Storage Automation Specialist
Posted 3 days 1 hour ago by Experis - ManpowerGroup
£300 - £450 Daily
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Sheffield, City, United Kingdom, S13 8EG
Job Description
Overview 
Role Title: Storage Automation Specialist; Start Date: 9th Feb 2026; End Date: 30th September 2026; Rate: £377; Location: Sheffield; N# of Days onsite P/W: 3. JD: Primary Skill - Storage - Storage technology, SME level preferred, automation SME, testing and observability. Lead automation strategy and delivery across SAN/NAS/DPS platforms to enable compliant, repeatable, and observable storage provisioning for OpenShift/Kubernetes workloads. Own patterns, tooling, and CI/CD integration for storage services.
Key Responsibilities- Design policydriven, API-first storage automation using Ansible, Python, and Terraform.
- Build reusable modules for provisioning LUNs, file shares, snapshots, replication, and migration.
- Integrate with CI/CD (Jenkins/Tekton/GitHub Actions) and ITSM/CMDB for change and audit.
- Embed security (RBAC, secrets, encryption) and observability (metrics, logs, traces).
- Standardise runbooks and enable squads via documentation and enablement sessions.
- Strong Ansible/Python/Terraform experience in storage automation.
- Knowledge of SAN/NAS/DPS platforms (Dell EMC, Pure, NetApp, Data Domain, Cisco/Brocade).
- Understanding of CSI, OpenShift/Kubernetes, and GitOps practices.
- Experience in regulated environments with audit and compliance requirements.