Storage Architect​/Engineer

Storage Architect / Engineer

Rate: up to £530 per day - Umbrella only
Duration: 6 months

Location:

Sheffield (with 3 days/week in office)

The Storage Architect / Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimising enterprise‑grade storage, virtualisation, and data‑platform solutions across hybrid environments. This role requires deep expertise in storage platforms, virtualisation, data‑centre technologies, and migration strategy, with growing emphasis on cloud, automation, and container‑based architectures. You will work closely with cross‑functional infrastructure, cloud, security, and Dev Ops teams to deliver resilient, scalable, and high‑performance storage services for mission‑critical workloads.

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise storage solutions (SAN/NAS/Object) across multi‑vendor ecosystems.
• Lead storage assessments, capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.
• Develop High‑Level Designs (HLDs) and Low‑Level Designs (LLDs) for on‑prem and hybrid storage systems.
• Own data‑migration strategies and end‑to‑end execution (host‑based, array‑based replication, storage‑to‑storage, and cloud migration patterns).
• Deliver disaster recovery storage architecture, including replication, failover design, and runbooks (e.g., Snap Mirror, SRDF, Recover Point).
• Design and configure SAN fabrics, zoning, multipathing, and storage connectivity.

• Extensive experience across enterprise SAN/NAS platforms such as Net App (7‑Mode, Clustered ONTAP), Dell EMC (VNX, VPLEX, Unity, VMAX, Power Max), HPE 3
  
  PAR, Brocade/Cisco SAN switches (zoning, fabrics)

Proven experience delivering complex storage migrations and DC transitions.

Relevant vendor certifications (Net App NCDA/NCIE, VMware VCP, EMC/DELL, HPE). Azure certifications (AZ-104/AZ-305) or equivalent desirable. Kubernetes/Open Shift certifications (CKA/CKAD/Red Hat EX280) strongly preferred.

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!

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