Skip to content.

 

Birmingham - Up to £400 per day Contract Posted by: Crimson Limited Posted: Tuesday, 27 January 2026
 
 

IBM Storage Engineer - Spectrum Scale - West Midlands

6 months Hybrid working

Spectrum Scale and Unix experience is essential for this role!

An Infrastructure Storage Analyst is required for a project, Crimson have recently been asked to support on. As part of this project, Crimson require a contractor who is able to provide technical expertise to troubleshoot and resolve production incidents or problems, escalating to Senior Engineers as necessary. Responsibilities include completing tasks to high standards within established timeframes and with minimal supervision, proactively identifying opportunities for process improvement, and supporting team members by offering guidance and assistance.

Key skills and responsibilities,

  • Experienced with storage solutions and IBM Flash Systems, including Global Mirror, Metro Mirror, and Change Volumes replication.
  • Spectrum Scale and Unix experience
  • Skilled in managing clusters and protocols (GPFS, NFS, SMB) within Spectrum Scale, Oracle, and ESXi, especially in active-active setups.
  • Knowledgeable about GKLM/SKLM key management.
  • Understands operational impacts on system availability.
  • Proficient in IBM storage provisioning and redaction.
  • Experienced with Linux command line and ServiceNow ticketing.

Interested?! Send your up-to-date CV to Dean Sadler-Parkes at Crimson for review

Not interested?! Do you know anyone that might be? Refer a friend for this role to earn £250 worth of vouchers.

Birmingham, UK
IT
6 months
ASAP
Up to £400 per day
Crimson Limited
Dean Parkes 
JS-CR/020698
27/01/2026 13:54:28
About Crimson Limited

We’re Harvey Nash, and we build amazing technology and digital teams. From senior appointments through to recruitment and project solutions, we are experts in the tech sector.


We strongly recommend that you should never provide your bank account details to an advertiser during the job application process. Should you receive a request of this nature please contact support giving the advertiser's name and job reference.