Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

Senior Storage and Infrastructure Engineer

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defense, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible, today.

TOGETHER WE MAKE THE BIG AMBITIONS OF TOMORROW HAPPEN TODAY

In this position you will join the Thales Netherlands IS/IT team. IS/IT is at the core of the Thales digital transformation, there is a close relationship between IS/IT and business.

With a team of 100+ colleagues we provide IS/IT support to our 2500 NL colleagues in several Business Lines and functions. The IS/IT department of Thales Netherlands works closely together with the international IS/IT departments of the Thales group.

Our mission is: “Providing secure access to Thales information in One Click” with a culture of “Feeling Proud Together”. Our Agile transformation journey has started some years ago. As a learning organization we fully embrace agile principles and strive for excellence by continuous improvement. We do not fear to fail as long as we can learn from it.

Our Storage and Infrastructure Engineers are part of the Hosting & Cloud squad and work closely with other colleagues within and outside the squad. Your squad will be part of the Hosting tribe of the whole Thales group. Together they’re responsible for: Virtualization, Data center Ops, Cloud, Storage, Backup and Disaster Recovery.

About the job

Your week as a Storage Engineer looks varied. Every day you start together with the team to discuss ongoing tasks during the stand-up and how to align them with each other. Both within the department as well as the team we work according to the Agile working methods. Throughout the week you focus on the sprint that you work on together with your team. You work on the maintenance and further development of our Storage Infrastructure. Preferably you have gained experience in Enterprise environments where security and standardization are also very important. You understand what is expected of an IT engineer regarding Storage, Backup and IT automation. Furthermore, you have a strong vision about a secure IT infrastructure which you are able to communicate properly.

You are responsible for:

Contributing to ensuring that the vision and strategy for the products within your domain are aligned with that of the company.

Translating the business demand according to the expectations of the stakeholders.

Furthermore, you have:

extensive experience with enterprise storage solutions, specifically Netapp ONTAP;

additional knowledge of Dell storage solutions is an advantage;

experience with Commvault as an enterprise backup solution is an advantage;

working experience with Windows/Linux/VMware;

experience in creating high level and low designs is an advantage;

experience in developing a business case to support infrastructure projects;

About you

We are looking for a colleague who:

has a (technical) bachelor or master degree

has relevant working experience especially in an Agile environment;

has experience within a complex enterprise IT environment;

has strong communication skills;

has experience with agile working or is open-minded in adopting new ways of working;

has a strong will to continue to develop him or herself, both on a personal and technical level;

is fluent in English.

Is a team player

What's in it for you

Become part of a great team in a high tech, innovative international organization

(International) opportunities for growth in tech-, management- and commercial roles

Attention for personal development and own initiative

A nice workplace, where we value a good work-life balance and flexibility

40 leave days per year, travel expenses and a flexible benefits à la carte package with options like purchase/sale of leave hours, internet costs, bicycle plan, company fitness, trade union contribution or relocation costs

Interested?
Apply now! Click on the button below to upload your profile and show your interest.

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Government (MIVD) clearance will be requested.

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