Sword Group
Server & Storage Design Engineer
Server & Storage Design Engineer at Sword Group, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- Not given by the employer
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Closing date
- Sector
- Engineering & Manufacturing
Reference 643277646015499555
About the role
Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, dedicated to driving transformational change for our clients. We leverage proven technology, specialist teams, and extensive domain expertise to create robust technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications. Our mission is fueled by a passion for technology as a means to solve complex business problems and achieve our clients’ objectives.
About the role:
We’re looking for an experienced infrastructure engineer to join the Compute & Storage workstream for a major Critical National Infrastructure virtualisation programme, supporting Low-Level Design authoring through to build and commissioning of a dual-site VMware Cloud Foundation / vSAN platform.
- Hands-on production experience with VMware vSphere and vSAN (ideally vSAN ESA specifically), including cluster design, RAID/FTT policy, and encryption configuration
- Experience with HPE ProLiant server hardware — deployment, firmware management, iLO configuration
- Understanding of enterprise backup and DR concepts and hands-on experience with an enterprise backup platform (Rubrik experience specifically is a strong plus)
- Working knowledge of Windows Server infrastructure (Active Directory, PKI/AD CS, RDS) to the extent needed to coordinate with an Identity workstream
- Ability to author and review technical design documentation (LLDs, Diagrams, build guides, configuration standards) to a high, audit-ready standard
- Comfortable working within a regulated, security-conscious environment and able to engage confidently with customer stakeholders and third-party vendors
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Reference: 643277646015499555 · Posted 4 days ago · Closes 1 Dec 2026 · Listed via Sword Group
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