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Senior Storage Engineer

Hybrid in Barcelona·Full-time·Added yesterday (last checked 2 Nov)

Clarivate

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Work mode
Hybrid, Barcelona
Contract
Full-time
Experience
5+ years
Education
University degree
Benefits
Private health insurance, meal vouchers

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Requirements

What we're looking for

  • At least 5 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, including hands-on administration of enterprise storage environments.
  • At least 5 years of experience working with SAN and NAS storage technologies in production environments.
  • At least 5 years of experience administering and troubleshooting enterprise storage using NFS and iSCSI, including host connectivity.
  • At least 5 years of experience supporting enterprise storage in Linux environments, including storage connectivity and multipathing.
  • At least 5 years of experience managing storage provisioning, capacity, performance, availability, upgrades, and lifecycle activities.
  • Experience supporting storage infrastructure integrated with virtualization technologies such as VMware and/or KVM/libvirt/QEMU.
  • Experience troubleshooting complex production issues across storage, Linux, virtualization, and network infrastructure.

It would be great if you also have...

Nice to have

  • Experience working with multiple enterprise storage platforms/vendors.
  • Experience with storage migrations, infrastructure upgrades, or technology refreshes.
  • Experience automating storage operations using Ansible, scripting, or APIs.
  • Experience with storage replication and disaster recovery.

Education & certifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • 30 working days of vacation
  • Volunteering community offering paid hours of volunteering time
  • Private Health and Life & Disability insurances.
  • Tax-free benefits (Ticket Restaurant scheme, kindergarten, and transport cards)
  • Agile work environment with a team of talented colleagues
  • Language classes (Catalan, Spanish and English)
  • Digital workplace with possibility to work in a central office location in Barcelona with global and dynamic employees.

The role

We are looking for a Senior Storage Engineer to join our Private Cloud Engineering team in Barcelona. This is an exciting opportunity to design, operate and continuously improve the enterprise storage infrastructure supporting business-critical services across multiple data centers. You will work in a multi-vendor storage environment, supporting NFS and iSCSI services, Linux and virtualization platforms including VMware and KVM, while contributing to storage automation, migrations, disaster recovery and future architecture. We would love to speak with you if you have strong hands-on experience administering enterprise storage in complex production environments.

  • Design, operate, and continuously improve enterprise storage infrastructure supporting the private cloud environment across multiple data centers.
  • Manage and optimize SAN and NAS environments, including provisioning, capacity, performance, availability, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
  • Administer and troubleshoot NFS and iSCSI services, Linux host connectivity, and multipathing.
  • Support shared storage for VMware and KVM/libvirt/QEMU virtualization environments.
  • Lead complex storage troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across storage, Linux, virtualization, network, and application layers.
  • Plan and execute storage migrations, upgrades, and technology refreshes with minimal disruption to production services.
  • Automate storage operations using Ansible, scripting, and APIs, and support replication and disaster-recovery activities.
  • Work closely with infrastructure engineering teams and storage vendors on capacity planning, technical escalations, lifecycle management, and future storage architecture.

How you'll work

This is a full-time permanent position, primarily working core business hours in CET time zone, with flexibility to adjust to various global time zones as needed and on-calls system (maintenance work due to customer SLA requirements)

This is a hybrid position working in the office up to 2 days a week.

Additional information

About You - experience, education, skills, and accomplishments

About Clarivate

Clarivate is a global leader in providing trusted information and insights, offering analytics, data, and workflow solutions across sectors such as academia, life sciences, and intellectual property. With a vast portfolio of well-known products like Web of Science, Derwent, and Cortellis, the company serves researchers, innovators, and healthcare professionals worldwide. Clarivate operates on a global scale with a significant workforce and a strong emphasis on data-driven decision-making.

In Spain, Clarivate has a notable presence, particularly in Barcelona, where it houses key technology and product development teams. The company's Spanish offices focus on AI product development, data science, and infrastructure, making it an attractive destination for international tech professionals. Clarivate fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, offering opportunities for career growth and the chance to work on products that impact global research and innovation. For international hires, the company provides a multicultural environment and the possibility to work with diverse, global teams.

Industry
Information Services
Founded
2016
Employees
10,000–15,000
Headquarters
London, UK
In Spain
Barcelona

Good to know if you are moving

  • Clarivate has a significant technology hub in Barcelona, Spain, where many of its AI and software engineering roles are based.
  • The company offers a global work environment, with opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across multiple countries.
  • Clarivate provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance and flexible working arrangements.
  • As a global company, English is commonly used as the working language, making it accessible for international professionals.
  • The company is committed to innovation, with a strong focus on AI and data science, offering exciting career growth opportunities.

In their own words

About the company & team

The Private Cloud Engineering team is responsible for the infrastructure supporting our private cloud environment across multiple data centers. You will work alongside experienced infrastructure engineers, collaborating across storage, Linux, virtualization, and other infrastructure technologies to maintain reliable services and continuously improve our environment.

Additional information

At Clarivate, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons with respect to hiring, compensation, promotion, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. We comply with applicable laws and regulations governing non-discrimination in all locations.

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