Senior NAS Storage and Backup Systems Administrator

Location: Lisbon, Portugal; hybrid work model. Candidates must already have the legal right to work in the European Union.

Company

hirify.global provides an opportunity to work for a major client in the data storage industry.

What you will do

• Monitor and manage NAS and SMB storage systems to maintain performance and uptime.
• Provide expert support for NetApp, Dell PowerScale/Isilon, and Hitachi storage solutions.
• Manage SAN provisioning, backup strategies, and disaster recovery planning.
• Develop automation scripts with Bash, Python, Ansible, and KSH.
• Troubleshoot NFS, iSCSI, NVMe, SMB, Windows shares, and complex SAN environments.
• Collaborate with backup, network, security, and Windows Active Directory teams; maintain documentation and provide training.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in enterprise storage administration or SAN management.
• Strong expertise in NetApp, Hitachi, Dell PowerScale/Isilon, and SMB storage solutions.
• Hands-on experience with NAS, NFS, SMB, DFS, and Windows Active Directory.
• Advanced knowledge of NFS, iSCSI, and NVMe protocols.
• Scripting experience with Bash, Python, and Ansible, plus strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.
• Communicative English at B2–C1 level and an existing legal right to work in the European Union.

Nice to have

• Experience with IBM GPFS and IBM Power Systems, including AIX/Linux on Power.
• Knowledge of VMware virtualization and virtualized server environments.
• Familiarity with ITIL incident and change management processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work based in Lisbon.
• Opportunity to work on enterprise storage infrastructure for a major data storage industry client.
• Collaboration across infrastructure, backup, network, security, and Windows teams.
• Responsibility for critical systems focused on availability, performance, and data resilience.