Senior Technology Engineer, Storage & Data Protection
Core
Design, build, standardise, and automate enterprise storage and data protection platforms for a leading UAE bank, including cyber recovery capabilities.
Role type
Senior IC storage and data protection engineer
Builds
Enterprise storage services (SAN, NAS, object, deduplication) and data protection platforms (Veritas NetBackup, Dell Networker, Commvault)
Domain
Banking / Financial Services Infrastructure
Required skills
Enterprise SAN/NAS platforms, Object storage, Deduplication backup storage, Veritas NetBackup/Dell Networker/Commvault, Cyber recovery (immutability, air-gapped vaults), Linux administration, VMware virtualisation
Preferred skills
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Automation (Ansible, Python, PowerShell), CI/CD pipelines, Cloud storage (Azure, AWS, OCI), Kubernetes/OpenShift data protection, DevOps/SRE principles
Technologies
Veritas NetBackup, Dell Networker, Commvault, Dell PowerMax, NetApp ONTAP, Pure Storage, HPE StoreOnce, Terraform, Ansible, Python, PowerShell, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Microsoft Azure, AWS, OCI
Responsibilities
Design and implement enterprise storage services across SAN, NAS, object, and deduplication platforms; Engineer and operate enterprise data protection platforms including architecture and lifecycle management; Build and validate cyber recovery capabilities including ransomware recovery testing; Lead migrations and consolidation initiatives to reduce platform sprawl; Automate provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code; Own capacity planning and performance tuning; Act as senior escalation point for complex incidents; Produce design documentation and runbooks
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
