Daily rate: £600 outside IR35 + travel expenses Duration: 12 months with possible extension Location: 3days/w onsite in Stevenage(ideally), otherwise Newport or Portsmouth. *Must be SC cleared* Methods is looking for a Senior Technical Specialist (ESXi/HPE/NetApp/Backup), responsible for executing and technically validating all Compute, Virtualisation, Storage and Backup activities. Some of the activities include: Deliver and manage Compute (HPE) andamp; Virtualisation (ESXi) environments Assess and remediate storage andamp; backup obsolescence Execute and coordinate Ransomware Wave 1 andamp; Wave 2 technical activities Manage and fulfil infrastructure requests (IPs, DNS, Firewall, VLANs, installations) Supervise and coordinate vendors and Build Factory technical inputs Contribute to and produce BRDs and technical documentation Requirements: Highly experienced hands-on infrastructure engineer with deep technical expertise across secure, air-gapped and defence environments. Core strengths: Virtualisation: VMware ESXi (6.7- 8), vCenter Compute: HPE ProLiant, BladeSystems Storage: NetApp Backup: Veeam, NetBackup Operating Systems: RHEL, Rocky, CentOS, Windows Server Automation: Ansible, PowerShell ..... full job details .....