The Role: Storage SRE with Developer & Automation Skills
Location: Glasgow, UK
Position Type: Contract Inside IR35
Remote work option Available: Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite
Job Description:
Essential skills/knowledge/experience:
* Strong Python programming and automation expertise with experience in developing enterprise applications and infrastructure management tools.
* Hands-on experience in enterprise storage technologies including SAN, NAS, NFS, CIFS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, Object Storage, RAID, and Scale-out Storage solutions.
* Proficient in Linux/Unix administration with strong troubleshooting skills across operating systems, storage, and networking environments.
* Knowledge of cloud, virtualization, and container platforms such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Docker.
* Experience in storage provisioning, monitoring, capacity management, and observability, with the ability to design highly available and scalable infrastructure solutions.
* Strong programming expertise in Python for developing storage management tools, automation solutions, monitoring frameworks, and enterprise applications.
* In-depth knowledge of SAN, NAS, Object Storage, NFS, CIFS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, RAID, Scale-out Storage, and storage provisioning, capacity management, and troubleshooting.
* Hands-on experience with Linux (RHEL/Unix), container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift/Docker), cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), and enterprise infrastructure operations.
Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:
* Experience with cloud-native and container technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Docker.
* Knowledge of distributed and software-defined storage platforms including IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS), NetApp, EMC Atmos, HCP, and other enterprise storage solutions.
* Understanding of SQL, databases, and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts for application development and data management.
* Familiarity with networking protocols and connectivity technologies such as TCP/IP, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, and SAN infrastructure.
* Experience with system architecture, virtualization, observability, performance tuning, and capacity planning in large-scale enterprise environments
