Data Centre Engineer

Data Centre Engineer - (Data Centre, Engineer, Storage, SAN, Cloud, Linux, RedHat, Oracle Linux, Blade Servers, VMware, Clusters, 3Par, EMC, NetApp) - Permanent - Remote Charles Simon Associates are currently looking for a Data Centre Engineer on a permanent basis for our client, a global business leader in their sector and a household name. The data centre team are at the centre of everything this business does, the technologies and opportunities are endless for the right candidate. Location: Home Based Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum Plus On call (1 in 5) Skills/Requirements for the Data Centre Engineer: * Extensive Data Centre experience previously * Ability to lead IT projects and engage stakeholders * Extensive Hypervisor experience, ideally within VMware or Oracle Linux VM * Strong SAN Storage experience including Fibre Channel Switches, SAN Zoning and IP Based Storage * Linux experience, within RedHat and/or Oracle Linux * VMware Clustering * Working within ITIL processes for Change and Problem Management * Ideally SAN products such as Dell EMC, 3Par, NetApp or Nimble would be advantageous * Any previous experience of working within a private cloud environment would be highly desirable Start date is ASAP for the Data Centre Engineer The Data Centre Engineer will be responsible for: * Supporting the Storage & Data Centre infrastructure as directed by management * Assisting with the design of Data Centres ensuring no single points of failure to enable High Availability and comprehensive DR provision for all critical systems. * Ensuring maximum availability of Data Centre and Cloud systems and minimum disruption due to change - planned or otherwise. * Installing, configuring and managing Linux servers and software as required, using automation where possible. * Configuring and managing Data Protection platforms including Commvault, Dell EMC Networker and Zerto. * Work closely with DBA, Network, Application, Systems and Service Desk teams on projects, migrations, upgrades, refreshes, architecture and other activities. * Carry out regular Disaster Recovery (DR) testing on key systems * Ensuring systems maintenance, support, installations, upgrades, performance monitoring, capacity planning, compute and storage management is carried out with minimum disruption * Maintaining documentation and diagrams to describe all systems, networks and communications. * Participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota as required. * Maintain knowledge of trends, developments, and best practices in Data Centre, SAN Storage, Cloud, Linux compute and related technology. Please send an up-to-date copy of your CV to be considered for the Data Centre Engineer Data Centre Engineer - (Data Centre, Engineer, Storage, SAN, Cloud, Linux, RedHat, Oracle Linux, Blade Servers, VMware, Clusters, 3Par, EMC, NetApp) - Permanent - Remote