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).