NetApp Storage Engineer

NetApp Storage Engineer

Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a NetApp Storage Engineer.

This role will be Inside of IR35, so you will be required to use an FCSA Accredited Umbrella Company.

Key Requirements:

- The Storage Platform Engineer role sits within the Global Storage team, supporting largescale storage platforms used by engineering and HPC workloads across on-premises and cloud environments.

- This role focuses on making storage platforms reliable, observable, and easier to operate.

- It includes reducing manual work through automation, building practical tooling, and helping teams use storage services effectively at scale.

- Working with colleagues across multiple regions, the role contributes to resolving issues, addressing root causes, and maintaining stable, well-performing systems that support Arm’s technology development.

Key Responsibilities:

- Maintain the reliability, availability, and performance of storage platforms used by engineering teams.

- Contribute to incident response, investigation, and problem resolution.

- Apply service reliability measures such as SLOs and SLIs where appropriate.

- Build and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible.

- Develop automation and Python-based tools to support operations and system insight.

- Use AI-based tooling to assist with monitoring, anomaly detection, and analysis.

- Develop simple agent-based workflows to support operational decision-making.

- Enhance monitoring and alerting to provide clear visibility of system behaviour.

- Work with engineering and security teams to maintain secure and well-managed systems.

- Maintain accurate documentation and share knowledge across the team.

Key Experience:

- Administering NetApp storage platforms in production environments.

- Experience with Linux operating system and supporting large-scale Linux HPC environments, including file and object storage.

- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or configuration tools such as Ansible.

- Ability to develop automation or tooling using a programming language such as Python.

- Experience supporting reliable and scalable systems in an operational environment.

Nice to Have Skills:

- Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure.

- Exposure to CI/CD or Git-based workflows.

- Experience using or integrating AI/ML or agent-based tooling in operations.

- Understanding of identity, access control, and security practices.

- Experience with OpenStack storage services such as Cinder or Manila.

- Awareness of service management approaches (e.g. ITIL).