Skills

Communication Problem Solving Monitoring VMware Presentation Skills Networking Attention to detail Linux Azure AWS Confluence Agile

Job Specifications

Infrastructure Analyst (Storage) - Coventry, West Midlands and Remote - 5 months+
One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for an Infrastructure Analyst (Storage).
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.
CONTRACTOR MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR BPSS
This is a hybrid role - 40% Office, 60% Remote

MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA

Role Description:

The Infrastructure Analyst - Storage will join an already established Platform team within the customer, 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

ABOUT YOU
A willingness to learn, a desire to embrace new technology and is open to a challenge
Be able to deliver clear and logical documentation for team members and end users to follow
Able to work under pressure.
Thorough, with a good attention to detail.
Deliver to agreed timescales.
Flexible approach to working hours to meet own objectives and assist colleagues in meeting their objectives.

REQUIREMENTS:
Essential Skills
An understanding of VMware vSphere & related technologies
An understanding of Cisco UCS & HPE infrastructure
Some experience using vRealize Operations Manager to monitor and administer a virtualised environment
An appreciation of VMware Management products such as vRealize Automation and vRealize Log Insight
An understanding of VMware Site Recovery Manager
Some experience with implementing VMware solutions
An understanding of virtualisation architectures and some experience supporting
A knowledge of vSAN and Dell VxRail technologies

Desirable skills
An understanding and practical application of IBM Storage Technologies including Block Storage & File Storage systems
An understanding and practical application of Spectrum Scale
Experience working with Cisco UCS & HP Blade infrastructure
appreciation of Backup software (Commvault)
An appreciation of Storage technologies (IBM, Block Storage, File Storage etc)
An appreciation of Monitoring Technologies (SolarWinds, AppDynamics, Datadog etc)
An appreciation of Cloud technologies (AWS/Azure) and associated features
An understanding of Linux command line technologies
Knowledge of AWS server administration and features
Some experience of working within an Agile delivery environment

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Additional detailed performance objectives will be set by your manager):

Responsible for independently troubleshooting and resolving production service incidents. Undertaking allocated problem tasks to improve the resilience of production services. This involves reviewing logs and diagnostic information to determine cause and using technical skills to assess impact and implement corrections.
Creates easy to follow, structured technical documentation to agreed standards that can be followed by colleagues with no additional support using the customer standard tools of MS Visio, MS Word and Confluence.
Continually looking for work based and non-work based opportunities for self-development by understanding the current and future requirements of each role profile that will enable progression to the next level.
Creates development plan with support of Manager using a detailed GAPS grid to highlight the areas of growth. Creates a simple report and plan using the clients tools showing progress within the development schedule.
Looks to demonstrate level of technical competency through the attainment of the lowest level of industry-recognised accreditation in own technical field. Applies learnt best industry practice to improve technical actions including implementation, configuration, security and problem solving tasks.
People & Relationships
Effective skills for communication within team at all levels. Contributes to Learning and Working Styles assessments and creating Visual and Written technical documents. Presentation skills are required to pass information to peers.
Effective team player who provides support and guidance to peers and junior team members. Uses face-to-face and written mentoring capabilities.
Governance, Risk & Controls
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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