Job Description
Senior Storage Infrastructure Specialist (Dell PowerScale / Isilon)
Contract Length: 3 months
Location: Canberra / Remote
Work Type: Contract
Employer: Major International IT Vendor
3-Month Contract | Canberra / Remote| Major Global IT Vendor
We're seeking an experienced Senior Storage Infrastructure Specialist to join one of the world's leading technology vendors on a 3-month contract engagement. Following recent infrastructure upgrades, you'll play a pivotal role in optimising a large-scale Dell PowerScale and Isilon environment — ensuring peak performance, scalability, and operational excellence across a petabyte-scale storage platform.
This is an opportunity to work with a global IT leader, applying your deep technical expertise to support mission-critical workflows spanning high-throughput ingest, editing, archival, and retrieval operations.
What you'll be doing
* Conduct a comprehensive technical audit of the current storage environment — documenting architecture, operational health, risks, and strategic recommendations.
* Develop detailed architecture diagrams covering cluster configuration, tiering, and data services.
* Create operational runbooks to guide administration, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
* Deliver capacity and growth forecasts with actionable scalability recommendations.
* Lead structured knowledge transfer sessions with ICT staff to ensure sustainable operational continuity.
Technical focus
* Review and optimise cluster configuration across all-flash, archive, and legacy nodes.
* Analyse and tune PowerScale data services — including SmartPools, SnapshotIQ, SyncIQ, and tiering strategies.
* Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across metadata, I/O, and protocol-level throughput (SMB/NFS).
* Recommend architecture enhancements to drive performance, utilisation, and reliability.
* Produce clear, concise technical documentation and maintenance guidance.
What you'll bring
* Expert hands-on experience with Dell PowerScale and Isilon (OneFS 8.x / 9.x).
* Proven success in designing, administering, and optimising enterprise-scale storage for high-performance workloads.
* In-depth understanding of scale-out NAS architecture, storage tiering, and data services.
* Demonstrated ability to document complex environments and produce operational runbooks.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate complex findings into actionable insights.
* Scripting skills (Python/Bash) for automation and data analysis are highly desirable.
If this sounds like you then please get in touch with Steven on email or apply online.