About the position
Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.
We are looking for a Senior Technical Consultant (Storage, Backup & Infrastructure) to join our financial services client based in Sandton on a 12-month contract.
What you will be doing:
- Act as a technical thought leader within Group Technology, providing expertise on integrating solutions across multiple technologies
- Design and implement enterprise storage solutions including SAN, NAS, Object Storage, and Hyper-Converged environments
- Configure and optimise storage arrays such as Dell PowerMax, Pure Storage, Hitachi, and NetApp
- Define storage tiering strategies aligned to performance, cost, and workload requirements
- Develop capacity planning models and forecasting reports
- Lead storage refreshes, upgrades, migrations, and consolidation initiatives
- Architect and implement backup and recovery solutions using tools such as Commvault, NetBackup, Veeam, Rubrik, or Cohesity
- Define backup strategies including policies, scheduling, retention, and media management
- Implement and test disaster recovery (DR) capabilities for critical workloads
- Optimise backup performance through deduplication, compression, and efficient storage utilisation
- Integrate backup platforms with cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Develop and implement enterprise archiving strategies for structured and unstructured data
- Work with archiving tools such as IBM Optim, Mimecast, Enterprise Vault, or cloud-native solutions
- Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks (e.g. POPIA, SARB, internal governance standards)
- Drive data lifecycle management including retention, classification, and archiving policies
- Provide guidance on best practices, engineering standards, and infrastructure strategy
- Ensure delivery of scalable, secure, and high-quality infrastructure solutions aligned to business objectives
What we are looking for:
- Relevant Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
- Proven experience in enterprise storage, backup, and infrastructure engineering
- Strong expertise in SAN/NAS, storage arrays, and data management solutions
- Hands-on experience with backup technologies such as Commvault, NetBackup, Veeam, Rubrik, or Cohesity
- Strong experience in UNIX environments (Solaris, AIX) and Linux
- Certification such as Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) is advantageous
- VMware Certified Professional or equivalent experience
- Strong exposure to enterprise infrastructure and hardware including:
- Dell, HP, Intel, Cisco UCS, Sun Server hardware
- EMC, Dell Compellent, Hitachi VSP/HUS platforms
- Networking technologies such as Cisco Nexus, Cisco MDS, Brocade SAN switches, F5 BigIP
- Experience with Microsoft Windows Server environments
- Understanding of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) for storage and backup integration
- Strong understanding of disaster recovery, data protection, and compliance frameworks
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Please note if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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Desired Skills:
- Storage Engineering
- Backup & Recovery
- UNIX / Linux
- Cloud Platforms
- VMware
- Virtualisation
- SAN / NAS
