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Storage Infrastructure Analyst (IBM Flash Systems, Spectrum Scale) - Remote and Coventry - 4 months+

Storage Infrastructure Analyst (IBM Flash Systems, Spectrum Scale) - Remote and Coventry - 4 months+

Remote

Coventry and, United kingdom

£ 309 /day

Freelance

28-11-2025

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ServiceNow VMware Networking Linux AWS Agile Flash

Job Specifications

Storage Infrastructure Analyst (IBM Flash Systems, Spectrum Scale)- Remote and Coventry - 4 months+/RATE: £309 per day
One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a Storage Infrastructure Analyst (IBM Flash Systems, Spectrum Scale).
MUST HAVE:
VMware + enterprise skills like vRealize, SRM, operations manager
CISCO UCS infrastructure (compute, networking and storage combined into a single unit)
Good knowledge of storage technologies vSAN and VxRail.
Please find some details below:
CONTRACTOR MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR BPSS

MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA

Role Description:

The Infrastructure Analyst - Storage will join an already established Platform team within the cystomer, providing a level of technical knowledge to undertake the troubleshooting and resolution to production incidents or problems independently escalating to Senior Engineers if required. Completes tasks to agreed levels of quality, within stated timescales with minimal supervision. Looks for improvement opportunities within the team and its processes/procedures. An effective team member who provides support and guidance to peers and other team members. Contributes to team efficiency through the creation of accurate technical documentation where required
Responsible for independently troubleshooting and resolving production service incidents
Undertake technical tasks such as patching, allocating storage, maintaining scripts and configuring backups
Effectively prioritise tasks to ensure high priority activities are completed first
Specific Skills:
Demonstrable level of knowledge in their chosen technical discipline. Essential experience of working in a complex, pressurised production environment. Financial services experience would be desirable but not essential.

Essential skills
Exposure to and application of IBM Flash Systems - knowledge and experience of replication using global mirror, metro mirror and change volumes
Exposure to and application of cluster management within Spectrum Scale, Oracle and ESXi environments
Exposure to and application Spectrum Scale - protocols to include GPFS, NFS, and SMB in active-active topology
Explore to or awareness of GKLM (SKLM)
Awareness of how actions can affect availability
Provision and redaction of storage across the IBM storage estate - all technologies
Experience of working with Linux command line technologies
Experience of ticket management using ServiceNow

Desirable skills
An appreciation of Cloud technologies (AWS) and associated features
Knowledge of AWS server administration and features
Some experience of working within an Agile delivery environment
An understanding of VMware products including vSphere, vRealize & related technologies
An understanding of Cisco UCS & HPE infrastructure
An understanding of virtualisation architectures and some experience supporting
Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews.We are a preferred supplier to the client.

About the Company

Octopus is one of the oldest and most established technical staffing organisations in Europe having specialised in placing consultants since its inception in 1976. From our offices in London and Brussels we have worked with many large organisations for over 40 years, helping them successfully grow and develop via the placement of quality candidates across the UK, Europe, Americas and Asia Pacific. "Our company ethos since our inception in 1976 has been to provide a professional and quality service to both our clients and ca... Know more