Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer

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Location: Newport, Isle of Wight, GB PO30 1

Type: Any

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Job ID: 15749

Company: Sopra Steria

Location: Coedkernew, Newport, GBR

Job Type: Permanent

Job Level: Level 1+

Category: Network and Infrastructure

Industry: Professional Services

Updated: :05:23.247

Job Description

Are you a keen Infrastructure Engineer with knowledge of Storage and Backup? Sopra Steria's Aerospace Defence and Security sector are currently recruiting for a Storage and Backup Engineer with the ability to hit the ground running and make a real difference in the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone with previous experience in SAN, NAS, and backup technologies who is looking to develop their skills and become a technical expert.

This role sits within a group level account, providing the best opportunities for progression. It is based on-site at one of our regional hubs (Newport, Portsmouth, or Stevenage), approximately 4 days per week. Due to the nature of the client, we can only progress with sole British citizens eligible for SC clearance.

What you'll be doing

• Enthusiastic and keen to learn, aiming to acquire the knowledge required to be a point of technical escalation.
• Maintaining a strong customer focus, managing BAU ticketing and tasks across Storage and Backup spaces.
• Performing capacity planning, performance tuning, and storage optimisation across multiple environments.
• Working with the projects team as needed, including supporting upcoming large-scale, European-wide projects.

What you'll bring

• Working knowledge of storage services, hardware deployment, configuration, and administration (NetApp experience preferred).
• Strong knowledge of NAS/SAN provisioning, NFS/SMB shares, and storage virtual machines (SVMs).
• Experience upgrading storage appliances and related processes.
• Knowledge of fibre channel zoning and LUN creation (preferable).
• Experience with Backup tooling and technologies (Veeam preferable).
• Snapshot-based backups and robotic library systems knowledge.
• Administration of backup technologies, including policy design, scheduling, retention plans, and restore and recovery workflows.
• Experience with regulatory, encryption, retention, and audit requirements is a bonus.

Additional Information

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Newport

Security Clearance Level: Must be eligible for SC

Internal Recruiter: Olly Walker

Salary: Competitive based on experience

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support flexible working arrangements to promote work/life balance, increase motivation, reduce stress, and enhance performance. Interested candidates are encouraged to discuss flexible working possibilities.

About Us

Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence, and Security business designs, develops, and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. Our work makes a real difference to national security, within a unique and privileged environment. We promote professional development, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and foster a culture where employees feel valued and supported. We take pride in delivering outstanding customer satisfaction in complex security-critical markets.

Skills

• SAN administration
• NAS administration
• Backup technologies
• Storage virtualization
• Fibre channel zoning
• LUN creation
• Veeam
• Snapshot-based backups
• Robotic library systems
• Policy design
• Retention planning
• Restore workflows
• Recovery workflows
• Capacity planning
• Performance tuning
• Storage optimisation
• NetApp administration
• NFS/SMB shares
• Storage appliance upgrades
• Customer focus
• Task management
• BAU ticketing
• Encryption requirements