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Storage (NetApp) Platform Engineer
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Storage Platform Engineer - Contract
Cambridge (Hybrid)
NetApp | Linux | HPC | Terraform | Python | SRE | Automation
Storage Platform Engineer to join a global infrastructure team supporting large-scale storage platforms used by engineering and HPC workloads across both on-premises and cloud environments. This role is focused on improving reliability, observability, and operational efficiency.
You’ll play a key part in reducing manual effort through automation, building practical tooling, and enabling teams to use storage services effectively at scale. Working in a distributed, international environment, you’ll contribute to incident management, root cause analysis, and the ongoing stability and performance of critical systems supporting advanced technology development.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of large-scale storage platforms
- Support incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
- Apply SRE practices including SLOs and SLIs where appropriate
- Build and manage infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible
- Develop automation and Python-based tooling to improve operations
- Leverage AI-based tools for monitoring, anomaly detection, and analysis
- Create lightweight agent-based workflows to support operational decisions
- Enhance monitoring, alerting, and system visibility
- Collaborate with engineering and security teams to maintain secure, well-managed systems
- Maintain clear documentation and contribute to knowledge sharing
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Required Skills & Experience
- Strong experience administering NetApp storage platforms in production
- Solid background in Linux and supporting large-scale HPC environments
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
- Ability to build tooling or automation using Python
- Proven experience operating reliable, scalable production systems
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Nice to Have
- Exposure to AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Familiarity with CI/CD or Git-based workflows
- Experience with AI/ML or agent-based tooling in operations
- Understanding of identity, access control, and security best practices
- Experience with OpenStack (Cinder, Manila)
- Awareness of ITIL or service management frameworks
Why Apply?
- Work on high-scale, high-impact storage platforms
- Blend of storage, SRE, and automation engineering
- Opportunity to work with modern tooling and AI-assisted operations
- Collaborative, globally distributed team
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