Methods
Storage and Backup Technical Specialist (NetApp)

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Daily Rate
£600 outside IR35
Duration
12 months with possible extension
Location
3 days/week onsite in Stevenage (ideally), otherwise Newport or Portsmouth.
Clearance
Must be eligible for SC clearance.
About the Role
Methods is looking for a Senior Technical Specialist with a deep understanding of NetApp, responsible for executing and technically validating all Compute, Virtualisation, Storage, and Backup activities.
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Key Skills Needed
- NetApp
- Storage Replication
- Veeam for Backup
- Understanding of key tasks to commission and decommission NetApp systems.
Some of the Activities Include
- Deliver and manage NetApp SAN and Filers. Some are being replaced and some need an upgrade to pass to managed service.
- Assess and remediate storage & backup obsolescence.
- Execute and coordinate Ransomware Wave 1 & Wave 2 technical activities.
- Manage and fulfil infrastructure requests (IPs, DNS, Firewall, VLANs, installations).
- Supervise and coordinate vendors and Build Factory technical inputs.
- Contribute to and produce BRDs and technical documentation.


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Core Strengths
- Storage: NetApp
- Backup: Veeam, NetBackup
- Operating Systems: RHEL, Rocky, CentOS, Windows Server
- Automation: Ansible, PowerShell
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