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Backup and Storage Engineer

National Gas -
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Job details

Full-time
£55,000 - £63,000 a year

Benefits

Private dental insurance
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Private medical insurance
Car scheme

Qualifications

Performance tuning
Ansible
Disaster recovery
Bachelor's degree
Continuous improvement
Terraform
Linux
Communication skills

Full job description

£55,000-£63,000 + £15,262 standby allowance

Warwick based with hybrid working

Permanent, 37 hours pw Mon-Fri

National Gas is securing Britain’s energy. We are responsible for transporting gas to power stations, major industries, storage facilities, and more than half a million businesses and 24 million homes through nearly 5,000 miles of pipes across Britain. National Gas is also proud to lead the way in transforming the energy network for a clean energy future.

The Backup & Storage Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of secure, resilient backup and recovery solutions within the National Gas Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and Enterprise environments - ensuring all data protection strategies meet stringent availability, integrity, and compliance requirements, with a primary focus on rapid, reliable backup and restore capabilities to support operational continuity in high-risk and highly regulated settings.

Operating within the Technology Infrastructure team and working closely with security, and application teams, the Backup & Storage Engineer ensures backup solutions are aligned with cyber resilience strategies, including protection against ransomware and data corruption. They implement immutable storage, air-gapped backups, and encryption controls to safeguard sensitive and operationally critical data assets.

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Key Accountabilities:

Management of CNI data storage platforms - to ensure availability, reliability, security and asset health of critical applications that support the safe operation of National Transmission System (NTS). The role holders will ensure 24/7 availability of this service (1 week in 2 on standby).

System monitoring and optimisation - perform incident response and change management for efficiency and cost control.

Management of all CNI and cloud backups. Identification of failures, execution of remediation and compliance with standards and policies.

Enhancing Security - identification and remediation of potential issues. Collaboration with Security Teams to ensure compliance with security KPIs and operational outputs.

Ownership of project deliverables, related change/incident tickets to meet timelines, KPIs and SLAs.

Management of CNI data vaults and backup media. Provision of immutable storage to remediate potential cyber risks to SCADA is essential. Performing confirmation and validation exercises to assure data security and availability.

Perform Disaster Recovery exercises and collaborate in the development of Testing Strategies.

About you:

We’re looking for someone proven experience as a Backup and Storage Administrator or similar role with CNI responsibility.

Knowledge:

Advanced specialist knowledge of Storage and Backup platforms in both an on-premis air gapped Critical National Infrastructure and cloud setting.
Knowledge of CNI Key Performance Indicators and established best practises, required to deliver world class results.
Ability to collaborate effectively with project teams, service owners, and other stakeholders.
Familiarity with Project Delivery and Continuous Improvement methods and processes.
Knowledge of the Cyber Assessment Framework and Audit Assessments (e.g ISO27001).

Skills:

Strong Windows and Linux Skills.
Proficiency with Automation Tools (e.g Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)
Ability to perform Performance Tuning, Right Sizing and Disaster Recovery
Excellent communication skills to convey complex transition plans and updates to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to deploy and manage containerised workloads.

Qualifications:

Relevant Certification for either Storage or Backup Technologies e.g. CCPP, Managing Alletra, etc
Bachelor's degree in relevant subject or equivalent Technology experience.
ITILv4 Foundation Certificate.

What we can offer you:

Base salary £55,000-£63,000 dependant on experience
£15,262 additional standby allowance for on-call rota (1 week in 2) per annum,
Annual performance bonus,
34 days' holiday (inc. statutory days) - plus option to buy/sell 5 additional days,
Generous double-match pension - every £1 you put in, we add £2!
Opt-In flexible benefit scheme, including salary sacrifice car plan, private healthcare, dental insurance, technology plans, and more,
Financial protection with 10x salary death in service and financial support if you're unable to work due to long term illness or injury,
Excellent family friendly provisions - maternity/paternity/adoption/surrogacy/ shared parental leave,
Employee assistance programme offering free confidential professional counselling 24/7,
Financial support to cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions relevant to your role.

Other 'nice to knows':

Standard working week: 37 hours Monday-Friday
Standby on-call rota 1 week in every 2: as part of a team to cover 24/7/365 – £587 per week.

About us:

Gas is an essential part of a secure energy supply in Britain and will continue to play a vital role in the energy system for decades to come. More than ever, we need the security that gas brings to keep the lights on, businesses running, and homes warm. National Gas provides that security.

Gas provides the energy security to support renewable electricity generation, and we are developing our infrastructure to transport hydrogen and carbon dioxide across the country. We are Britain’s national gas network, providing secure energy to power the country, achieve net zero and maintain our industrial competitiveness.

At National Gas, we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities that we serve. We celebrate the different experiences our colleagues bring and encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply. To that end we want to support you during the interview process, please advise your recruitment partner if you require any reasonable adjustments.

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Security clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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