Data Protection Automation Engineer
Posted 3 days ago by Square One Resources
£525 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK
Summary: The Data Protection Automation Engineer role in Sheffield involves designing, developing, and maintaining automation for the bank's data protection services. The position requires strong programming skills and a solid understanding of Scrum practices, with responsibilities including collaboration with product owners and mentoring team members. The role is hybrid, requiring three days a week on-site, and is classified as inside IR35. The contract duration is four months, starting in August 2025.
Key Responsibilities:
- Actively participate in sprints, retrospectives, and daily stand-up meetings.
- Collaborate with product owners to manage backlogs and prioritise new requests.
- Design, develop, test, and maintain automation for the bank's data protection services (NetBackup and CommVault).
- Build and support reporting and monitoring functionalities for the developed automation.
- Provide engineering support for the bank's data protection tools and their standard use.
- Evaluate new products, features, and software versions.
- Create clear, detailed documentation for all automation solutions developed.
- Mentor and support less experienced team members.
Key Skills:
- Solid understanding of Scrum practices and artifacts (eg, definition of done, user stories, backlog refinement, automated testing).
- Strong programming skills in Python and Bash.
- In-depth experience with configuration management and orchestration using Red Hat Ansible.
- Proficient in designing, developing, and testing RESTful API services.
- Hands-on experience with DevOps source control tools, particularly GitLab.
- Familiar with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and CloudBees.
- Comfortable using collaboration tools like Jira and Confluence.
- Knowledge of Veritas NetBackup and its supporting infrastructure.
- Experience with Commvault and related technologies.
Salary (Rate): £525 Per Day
City: Sheffield
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Data Protection Automation Engineer
Location: Sheffield - Hybrid 3 x days a week
Salary/Rate: £525 Per Day inside IR35
Start Date: August 2025
Job Type: 4 month Contract
Company Introduction:
We are looking for a skilled professional to join our team as a Data Protection Automation Engineer. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the Scrum framework, including its artifacts and techniques, and be capable of effectively coordinating teams and projects with a focus on achieving results.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives:
- Actively participate in sprints, retrospectives, and daily stand-up meetings.
- Collaborate with product owners to manage backlogs and prioritise new requests.
- Design, develop, test, and maintain automation for the bank's data protection services (NetBackup and CommVault).
- Build and support reporting and monitoring functionalities for the developed automation.
- Provide engineering support for the bank's data protection tools and their standard use.
- Evaluate new products, features, and software versions.
- Create clear, detailed documentation for all automation solutions developed.
- Mentor and support less experienced team members.
Required Skills/Experience:
- Solid understanding of Scrum practices and artifacts (eg, definition of done, user stories, backlog refinement, automated testing).
- Strong programming skills in Python and Bash.
- In-depth experience with configuration management and orchestration using Red Hat Ansible.
- Proficient in designing, developing, and testing RESTful API services.
- Hands-on experience with DevOps source control tools, particularly GitLab.
- Familiar with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and CloudBees.
- Comfortable using collaboration tools like Jira and Confluence.
- Knowledge of Veritas NetBackup and its supporting infrastructure.
- Experience with Commvault and related technologies.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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