance.