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# Storage & Backup Engineer at Spektrum

- **Company:** Spektrum
- **Location:** Spain
- **Posted:** 2026-11-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://spektrum-group.com/jobs?gh_jid=5026501101

## Job description

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

## Who we are supporting

At Spektrum, we support a wide range of NATO organizations and programmes by providing highly skilled professionals across defence, security, digital transformation, engineering, and information technology. Our teams contribute to projects that strengthen the Alliance's operational readiness, enhance interoperability between member nations, and enable the delivery of critical capabilities across land, air, maritime, cyber, and space domains.

For this opportunity, our client is a private technology company that delivers advanced IT and engineering services in support of NATO programmes. Working alongside NATO stakeholders, the company provides technical expertise, software development, systems integration, and digital solutions that help modernize and sustain mission-critical capabilities. As part of this project, consultants will contribute to the development and support of technologies that underpin NATO's operational effectiveness and long-term digital transformation.

Storage & Backup Engineer

Role ID: TG-001-2

## Role Background

The ideal candidate is an experienced Storage and Backup Engineer with at least 8 years of hands-on experience in supporting, designing, managing and optimizing enterprise storage and backup environments. The candidate will work under the guidance of the Team Lead, Infrastructure Operations, and collaborate with other support teams. The candidate is expected to demonstrate strong problem-solving skills, a proactive approach to service improvements and the ability to work independently while supporting a team-oriented environment.

## Role Duties and Responsibilities

Provide engineering expertise and day-to-day administration of the organization’s storage and backup infrastructure, including the following duties:

- Design and implement enterprise storage and backup architectures aligned with business, availability, recovery, capacity, and security requirements.
- Administer and maintain storage arrays, SAN fabrics, and backup platforms, including daily health checks, storage provisioning, host integration, backup client configuration, schedules, retention policies, and replication.
- Plan and execute installations, upgrades, migrations, capacity expansions, and proof-of-concept deployments, including testing, validation, and rollback procedures.
- Monitor and analyze system health, performance, capacity, and backup success; resolve bottlenecks and implement improvements.
- Resolve incidents, problems, and service requests; provide Tier 3 support, lead root-cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Perform restores and recovery tests, and support disaster-recovery exercises to validate data protection and recovery capabilities.
- Apply security controls, hardening standards, and approved configuration changes in accordance with established policies and change-management procedures.
- Collaborate with vendors and internal teams on maintenance, upgrades, interoperability, and complex issue resolution.
- Develop and maintain tools and scripts to automate storage and backup provisioning, monitoring, reporting, and routine operations.
- Deliver storage and backup projects for the organization and its partner entities, including technical assessments, business cases, project proposals, and operational handover.
- Maintain technical designs, configuration records, runbooks, and recovery procedures; share knowledge and promote best practices within the team.
- Participate in standby/on-call duties, planned maintenance, and other service-coverage arrangements when required.

Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications

Essential Skills:

- Minimum 8+ years of relevant IT work experience in managing and configuring enterprise Storage and Backup environments and related services in a complex heterogenous environment.
- Extensive hands-on experience in the administration and troubleshooting of block and file storage systems across multiple vendor platforms (e.g., NetApp, Dell PowerStore, Dell ECS systems)
- Excellent knowledge in the installation and administration of Enterprise Backup systems (e.g., DELL Avamar, PPDM, Data Domain, Veeam B&R and other market leaders in backup solutions)
- Expert-level troubleshooting and problem resolution for storage and backup infrastructures.
- Solid understanding and knowledge of storage technologies (Cisco/Brocade Fabric switches, VSANs, WWPNs, NPIV, multipathing, Fibre channel, iSCSI)
- Strong understanding of data protection, disaster recovery, and best practices in backup and storage management.
- Good understanding and knowledge of networking technologies
- Working Experience in shell scripting and automation tools (e.g., Python, Ansible, Terraform)
- Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision
- Customer-centric approach to delivery and problem solving
- Good knowledge of ITIL service management methodology.

Desirable Skills:

- Experience with Hyper Converged Infrastructure or Software Defined Storage solutions is an advantage.
- Good presentation skills and ability to convey complex technical information to non-technical audience
- Experience with service reporting and business analytics
- Experience with cloud storage solutions (e.g., AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage)
- Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V)

Desirable Certifications:

- IT diploma
- Industry-recognized certifications in Storage, Backup, or Cloud Technologies.
- Certifications in any programming language or scripting framework (e.g., Python, Ansible, PowerShell).
- ITIL, ISO20000, PRINCE2 certifications

Working Location:

- Valencia, Spain and Brindisi, Italy
- Remote work is restricted to Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Portugal, Greece, Slovakia and Bulgaria.

