HSS Storage System Administrator

HSS Storage Systems Administrator

Location:

Manchester or Gloucester, on site 5 days per week.

Candidates must be eligible for or currently hold clearance. Candidates must be a sole UK national/British citizen and have resided in the UK for 10 years and over.

DXC Technology is committed to building diverse, inclusive teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage interest from women, underrepresented groups, and neurodivergent candidates. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process and are dedicated to creating a supportive, accessible environment for everyone.

The successful candidate will work within multiple teams and will be innovative and analytical with a good eye for detail. Your role will include implementing standards, policies, and procedures for continual service improvement.

• Provide first and second level technical support on incidents and problems
• Monitor overall system performance and ensure smooth system functionality
• Create, maintain, and utilise documentation
• Assist in building compliance with our processes and policies
• Ensure steady storage provisioning, protection of data, and adherence to compliance

• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Experience working to ITIL best practices
• Desire to improve processes and look for the root cause of a problem
• Willingness to share your knowledge and learn from others
• Proactive approach towards identifying risks and problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to adapt quickly and work in an agile fashion

• Knowledge of Net App, HP, and/or Dell EMC, File, Block and Object storage systems
• Knowledge of backup technologies
• Knowledge of Fibre Channel switches from Cisco and/or Brocade
• Exposure to SAN protocols such as CIFS, NFS, and iSCSI fibre channel
• Foundational experience in cloud technologies including AWS and Microsoft Azure
• Experience in solution architecture is not necessary but would be useful
• Knowledge of migration tools
• Knowledge of implementing storage array OS and firmware upgrades

• Competitive compensation
• Pension scheme
• DXC Select – Comprehensive benefits package (includes private health/medical insurance, childcare vouchers, gym membership, and more)
• Perks at Work (discounts on technology, groceries, travel, and more)
• DXC incentives (recognition tools, employee lunches, regular social events, etc)