Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer

Date: 2026-09-19

Location: Newport, Isle of Wight, GB PO30 1

Type: Any

Posted Date: 2026-06-01

Job ID: 15749

Company: Sopra Steria

Location: Coedkernew, Newport, GBR

Job Type: Permanent

Job Level: Level 1+

Category: Network and Infrastructure

Industry: Professional Services

Updated: 2026-12-20 11:05:23.247

Job Description

Are you a keen Infrastructure Engineer with knowledge of Storage and Backup? Sopra Steria's Aerospace Defence and Security sector are currently recruiting for a Storage and Backup Engineer with the ability to hit the ground running and make a real difference in the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone with previous experience in SAN, NAS, and backup technologies who is looking to develop their skills and become a technical expert.

This role sits within a group level account, providing the best opportunities for progression. It is based on-site at one of our regional hubs (Newport, Portsmouth, or Stevenage), approximately 4 days per week. Due to the nature of the client, we can only progress with sole British citizens eligible for SC clearance.

What you'll be doing

• Enthusiastic and keen to learn, aiming to acquire the knowledge required to be a point of technical escalation.


• Maintaining a strong customer focus, managing BAU ticketing and tasks across Storage and Backup spaces.


• Performing capacity planning, performance tuning, and storage optimisation across multiple environments.


• Working with the projects team as needed, including supporting upcoming large-scale, European-wide projects.

What you'll bring

• Working knowledge of storage services, hardware deployment, configuration, and administration (NetApp experience preferred).


• Strong knowledge of NAS/SAN provisioning, NFS/SMB shares, and storage virtual machines (SVMs).


• Experience upgrading storage appliances and related processes.


• Knowledge of fibre channel zoning and LUN creation (preferable).


• Experience with Backup tooling and technologies (Veeam preferable).


• Snapshot-based backups and robotic library systems knowledge.


• Administration of backup technologies, including policy design, scheduling, retention plans, and restore and recovery workflows.


• Experience with regulatory, encryption, retention, and audit requirements is a bonus.

Additional Information

If you're interested in this role but unsure if your skills and experience match exactly, please do apply. We would love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Newport

Security Clearance Level: Must be eligible for SC

Internal Recruiter: Olly Walker

Salary: Competitive based on experience

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support flexible working arrangements to promote work/life balance, increase motivation, reduce stress, and enhance performance. Interested candidates are encouraged to discuss flexible working possibilities.

About Us

Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence, and Security business designs, develops, and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. Our work makes a real difference to national security, within a unique and privileged environment. We promote professional development, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and foster a culture where employees feel valued and supported. We take pride in delivering outstanding customer satisfaction in complex security-critical markets.

Skills

• SAN administration


• NAS administration


• Backup technologies


• Storage virtualization


• Fibre channel zoning


• LUN creation


• Veeam


• Snapshot-based backups


• Robotic library systems


• Policy design


• Retention planning


• Restore workflows


• Recovery workflows


• Capacity planning


• Performance tuning


• Storage optimisation


• NetApp administration


• NFS/SMB shares


• Storage appliance upgrades


• Customer focus


• Task management


• BAU ticketing


• Encryption requirements

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Job ID: 15749Company: Sopra SteriaLocation: Coedkernew, Newport, GBRJob Type: PermanentJob Level: Level 1+Category: Network and InfrastructureIndustry: Professional ServicesPosted Date: 2026-06-01Are you a keen Infrastructure Engineer with knowledge of Storage and Backup? Sopra Steria's Aerospace Defence and Security sector are currently recruiting for a Storage and Backup Engineer with the ability to hit the ground running and make a real difference in the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone with previous experience in SAN, NAS and backup technologies who is looking to develop their skills and become a technical expert. This role sits within a group level account putting you in the best place to progress. This role is based on site at one of our regional hubs (Newport, Portsmouth or Stevenage) approximately 4 days per week. Due to the nature of the client we are only able to progress with sole British citizens eligible for SC clearance. What you'll be doing:
Enthusiastic and keen to learn, looking to acquire the knowledge required to be a point of technical escalation. Strong customer focus encompassing BAU ticketing and task management across Storage and Backup spaces. Performing capacity planning, performance tuning, and storage optimisation across multiple environments. Working with projects team as required - Includes supporting upcoming unique, large scale, one of a kind, European-wide project. What you'll bring: Working knowledge of storage services, hardware deployment, configuration, and administration (NetApp experience preferred). Strong Knowledge of NAS/SAN provisioning, NFS/SMB shares, storage virtual machines (SVMs). Experience upgrading storage appliances and processes required to do so. Knowledge of fibre channel zoning and LUN creation (preferable). Experience with Backup tooling and technologies (Veeam preferable). Snapshot-based backups and robotic library systems knowledge. Administration of backup technologies, policy

design, scheduling, retention plans and restore and recovery workflows. Previous experience with regulatory, encryption, retention, and audit requirements a bonus. If you're interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent Location: Newport Security Clearance Level: Must be eligible for SC Internal Recruiter: Olly Walker Salary: Competitive based on experience Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to
us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.Skillssan administrationnas administrationbackup technologiesstorage virtualizationfibre channel zoninglun creationveeamsnapshot-based backupsrobotic library systemspolicy designretention planningrestore workflowsrecovery workflowscapacity
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