Storage Engineer
Posted Today by DGH Recruitment Ltd.
£650 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Birmingham, UK
Summary: A Storage Engineer is needed for a 6-month contract at a global law firm in Birmingham, offering £650 per day and classified as inside IR35. The role involves providing expert support in storage infrastructure, managing server and virtualization platforms, and mentoring junior team members. Candidates should have strong experience with enterprise storage platforms and scripting for automation. The position requires flexibility for out-of-hours work and managing tasks across multiple time zones.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide SME-level support across storage infrastructure, mentoring junior team members in storage technologies
- Manage and maintain server, storage, and virtualisation platforms within a data centre environment
- Perform storage presentations, host migrations, device expansions, and VM-related engineering tasks
- Reverse engineer environments from virtual machines, filter VMs, and manage Legacy storage transitions
- Work across technologies including Dell PowerMax, Dell EMC Isilon, Cisco MDS Fabric, VMware, and Legacy HyperFlex nodes
- Develop and execute scripts using PowerCLI and PowerShell to support automation and system management
- Operate across multiple time zones, managing concurrent tasks and priorities effectively
- Support out-of-hours change windows (evenings/weekends) as required
Key Skills:
- Strong expertise in enterprise storage platforms (Dell PowerMax, Dell EMC Isilon)
- Solid experience with server infrastructure and virtualisation technologies, particularly VMware
- Proficiency in Scripting (PowerShell, PowerCLI) for automation and administration
- Experience with Cisco MDS Fabric Switches and broader data centre networking concepts
- Familiarity with SQL Server and ITSM tools such as ServiceNow
- Proven ability to work in complex, multi-region environments with overlapping time zones
- Experience mentoring or supporting junior engineers within infrastructure teams
- Comfortable working occasional out-of-hours change windows without on-call requirements
Salary (Rate): £650 per day
City: Birmingham
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Storage Engineer - 6 Month Contract - Birmingham (Hybrid) - £650pd (Inside IR35)
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Storage Engineer to join our Birmingham based global law firm on a initial 6 month contract basis.
Key Responsibilities
Provide SME-level support across storage infrastructure, mentoring junior team members in storage technologies
Manage and maintain server, storage, and virtualisation platforms within a data centre environment
Perform storage presentations, host migrations, device expansions, and VM-related engineering tasks
Reverse engineer environments from virtual machines, filter VMs, and manage Legacy storage transitions
Work across technologies including Dell PowerMax, Dell EMC Isilon, Cisco MDS Fabric, VMware, and Legacy HyperFlex nodes
Develop and execute scripts using PowerCLI and PowerShell to support automation and system management
Operate across multiple time zones, managing concurrent tasks and priorities effectively
Support out-of-hours change windows (evenings/weekends) as required
Key Experience
Strong expertise in enterprise storage platforms (Dell PowerMax, Dell EMC Isilon)
Solid experience with server infrastructure and virtualisation technologies, particularly VMware
Proficiency in Scripting (PowerShell, PowerCLI) for automation and administration
Experience with Cisco MDS Fabric Switches and broader data centre networking concepts
Familiarity with SQL Server and ITSM tools such as ServiceNow
Proven ability to work in complex, multi-region environments with overlapping time zones
Experience mentoring or supporting junior engineers within infrastructure teams
Comfortable working occasional out-of-hours change windows without on-call requirements
Storage Engineer - 6 Month Contract - Birmingham (Hybrid) - £650pd (Inside IR35)
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