In this role you will deliver storage and backup engineering expertise within Sopra Steria’s Aerospace Defence and Security sector, acting as a technical escalation point and partnering with project teams on a major European-wide initiative. You will work closely with customers to manage BAU storage tasks, capacity planning and performance tuning, while developing specialist skills in SAN/NAS, backups and recovery. The position offers-site flexibility across Newport, Portsmouth or Stevenage with SC clearance in scope. This is a hands-on role for an aspiring expert who wants to shape robust storage solutions in a security-critical environment.
Pay / Benefits
flexible working arrangements
on-site working ( Newport, Portsmouth, Stevenage )
professional development
mentoring and knowledge sharing
supportive culture
Responsibilities
Be the point of technical escalation for storage and backup issues
Maintain a strong customer focus across BAU ticketing and task management for Storage and Backup
Conduct capacity planning, performance tuning and storage optimisation across multiple environments
Collaborate with projects team on upcoming large-scale, European-wide initiatives
Key requirements
Working knowledge of storage services, hardware deployment, configuration, and administration (NetApp preferred)
Strong NAS/SAN provisioning, NFS/SMB shares, and storage VMs (SVMs) experience
Experience upgrading storage appliances and related processes
Knowledge of Fibre Channel zoning and LUN creation (preferred)
Experience with Backup tooling and technologies (Veeam preferred); snapshot backups and robotic libraries
Backup administration capabilities including policy design, scheduling, retention, restore and recovery workflows
Background with regulatory, encryption, retention, and audit requirements (a bonus)
SC clearance eligible; sole British citizen required
customer focus
enthusiastic and keen to learn
team collaboration
storage services
hardware deployment, configuration, and administration
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