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SAN Automation Engineer

Henderson Scott
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 11 days
Location

Manchester, Greater Manchester M17 1DJ, England

Salary

£40,000 - £48,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A SAN Automation Engineer is needed for a six-month contract, available only through an Umbrella Company, and the position is fully remote for candidates based in the UK.
  • The role involves certifying, testing, and developing new features on SAN Infrastructure, particularly with Dell PowerMax, Pure FlashArray, and HP Primera, while also developing automation and providing enterprise services.
  • Candidates should have expertise in Linux RHEL, Windows, and VMware, along with experience in Python, Ansible, and Shell Scripting for storage automation.
  • The position requires a deep understanding of Cloud and Storage Infrastructure, as well as experience in storage migration and automation/orchestration technologies.
  • A competitive salary of £500-£600 per day is offered, with candidates expected to have a strong background in storage/scripting/automation roles and ideally 5+ years of relevant experience.

SAN Automation Engineer required for an initial six month contract, please note this role can only be offered for engagement via an Umbrella Company. This role is fully remote but candidates must be based in the UK.In this role, you will:

  • Carry out tasks to certify, test and develop new features and platforms on our SAN Infrastructure, primarily Dell PowerMax/Vmax-3/XtremIO, Pure FlashArray, HP Primera and Cirrus DMS using Broadcom and Cisco SAN switches/directors and iSCSI connectovity
  • Develop automation to support the above requirements, covering support, install, provisioning, migration management/compliance
  • Provide Enterprise Services, including platform services (UNIX and Linux servers, Windows and storage) for securely storing/analysing data as well as Developer Services which enable faster delivery of highly standardised platform services, for example, Virtualisation, ALM, Dev Engineering, Development and Cloud.
  • Develop Cloud based infrastructure platforms and deliver infrastructure, platform etc. "as a Service" by working with Business & other DevOps teams
  • Determine the strategic direction and execute in each of the Technology areas under Enterprise Services responsibility
  • Ensure Service Quality Targets are met for offered platform services
  • Write development code, understand a DevOps Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery pipeline, and build automated test scripts (for infrastructure products and upgrades), and build automation interfaces between systems

We're looking for someone with:

  • Expertise in Server operating systemd - Linux RHEL/Windows/VmWare
  • Expert in all aspects of Dell PowerMax/Vmax3/SRDF/XtremIO, Pure FlashArray, HPE Primera, Cirrus DMS
  • End to end server mapping from server to storage
  • Experience in using Python, Ansible, and Shell Scripting languages to implement storage automation and as-a-service offerings
  • Capable of product testing and qualification.
  • Well experienced in server and storage remediation
  • Past working experience in a storage / scripting / automation role
  • A deep technical understanding of Cloud and Storage Infrastructure
  • Infrastructure as Code and automation/orchestration technologies, such as Puppet / Chef / Ansible Tower / Jenkins
  • Experience of continuous integration / continuous delivery software engineering approaches
  • Experienced in storage migration - Storage and server based
  • Experience in Agile methodologies and DevOps practices is desirable but not essential
  • Role relevant qualifications, i.e. EMC, Pure , cloud related is desirable but not essential

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