Junior Storage Engineer

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Job Summary

Work embedded as part of an agile team to produce, test, document and review source code that delivers platform features & components of service.

Job Description

The Junior Storage Engineer is responsible for supporting the administration, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of enterprise storage infrastructure. The role assists in ensuring the availability, performance, security, and reliability of storage systems while contributing to backup, disaster recovery, and capacity management initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor storage systems to ensure optimal performance and availability.
• Perform routine health checks on storage arrays and SAN infrastructure.
• Assist in configuring, provisioning, and expanding storage volumes and LUNs.
• Support backup and recovery operations.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Troubleshoot storage-related incidents and escalate complex issues when necessary.
• Assist with firmware and software upgrades on storage devices.
• Maintain documentation for storage configurations, procedures, and changes.
• Monitor storage capacity and generate utilization reports.
• Work with server, virtualization, database, and network teams to support infrastructure projects.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and data protection standards.
• Participate in after-hours maintenance and on-call support when required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in:
  • Information Technology
  • Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • Computer Engineering
  • or related field

Experience

• 2 years of experience in IT Infrastructure or Storage Administration.
• Internship or graduate programme experience in enterprise infrastructure is advantageous.

Technical Skills

Basic understanding of:

• Storage Area Networks (SAN)
• Network Attached Storage (NAS)
• Enterprise storage platforms (Dell EMC, NetApp, HPE, IBM, Hitachi, Pure Storage, etc.)
• Storage monitoring tools
• Basic networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, VLANs)
• Basic understanding of Cloud (AWS, azure) architecture

Education

National Certificate: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised