EL1 Storage Infrastructure Specialist
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Posted on:
06-11-2025
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
- Initial Contract Duration: 3 months
- Location: ACT
- Must be able to obtain Baseline
- Working Arrangements: Onsite
Onsite at the Building (Acton ACT) for five (5) days each week for the full contract duration within standard working hours (7am-7pm) - Maximum hours: 40 hours per week
About the Role:
SoftLabs is seeking EL1 Storage Infrastructure Specialist for ICT Labour hire at their technology consulting based in ACT.
Job details
The Department is seeking a Senior Storage Infrastructure Specialist for a three-month contract. Following recent infrastructure upgrades this role will optimise our Dell PowerScale and Isilon environment to ensure maximum performance efficiency and scalability. The specialist will play a key role in supporting the Departments petabyte-scale storage platform which underpins critical Media & Entertainment workflows including high-throughput media ingest editing archival and retrieval.
Key duties and responsibilities
Key Deliverables
- Produce a comprehensive technical audit report documenting the current storage architecture operational health risks and strategic recommendations.
- Develop clear architecture diagrams representing cluster configuration storage tiering and data services.
- Create operational runbooks to guide administration troubleshooting and routine storage maintenance.
- Deliver capacity and growth forecasts with actionable recommendations to ensure scalability and efficient storage utilisation.
- Conduct structured knowledge transfer sessions with ICT staff to enable ongoing management and operational continuity.
Technical Scope
- Review and optimise storage cluster configuration including all-flash archive and legacy nodes.
- Analyse and optimise PowerScale data services including SmartPools SnapshotIQ SyncIQ and tiering strategies.
- Identify and address storage performance bottlenecks including metadata efficiency I/O and protocol-level throughput (SMB/NFS).
- Recommend architectural changes to improve storage performance utilisation and reliability.
- Produce clear documentation of the storage environment including implementation and maintenance guidance.
Skills and Experience
- Expert hands-on experience with Dell PowerScale and Isilon (OneFS 8.x/9.x).
- Proven ability to design administer and optimise enterprise-scale storage environments for high-performance workloads.
- Deep understanding of scale-out NAS architecture storage tiering and data services.
- Experience documenting complex storage environments and producing operational runbooks.
- Strong communication skills to present technical findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Scripting skills (Python/Bash) for automation and data analysis are highly desirable.
Essential Criteria
- Proven experience in designing administering and optimising enterprise-scale Dell PowerScale and Isilon storage environments to support high-performance and large-scale workflows.
- Strong communication and documentation skills with the ability to translate technical findings into actionable recommendations engage effectively with stakeholders and operate within structured change management frameworks.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across multi-protocol (SMB/NFS) storage systems ensuring stability performance and data integrity in demanding operational environments.
- Comprehensive understanding of storage security data protection and lifecycle management principles including system hardening access controls replication and backup/recovery strategies.
Desirable Criteria
- Scripting skills (Python/Bash) for automation and data analysis are highly desirable
Expected Start Date: Monday 01 December 2025
Job Type: Contract
Rate: As per Australian Market Standards
If you are interested in this position please click Apply with your resume in WORD along with a one-page pitch (up to 5000 characters) addressing all specified criteria. If you wish to have a confidential discussion call us onorfor more information.
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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