Storage Software Engineer - Python/Linux

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• Strong software development experience and advanced programming capability in Python and/or Perl.
• Experience applying SDLC best practices on large software development projects.
• Good knowledge of computer science fundamentals.
• Strong organisational skills, good English communication skills, and the ability to prioritise multiple projects and objectives.
• Intermediate or higher-level experience in storage and/or Linux.
• Desirable: knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts, SQL, and databases.
• Desirable: experience deploying, operating, or administering Linux in an enterprise environment, particularly RHEL; enterprise UNIX/RHEL or Windows Server architecture experience.
• Desirable: knowledge of Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SCSI, NFS, CIFS, POSIX, Object Storage, SAS, SATA, NVMe, SSD, RAID, and Erasure Coding.
• Desirable: experience with distributed and scale-out storage, file systems, high-availability approaches, and client/server and scale-out architectures.
• Desirable: understanding of networking protocols and connectivity, virtualisation, performance and capacity management, and troubleshooting across operating systems, networking, and storage.
• Desirable: container experience with Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, or Docker, and cloud exposure across Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Desirable: exposure to NetApp 7mode/cDOT/Engenio, IBM Spectrum Scale/GPFS, HDS Storage Arrays/HCP, EMC Atmos, Brocade SAN/FOS, Veritas Storage Foundation Suite, Sybase, or DB2.
• Must be able to attend onsite in Glasgow at least 3 days per week and participate in a face-to-face interview in Glasgow. Candidates based locally or within reasonable commuting distance are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop highly available, scalable software solutions supporting enterprise storage infrastructure.
• Develop applications for storage provisioning, monitoring, alerting, auditing, and inventory management.
• Develop in-house applications that form part of the wider technology platform.
• Contribute to the architecture and integration of storage solutions, including collaboration with third-party vendors.
• Develop tools for problem management and preventative maintenance.
• Contribute to alert and capacity management solutions.
• Work with storage virtualisation, automation, and provisioning technologies.
• Work with distributed and scale-out file systems and software-defined storage.
• Contribute to infrastructure automation and observability.
• Troubleshoot across operating systems, networks, and storage.
• Collaborate with a global team, understand customer requirements, and communicate appropriate technical solutions.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Docker
• IBM
• IBM Spectrum
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• NFS
• OpenShift
• Perl
• Python
• RHEL
• SAS
• SQL
• Unix
• Windows
• Architect

More:

We are recruiting for a technology function within a leading global financial services organisation. This development-focused contract role supports enterprise storage infrastructure and associated technology in a large-scale technology environment. The position is based in Glasgow with hybrid working and a minimum of 3 days onsite per week; the contract length is to be confirmed. The rate is £500 per day, inside IR35. We welcome applications with an up-to-date CV, availability, and preferred location.

last updated 41 week of 2026