Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Cloud Storage and Backup) (Contract)

Roles & Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to oversee our storage, backup, and cloud operations, combining traditional enterprise storage expertise with modern cloud infrastructure management. This role will lead technical initiatives across our hybrid storage environment, ensure robust backup and recovery capabilities, and drive innovation in our cloud transformation journey, while ensuring smooth day-to-day operations.

The Technical Lead will be responsible for architecting, implementing, and managing enterprise storage and backup solutions while maintaining operational excellence.

Technical Leadership

• Design and implement enterprise-wide storage and backup architecture spanning on-premises and cloud environments (Government Cloud)
• Lead the strategic direction for storage and backup solutions, including cloud migration initiatives
• Provide technical mentorship to team members and establish best practices
• Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code initiatives for storage and backup operations
• Manage a team of 2 storage engineers

Backup & Recovery Management

BAU Operations & Support

Operations Management

Innovation and Strategy

Requirements :

Technical Skills

Cloud Platforms :

Advanced knowledge of AWS storage services including S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, Storage Gateway

Strong experience with AWS backup and disaster recovery services (AWS Backup, S3 lifecycle policies, Cross-Region Replication)

Working knowledge of Azure fundamentals and storage services (for future initiatives)

Cloud backup solutions

Infrastructure as Code :

Strong expertise in AWS CloudFormation and Terraform, or equivalent

Professional Qualifications

AWS Certifications :

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (Required)

AWS Storage Specialty (Preferred)

Personal Attributes

As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and / or undergo further assessment.

This is a 3-year contract. All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.

Tell employers what skills you have

Troubleshooting

Verbal Communication

Azure

Change Management

Architect

Scripting

Information Technology

Project Management

Networking

Python

Windows

ITIL

S3

Disaster Recovery