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Storage Engineer

Job type:Contract
Town/City:Barrow-In-Furness
County:Cumbria
Salary/Rate:£550 - £600 per day + inside ir35
Business Sector:IT
Job ref:CDI - 153550
Post Date:December 02, 2025

Job Title: Storage Engineer

Location: Barrow - Hybrid / As and When required

Duration: 4 months+

Rate: £550 - £600 per day inside i35

DV security clearance is required for this role

Role Description:

I am looking for a Storage Engineer to be responsible for the administration, maintenance, and optimization of storage and backup systems within my clients Dragonfly account. This role ensures high availability, security compliance, and performance of SAN and backup environments, supporting both BAU operations and project delivery in a highly secure setting.

You will work closely with other engineering teams to design and deploy new storage solutions.

Support transition and transformation activities for secure environments.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform daily health checks on SAN and backup environments.
  • Allocate and deallocate storage volumes as required.
  • Configure SAN switch zoning and manage firmware upgrades.
  • Backup Management:
  • Maintain backup infrastructure and execute restores on request.
  • Troubleshoot backup failures and ensure compliance with retention policies.
  • Operational Excellence:
  • Implement changes following client change management processes.
  • Conduct disaster recovery testing and maintain documentation.
  • Produce management reports and contribute to problem resolution using ITSM tools.

Experience:

  • Proven track record in storage and backup administration within secure environments.
  • Familiarity with ITIL processes and change management.
  • SAN Storage and Backup technologies (e.g., NetApp, EMC, Veritas).

If you are interested in this orle please feel free to submit your CV.