💼 Full-Time Position

Senior storage, backup & archiving architect (contract)

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The Focus Group
📍 sandton, gauteng, South-Africa
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Location
sandton, South-Africa
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Posted
May 29, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and highly technical Storage, Backup & Archiving Architect to provide thought leadership across Group Technology. This role is responsible for designing, integrating, and optimising enterprise?wide storage, data protection, and archiving solutions across multiple technologies and platforms. The successful candidate will influence architectural direction, ensure compliance, and guide the organisation toward sustainable, scalable, and resilient technical solutions. Core Responsibilities (Bullet Points for Job Advert) 1. Storage Engineering & Architecture Design and implement enterprise storage solutions including SAN, NAS, Object Storage, and Hyper?Converged platforms. Configure and optimise storage arrays (Dell Power Max, Pure Storage, Hitachi, Net App). Develop and maintain storage tiering strategies aligned to cost, performance, and business needs. Create and manage capacity planning models, utilisation reports, and forecasting dashboards. Lead enterpr...