Global Head of Compute & Storage

• Initial 5 month contract
• 3 days on-site (Central London)
• Up to £1000 per day (Inside IR35)

This is an exciting opportunity to lead global compute and storage operations for a prestigious financial services organisation. you'll play a pivotal role in supporting high-performance electronic trading infrastructure in a fast-paced, regulated financial services environment. Join a dynamic team where your expertise in Linux, storage, backup, and automation will directly contribute to service reliability, security, and innovation at global scale.

Job Title: Global Head of Compute & Storage
Job Type: Initial 5 month Contract
Location: Central London
Working Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days per week)

The Role:

• Lead the management of global Linux Compute, Storage, data protection, archiving hardware/software, ensuring adherence to data retention policies and agreed service levels
• Oversee platform maintenance, upgrades, service improvements, and full life cycle management (deployment, patching, decommissioning)
• Provide technical leadership, act as the data protection SME, and deliver multiyear technology roadmaps
• Drive automation using Ansible, Infrastructure as Code principles, and tools like Red Hat Satellite/AAP
• Manage day-to-day team operations, engineering resources, budgets, and on-call rotation (follow-the-Sun model)
• Ensure global alignment of standards, support audits/compliance, and collaborate closely with InfoSec for robust security
• Proactively enhance system stability, performance, security, and produce RCAs, documentation, and Jira-based reporting

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years' management experience of enterprise storage & backup infrastructure and teams
• 10+ years' experience with storage solutions
• 8+ years in data protection
• Strong Linux administration expertise (RedHat preferred), including security, performance tuning, IaC, and Ansible (including Satellite management)
• Experience with Red Hat AAP/AWX, Bash/Python Scripting, Git/GitLab pipelines
• Monitoring knowledge (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Prometheus)
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, multicast, network load balancers (F5 or similar), SAN/NAS, enterprise backup technologies, LTO, S3, shared/block storage
• Significant experience in enterprise-scale infrastructure, preferably in regulated environments (Financial Services highly desirable)
• Exposure to x86 hardware (HPE OneView, Dell, ICC a plus), public cloud (AWS mainly), and databases from a protection perspective
• Proven ability to articulate cyber threats, risks, and recovery strategies; engage with audits; and produce professional architectural designs

To be considered, please ensure you complete your application via LinkedIn on the Computappoint website.
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