Design & Delivery Engineer

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Design & Delivery Engineer

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Design & Delivery Engineer to join a successful and fast-growing business with lovely offices in Stoke and Reading.

You'll be joining a business that delivers fully managed secure ICT services to the UK's Defence and Security sectors and to other government departments which have complex and demanding security requirements. The role:

The Design & Delivery Engineer will play a key role in the support of a variety of innovative, accreditable, cost efficient and profitable solutions which comply with HMG's security classification system. Design Support: Support the design and development of new company products, where appropriate documenting high-level and low-level designs, build scripts and maintenance processes.Research & Development: Support the test and development of new technologies to facilitate system design and product management.System Installation: Build and install secure managed ICT Services delivering a range of technologies to meet the needs of current customers and future markets. Responsibilities:Design Support: To feed your Infrastructure Storage knowledge into the design process, including participating in reviews, and documenting relevant design patterns.Contribute to the development, evaluation and implementation of the Company's Technology Roadmap.Assist in the production of storage design and documentation where appropriate. Product Development: To conduct research into new & emerging storage technologies.Assist in building and integrating appropriate prototypes and technology demonstrators.Support the development of build and test facilities. System Installation:Build, install and configure managed storage services in line with the company's product set and customer requirements.Conduct the technical day to day relationship with internal customer service teams and 3rd party supplier interfaces.Ensure all appropriate installation documentation is produced.

Skills and Experience Required:Ability to establish and develop a new role as part of a small team within a rapidly evolving organisation.Ability to work autonomously under your own initiative.A commitment to continually developing technical skills.A good understanding of current HMG security classifications.Initiative and pro-activity matched by an ability to be a strong member of a team.Experience of managed service environments, with an awareness of ITIL best practice.Experience of Prod, Test, and Dev system implementations, along with 3rd line operational support.Good communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate both internally and externally.Willingness to work flexibly in response to changing organisational requirements.Have or be able to obtain the appropriate security clearance Qualifications / ExperienceAn excellent understanding of some or all of the following storage concepts & technologies Storage Technologies (Block, File & Object)Storage Area Network (SAN) ArchitectureiSCSI ProtocolFibre Channel + (FCoE)Network Attached Storage (NAS) Experience with vendors such asDell PowerScale/Isolon, EMC UnityHPE Nimble, Primera A good understanding of some or all the following (would like to have) VMware Data Center Virtualisation Technologies (VCP-DCV a definite advantage)vSphere / ESXivCentervSANvCloud / vRealizeVMware Network Virtualisation & Security (NSX) Networking (Cisco, Juniper, Palo-Alto etc…) LAN/WAN Switching & Routing (CCNA/CCNP)Physical Networking (cabling & installation)Network Security (Firewalls, IDS etc..)Network Storage Configuration (iSCSI, Fibre Channel, VSAN etc..) General Sysadmin Technologies OS (Windows Server 2K16/2K19, CentOS & Linux in general)Applications & Services (Active Directory, Messaging & Collaborative Software)Backup/Restore SoftwareSystems Management Tools (AD, WSUS etc..)Configuration DatabasesMobile Device Management and Virtual Private NetworksSystem audit and analysisExchange ServerSQL ServerMobile Device Management (preferably Airwatch)Enterprise Antivirus (preferably McAfee)Multi-Factor Authentication (preferably RSA SecurID)Cyber Security