Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the three key markets of the Americas, Asia and Europe and focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; Corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; tax, pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution.
Alongside world-class legal careers, Clifford Chance offers excellent opportunities in the support functions that underpin its business operations. By joining us in our Business Professionals Group, you will help us to innovate in the way we deliver our services and enable us to run a successful multinational business that never stands still. Business professionals are integral to the running of the firm and are critical to its success.
The Systems and Storage Engineer sits within the global Systems Engineering team. The role provides design, implementation, administration, optimisation and third- and fourth-line escalation support across the firm’s global systems, virtualisation, cloud, storage and data protection services.
The role supports business-critical physical and virtual Windows infrastructure, Microsoft Azure and Entra ID services, VMware platforms, enterprise SAN and NAS Storage, Storage Fabrics, Replication, Backup and Recovery. The successful candidate will act as a regional lead for Systems and Storage, work effectively across global teams and suppliers, and take ownership of operational service quality, resilience, security and continuous improvement.
The Systems and Storage Engineer provides engineering and third- and fourth-line support for the firm’s global systems, virtualisation, cloud, storage and data protection services. Reporting to the Systems Engineering Manager, the role requires extensive experience supporting large, business-critical infrastructure across Windows Server, VMware, Active Directory, Microsoft Azure, Entra ID, enterprise SAN and NAS storage, Fibre Channel fabrics, backup and recovery technologies.
The successful candidate will use their technical experience to resolve complex issues, improve service resilience and security, and support infrastructure design and lifecycle management. They will work independently and as a subject matter expert, providing technical guidance to project teams, Architecture, regional IT, suppliers and support partners.
Key responsibilities include:
To perform this role, you will be an experienced Systems and Storage Engineer with strong technical knowledge across Wintel infrastructure, VMware virtualisation, Microsoft Azure services, enterprise Storage platforms and backup technologies. The role requires hands-on experience supporting mission-critical server, storage and backup environments, with the ability to administer, maintain and improve Windows, SAN/NAS, virtualised and cloud-based infrastructure services.
The following technical skills are required at 3rd and 4th line support level:
Minimum degree level education of a B. Tech. / B.E. / MCA/ BCA or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Systems Engineering or equivalent related field.
At Clifford Chance we understand that our true asset is our people. We believe that each and every one of us should experience an equality of opportunity and an equality of experience here. We are always working to develop and deliver the best and most innovative approaches to make that happen. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society.
We are therefore committed to treating all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.
The firm will regularly review its procedures and selection criteria to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and otherwise treated according to their relevant individual abilities and merits.
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