## About Spektrum

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Spektrum Group is a specialist consultancy that enables clients to navigate the complex defence, humanitarian, and government markets by connecting them with a fast-growing global network of subject matter experts, partners, and suppliers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (stage not disclosed; no public funding rounds identified)
- **Headquarters**: Multiple offices; global presence with registered addresses in Spain (Barcelona, ES: +34 932 712 919), the United Kingdom (Leeds, UK: +44 113 868 3500), Belgium (Mons), the Netherlands (The Hague), the United States (Norfolk, VA), and Norway (Stavanger). No single global HQ is explicitly designated.
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Industry/Industries**: Aerospace & Defence, Humanitarian Aid, Government Services, Consulting & Advisory
- **Target Customers**: International institutional organisations (e.g., UN, NATO), English-speaking national governments, and ministries of defence (apex purchasers), as well as the broader defence ecosystem (from small specialists to global enterprises)
- **Mission / Purpose**: “Thinking differently to make a difference” – Spektrum aims to solve today’s aerospace and defence market problems, acting as a force for good with a sincere intent to positively impact its clients and their teams.

## Products & Services
- **Consulting**: Strategic advisory, market navigation, and subject matter expertise for clients aiming to achieve aerospace and defence objectives.
- **Logistics and Supply**: Supply chain support and logistics management tailored to complex defence and humanitarian environments.
- **Communication**: Strategic communication services, including social media scripting and event promotion (as evidenced by job postings for Social Media Scripter).
- **Events**: Planning and execution of events for defence, humanitarian, and government stakeholders.

*Additional note:* Spektrum Labs (a related entity) is described as “building the backbone of the cyber resilience ecosystem, unifying cybersecurity, compliance, and insurance into one seamless platform powered by AI, cryptography, and automation,” but Spektrum Labs appears to be a separate brand under the Spektrum umbrella.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Unspecified revenue; total funding not disclosed. However, rapid hiring (112+ open roles listed on Built In) suggests strong growth and demand.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not publicly disclosed. The company states it is a “Member Of” unspecified organisations, a “Registered supplier to” key entities, and holds certifications (logos visible on website but not named in the provided results).
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Fast-growing global network of partners and suppliers
  - 112+ job openings across multiple countries and disciplines (engineering, IT, talent acquisition, contract management, assurance, etc.)
  - Offices in at least six countries (Spain, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, USA, Norway)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Niche Expertise**: Focus exclusively on the challenging and complex defence, humanitarian, and government sectors, an area many traditional consultancies avoid.
- **Global Network**: Extensive ecosystem of subject matter experts, partners, and suppliers that can be rapidly deployed to solve client problems.
- **Apex Payer Focus**: Directly targets the highest-level purchasers within institutional organisations and ministries of defence.

## Strategic Focus
- Priority is to help clients navigate the increasingly complex landscape of international defence and government procurement.
- Emphasis on building a “resilient and effective” supplier ecosystem through diversity and capability.
- Continuous improvement of internal processes and client support, with a culture of questioning everything to drive growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture Highlights**: Values include transparency, effective communication, enthusiasm and fun, and setting ambitious yet realistic goals. Employees celebrate successes together and maintain a friendly, relaxed environment.
- **Work Policy**: Hybrid workspace is available, with some roles offering a combination of remote and on-site work, while others (e.g., in The Hague, Brussels, Norfolk) are labeled “In-Office” on Built In. Policy likely depends on role and location.
- **Notable Perks / Engineering Culture**: Not explicitly described, but career growth is supported by a wide range of senior and junior roles. The company places “great emphasis on supporting and collaborating with our team and clients.” Spektrum Labs’ focus on AI, cryptography, and automation indicates a forward-leaning engineering culture in the cybersecurity arm.

## Sources
1. [Spektrum Group – Official Website](https://spektrum-group.com/)
2. [Spektrum Group – About Us](https://spektrum-group.com/about-us)
3. [Spektrum Group – What We Do](https://spektrum-group.com/what-we-do)
4. [Spektrum Group – Jobs Page](https://spektrum-group.com/jobs)
5. [Built In – Spektrum Group Careers & Culture](https://builtin.com/company/spektrum-group)
6. [Spektrum Group – Greenhouse Careers Page](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/spektrum)

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