Robert Walters
Storage Python Engineer
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Storage Python Engineer
Location: Glasgow
Role Type: Contract - 12 months
Work Setup: Hybrid - 3 days in the office
Who We Are
Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.
The Role
Our client is a large multinational firm that provides a range of financial services, including advisory, investment, and asset management solutions. It serves a diverse set of clients worldwide, focusing on strategic planning, market operations, and long-term financial growth.
What you'll do
- Design and develop scalable solutions for enterprise storage provisioning, monitoring, alerting, auditing and inventory management.
- Build and integrate storage solutions, working with third-party vendors and internal technology teams.
- Develop in-house applications and automation tools using Python and/or Perl.
- Support problem management and preventive maintenance, including alerting and capacity management.
- Work with storage virtualisation, distributed and scale-out file systems, software-defined storage and infrastructure automation.
- Troubleshoot issues across operating systems, networks and storage environments, while working with global teams and technical stakeholders.
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What you bring
- Strong commercial software development experience using Python and/or Perl, with a solid understanding of SDLC, object-oriented programming and SQL.
- Intermediate to advanced experience supporting and administering Linux/RHEL in an enterprise environment, with knowledge of Windows Server also beneficial.
- Good understanding of enterprise storage technologies, including NFS, CIFS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, RAID, SSD/NVMe, object storage and distributed/scale-out storage.
- Experience with storage architecture, virtualisation, performance and capacity management, alongside an understanding of networking and connectivity.
- Knowledge of infrastructure automation, containers and cloud platforms, such as Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
- Strong troubleshooting, communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage priorities, understand customer requirements and clearly communicate technical solutions; experience with NetApp, IBM Spectrum Scale/GPFS, Brocade, HDS, EMC or Veritas would be advantageous.
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What's Next
If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more.
We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require support or adjustments to the recruitment process, our Adjustment Concierge Service is here to help. Please feel free to contact us at adjustments@robertwalters.com to discuss how we can support you.
This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.
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