Senior Infrastructure Engineer – Storage BPDTS Ltd
Reference
24.20
Number of vacancies
1
Location
Manchester or Blackpool
Salary
Up to £72,312
Work hours
37.5
Employment type
Permanent
Job benefits
Our flexible benefits package includes employer pension contributions of up to 10%, a performance related annual bonus of up to 10%, and lots more…
Closing date
10 March 2020
Job description
Want to be part of something really big?
If you’re creative and curious to learn, want to be empowered to make decisions and challenge the norm, and want to bring BIG ideas to a MASSIVE digital challenge then you’ll love it here. And we’d love to hear from you.
We are looking for Senior Infrastructure Engineer with skills and experience in storage to work with us on one of the biggest transformation programmes in Europe, providing services that have far-reaching and pivotal roles in citizens’ lives.
In BPDTS Ltd you will be part of an organisation responsible for the delivery of digital platforms and services, real-time analytics and flexible infrastructure, providing secure and resilient services to our partners in DWP. Joining an innovative, supportive, and fast growing community of skilled digital professionals you will work in agile and creative ways to improve public services, with the power to make a difference to the lives of 22 million UK citizens.
You and your role
You will join our Hybrid Cloud Services On-Premise Hosting (HCS OPH) engineering team as Senior Infrastructure Engineer.
This team is responsible for providing consultancy and engineering expertise across a wide range of technologies including x86 infrastructure, virtualisation, storage and backup.
HCS OPH has responsibility for all compute, storage and backup infrastructure used within DWPs new Data Centres, plus owns and maintains the roadmap for these products to ensure supportability and service is maintained at all times.
What are we looking for?
• Significant experience in designing, delivering and supporting Storage infrastructure.
• Significant knowledge of Storage and Backup Technologies particularly in relation to HPE 3PAR, EMC VMAX and POWERMAX.
• Significant experience of Data Storage transfer solutions such as NAS.
• Significant experience of Cisco MDS Storage fabric.
Desirable Skills:
• Experience using scripting such as PowerShell and Python.
• Using Puppet and Ansible tooling in support of automation.
• Experience in designing and supporting enterprise-scale storage environments.
• Knowledge or awareness of backup solutions including Rubrik, EMC Networker, IBM Spectrum Protect and HPE Data Protector.
Where will you work?
BPDTS Ltd provides dedicated services to the Department for Work and Pensions. Our digital, data and technology specialists work closely with experts in DWP Digital’s community to make digital services quicker, simpler and more efficient for the millions of people that use them.
You’ll join us in one of our easy-to-reach digital hubs in Blackpool or Manchester. We provide the latest tech and tooling and foster a collaborative culture to help our agile, multi-disciplinary teams think big and try new things.
Find out more about our hubs here: https://careers.dwp.gov.uk/our-locations/
We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications regardless of age, gender, race or sexuality.
What is our offer?
• We’ll reward you with a very competitive salary of up to £72,312
• You will be eligible for a pension with employer contributions of up to 10%
• We can offer you a performance-related annual bonus of up to 10%
• We’ll help you balance your life and work
• We’ll give you a generous leave allowance, with the option to buy and sell extra days
• Learning and development, coaching, mentoring and career progression as part of a people focused organisation
We also offer much more as part of a flexible benefits package – including a cycle to work scheme and lots of family friendly perks – which can be tailored to your lifestyle.
Hit APPLY for more information and to continue your application on our careers page. There you will also find candidate pack with more information, which you can download by clicking the ‘Candidate Information Pack’ button.
You’ll need to register (you can use your LinkedIn profile) and then complete a short application form where you’ll upload a CV.
If you have any questions or you want to discuss this opportunity please contact me via viv.vayapooree@dwp.gov.uk