Job Title:Storage Senior SAN SME/Arch Location: Birmingham, Sheffield, London, Edinburgh- hydbrid Day Rate- £600 inside IR35 Start Date: April 2026 Job Type: ContractWe are seeking a highly experienced Storage Senior SAN SME/Architect to provide technical leadership and strategic direction within a major OpenShift infrastructure migration programme. This is a critical role within a leading banking environment, responsible for designing and optimising enterprise storage solutions across hybrid and multi-cloud platforms.You will act as the subject matter expert for block storage architecture, with a strong focus on Pure Storage technologies, ensuring high-performance, scalable, and secure storage solutions for containerised workloads.Job Responsibilities/ObjectivesDefine and lead storage architecture strategy for OpenShift clusters and workloads, aligned with best practices.Design and implement scalable storage solutions leveraging Pure Storage arrays.Provide expert guidance on provisioning, performance tuning, and capacity planning.Act as the escalation point for complex storage and SAN-related issues.Collaborate with Infrastructure Engineers and OpenShift Architects to integrate storage with compute and networking layers.Ensure seamless support for containerised workloads and persistent storage requirements.Conduct performance assessments and drive optimisation initiatives.Implement high availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery strategies.Ensure compliance with banking