Storage Engineer Senior

Senior Storage Engineer - London

Are you ready to write your next chapter?

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. With proven technology, we process the largest volume of payments in the world, driving the global economy every day. When you join Worldpay, you join a global community of experts and changemakers, working to reinvent an industry by constantly evolving how we work and making the way millions of people pay easier, every day.

What makes a Worldpayer? It’s simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions to be better every day, finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We’re dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we’re determined, always staying open – winning and failing as one.

Are you ready to make your mark? Then you sound like a Worldpayer.

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About the team

Worldpay powers 2.2 trillion payments annually across 146 countries in over 135 separate currencies with over a million-merchants supported globally. Worldpay is the largest acquirer by volume globally, we provide a reliable, secure, and scalable payments platform 24x7 365 days a year.

Being part of the 200 strong Infrastructure Services organization, you’ll help to engineer and deliver the core infrastructure services that power our payments platform. We’re responsible for running some very critical systems, maintaining 20,000 servers via an automation platform, thousands of databases and petabytes of storage hosted from our data centres and public cloud.

We are looking for talented individuals to join the Infrastructure Services organisation; you’ll be a self-starter, possess an analytical mindset and be a change agent.

What you will own

At WorldPay a Storage Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the storage and data protection infrastructure. This includes installing and configuring storage, monitoring system capacity, performance, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring system security.  Here is a list of some of the responsibilities with this role. 

• Support and administration of Production, Pre-Production (PPE) and Test/Development environments.
• Driving product strategies for storage technologies across a wide spectrum of project and operational stakeholders.
• Provide SME escalation for complex support issues, including rapid response of Worldpay incidents.
• Evaluate system performance and produce reports to recommend and implement platforms improvements as appropriate.
• Produce and maintain relevant technical and operational documentation.
• Fault diagnosis and resolution of service.
• Participation in 24x7 on-call rota and be available for out-of-hours work as required.
• Manage installations and software upgrades to ensure all services are kept as current as possible ensuring that all hardware remains on a supported code base.
• Development and maintain automated services, processes, and procedures.
• Responsible for continual service improvement and management of changes to the service.
• Ensure that all technical and operational documentation is produced and maintained.

What you bring:

• 5+ years demonstrated experience managing the following technologies:

• Fibre Channel Switches/Directors
• Block, File and Archive storage
• Data Backup platforms
• Automation
• Public Cloud Services (desirable but not essential) – GCP / AWS / Azure
• Troubleshooting skills: Strong problem-solving abilities are crucial for Storage engineers to diagnose and resolve technical issues efficiently. You should be able to troubleshoot system failures, capacity, performance problems, and network connectivity issues effectively. 
• Self-starter: assumes responsibility and ownership for successful completion of activities
• Innovative: actively identifies new areas of technology & learning for potential applications within Worldpay
• Communication: capable of translating complex technical concepts in to clear, concise documentation and presentations to a wide audience of stakeholders of varying technical backgrounds.

Worldpay perks - what we’ll bring for you

We know it’s bigger than just your career. It’s your life, and your world. That’s why we offer global benefits and programs to support you at every stage. Here’s a taste of what you can expect.

• A competitive salary and benefits.
• Time to support charities and give back to your community.
• Parental leave policy.
• Global recognition platform.
• Virgin Pulse access.
• Global employee assistance program.

What makes a Worldpayer

At Worldpay, we take our Values seriously, and we live them every day. Think like a customer, Act like an owner, and Win as a team.

• Curious. Humble. Creative. We ask the right questions, listening and learning to get better every day. We simplify the complex and we’re always looking to create a bigger impact for our colleagues and customers.
• Empowered. Accountable. Dynamic. We stay agile, using our initiative, taking calculated risks to progress. Never standing still, never settling, we work at pace to achieve our goals. We champion our ideas and stay flexible to make them happen. We know that every action adds up.
• Determined. Inclusive. Open. Unlocking potential means working as one global community. Our work spans borders, and we stay united by our purpose. We collaborate, always encouraging others to perform at their best, welcoming new perspectives.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer.

Apply now to write the next chapter in your career. We can’t wait to hear from you.

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