Storage Automation Engineer

Job Title: Storage Automation Engineer

Corporate Title : Associate

Department: Information Technology

Location: New York

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $120,000 and $145,000/year * (see below footnote for additional compensation and benefits information).

Company overview

Nomura is a financial services group with an integrated global network. By connecting markets East & West, we service the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through our four business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking) and Banking.

Driven by the insights of some 28,000 people worldwide, we put our clients at the center of everything we do, delivering unparalleled access to, from and within Asia. For further information about Nomura, visit

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Department Overview:

As the agency-model execution services arm of the Nomura Group, Instinet Incorporated subsidiaries provide brokerage services to clients in over 65 markets around the world. Through its advanced suite of electronic trading strategies, experienced high-touch trading group, top-ranked Commission Management services, award-winning desktop trading platform, and unparalleled access to insightful analytics, content and unique liquidity, Instinet helps institutions lower overall trading costs and ultimately improve investment performance. In the US, Instinet also offers a boutique-model Equity Research offering to assist their clients in the pursuit of alpha generation in a changing landscape. Over the course of its 50+ year history, Instinet has introduced a range of now industry-standard trading technologies and has been an innovator at the forefront of the market's evolution. For more information, please visit

Role Description:

The Senior Storage & Backup Engineer will be responsible for managing the global data protection and archiving software and hardware. This will include ensuring operations run consistently and that data is backed up or archived within agreed service level agreements. As the senior data protection engineer, be responsible for platform upgrades and service improvements. Provide technical guidance to other members of the team or peers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure alignment for policy, process, procedures, software configuration and hardware types across all 3 regions.
• Maintain standard documentation and ensure adherence to the global standard is followed.
• Maintain 100% service uptime.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and business needs.
• Build productive working relationships with peer teams and managers to become recognized Storage Automation SME.
• Develop multi-year Technology Roadmaps and deliver against for approved projects.
• Automate repetitive tasks, such as BAU provisioning and de-provisioning.

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

• The candidate will be expected to have significant recent experience of administrating or building one or more traditional storage solutions and one or more software-defined storage solutions.
• The candidate is preferred to have experience of enterprise backup solutions.
• The candidate is expected to be proficient in developing automated solution designs to a professional standard, leveraging ServiceNow API’s.
• The candidate must have strong knowledge of Hitachi and Everpure block, file and object storage solutions.
• The candidate must have experience of providing storage across FC SAN, iSCSI and Ethernet.
• The candidate should have strong OS and networking knowledge.
• Familiar with LTO, S3 object storage, shared filesystems and AWS & Azure O365 offerings.
• Familiar with scripting, automation tooling, such as Python, Ansible and API’s.
• Experience of using and integrating with ServiceNow and Jira for no touch provisioning.
• Able to articulate cyber threats to the storage & backup service and what is needed to provide a defense of last resort.
• Able to articulate cyber threats to the business and how the Backup Service can be used for mass recovery at speed.
• Demonstrate how external and internal audits have been engaged in the past and what strategies were used to show that the backup service is appropriately managed.

JOB KNOWLEDGE, QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION

• 5+ years’ experience of block and file storage
• 4+ years’ experience of backup solutions.
• Experience administrating solutions within a regulated environment, i.e. Financial Services.
• 2+ years’ experience of S3 object storage solutions.
• RedHat/CentOS and Windows operating system knowledge.
• Network, F5 load balancer and firewall knowledge.
• Public cloud provider exposure. AWS mainly.

Nomura Leadership Behaviours

• Explore Insights & Vision: Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.
• Making Strategic Decisions : Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.
• Inspire Entrepreneurship in People : Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.
• Elevate Organizational Capability : Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.
• Inclusion : Foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

* base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, corporate and functional title and duties, job-related knowledge and advanced degrees, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired in the U.S., employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors”.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer