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Computappoint

Senior Storage Engineer

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

£ 600 /day

Senior

Freelance

09-02-2026

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Skills

Python PowerShell Ansible Architecture git

Job Specifications

Storage Engineer | Outside IR35 contract | Hybrid

Contract duration: 6 months
Location: Hybrid (3 days/week onsite)
Rate: £500 - £600/day outside IR35
Industry: Highly regulated firm

Job Summary:

We are searching for an experienced Storage Engineer on behalf of our Global Investment client. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, migrationing and maintaining their storage infrastructure to ensure company data is stored securely, efficiently, and properly backed up. A successful candidate is a strong, hands-on engineer with some experience designing architecture solutions for one-time data migrations for NetApps, immediately when critical systems need attention during operating hours. Strong hands-on implementation and maintenance, and design of architecturally scalable, secure, and HLD storage solutions. Specialist in working with specific tools (NetApps and Pure Storage) and automation scripting.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and implement storage solutions for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments
Ensure data storage meets compliance, security, and regulatory requirements
Evaluate new storage technologies and recommend improvements
Troubleshoot storage and backup system issues
Monitor storage systems' performance and optimise capacity and costs
Automate backup processes to meet recovery time and recovery point objectives
Document processes and train internal teams on storage best practices

Qualifications and Requirements:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in backup and storage engineer and architecture solutions
Extensive experience working with NetApp and Pure Storage systems (SAN, NAS, Object storage)
Extensive experience writing automation scripting with Python, PowerShell, Ansible, and Git
Deep understanding of storage capacity planning and performance optimisation

Services offered by Computappoint Limited are those of an Employment Business and/or Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Computappoint do not use AI to filter or assess candidates; we use experienced and dedicated recruiters who want to match the best people to roles.

About the Company

With over 25 years of experience our recruiters know the industry back to front and inside out. Our success has come from their ability to be able to source not just excellent candidates but the right candidates. We are a driven and focused team with a winning formula for success based on three components; honesty, integrity and professionalism, values that are upheld by every employee. Our ethos has led to us developing many long-standing relationships with many clients and candidates alike in an ever-expanding network of ... Know more