About the position
A well-established business is seeking to appoint a Storage Systems Engineer
The Storage Engineer supports the design, implementation, management, and optimization of enterprise storage systems that enable the Telescope technical and operational goals.
Qualifications:
- National Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or equivalent qualifications coupled with 7 years’ experience
- BTech/BSc in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or equivalent qualifications coupled with 6 years’ experience
- BENG/MTech in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or equivalent qualifications coupled with 4 years’ experience
- MENG in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or equivalent qualifications coupled with 3 years’ experience
- PHD in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or equivalent qualifications coupled with 1 years’ experience.
Experience:
- Experience withing with SANs and storage systems
- Experience working with storage server installations, monitoring and diagnoses
- Experience with hardware and storage software upgrades and repairs
- Experience working with Operating Systems, IAAS tools
- Experience working in data centers or server rooms/environments
- Basic experience with computer networks
- Basic hands-on experience in infrastructure design and automation, distributed systems, observability, CI/CD, container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes), DevOps/SRE practices and cloud native technologies.
- Experience working in international teams or initiatives that intersect with data platforms, storage, networking, and systems engineering domains.
Knowledge:
- Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, including performance optimization, fault tolerance, and resource scheduling within Linux-based environments.
- Hands-on experience monitoring, diagnosing, and repairing (break/fix) various OEM hardware, including HPE, Dell, and Super Micro systems.
- Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Podman), orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Helm), and container runtime architectures (e.g., CRI).
- Knowledge in infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD methodologies, utilizing tools such as GitLab CI, Ansible, and Terraform (advantageous).
- Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, including cabling and basic diagnostic procedures.
- Experience in asset management practices, including maintaining asset registers, system and architectural mapping, warranty and service tracking, and related tools/processes.
- Experience working with service levels (SLAs) and an understanding of operational frameworks such as Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), ITIL, and COBIT.
- Knowledge of IT security principles, especially regarding change management, physical and logical access control.
- Awareness and adherence to Health and Safety standards and best practices.
Please note that if you have not received a response within 14 days of submitting your application that your application was unsuccessful.
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Desired Skills:
- SANs and storage systems
- Operating Systems
- Infrastructure design and automation
