What you’ll be doing
1. Delivers resolutions to problems that tend to be complex, cross-domain or of high impact to customers.
2. Identifies opportunities to improve standards of practice within a project, continuously enhancing ways of working.
3. Provides sound technical expertise to consult on significant component(s) of a technical solution within a specific domain or cross domain.
4. Provides technical quality assurance over work of other engineers through matrix team structure.
5. Creates and implements technical solutions for a domain or cross domains / portfolios of work within a specific technology area autonomously,understanding how solutions impact systemsvinternally and/or externally and assessing impact of change.
6. Designs, tests and deploys CDN solutions for BT’s own TV and third party content, including software development and additional innovative capabilities.
7. Operates as a technical expert within multiplesquads and tribes, acting as a design authority whilst supporting squads and enabling increase pace in delivery.
8. Develops design patterns across CDN and associated domains
Skills you'll need
9. Systems thinking - You provide technical expertise to evaluate the impacts and links between structure, people, process and technology. You think through the whole systems context, new perspectives and insight before taking on projects.
10. Technology design - You partner with the business to understand and analyze user requirements and inform the architecture design for software, systems and networks.
11. Technology excellence - You build and apply insight about emerging technology to develop and deliver new digital solutions. You break complex information down into understandable language.
12. Be agile - You identify opportunities to use collaborative approaches and continuous improvement. You contribute to projects as a subject matter expert or content owner.
13. Proven the ability to develop complex solution designs, creating innovative solutions to new problems, including the introduction of cutting edge technologies for the first time and spanning multiple domains in a critical service provider environment.
14. Expertise across a range of disciplines including software development, IP networking, cloud/server infrastructure, broadband, mobile and TV distribution technologies. Able to develop both end-to-end solution designs and detailed designs for specific CDN/edge compute capabilities.
15. Knowledge and experience of on-premise and public cloud deployments.
16. Commercial acumen including appreciation of capital and operational budgets and ability to develop effective business cases.
17. Strong communication skills and proven ability to influence others across the business to agree
18. solutions which deliver excellent customer experience and margin for BT.
19. Knowledge of TCP/IP protocol stack, including RADIUS and SNMP
20. Software experience (Python, Ansible, Git, Podman/Docker, VMs, CICD pipelines)
21. Networking fundamentals (BGP, Vlans, IP addressing)
22. Presentation of ideas to external audience
23. We use these technologies: Java, Python, UNIX Shell scripting, Maven, Docker, Git, Jenkins, Ansible, HashiCorp orchestration products, Grafana, Kafka, Redis, Atlassian suite, Kubernetes, OpenStack
Experience you'll need
24. Taught your team how to do their roles more effectively
25. Aligned project plans and objectives with BT strategy and values
26. Made decisions in ambiguous situations using incomplete information or differing opinions (eg divided team loyalties or unclear deliverables).
27. Been a spokesperson for others on issues of integrity
28. To suit the needs of a customer, colleague or client; moved outside of expected process or practice
29. Actively participated in strategy setting sessions
30. Showcased expertise on a project or a specific piece of work or led a project outside of the core areas of your expertise
31. Collaborated on a new project with a recognised expert
32. Experience of leading design communities in complex carrier/service provider/web scale networks.
33. Experience of agile ways of working, for example as a squad member, scrum master or product owner.
34. Experience of supporting RFPs, Vendor Selection and business case development.
35. Experience of project management and/or solution architecture.
36. PREFERABLE: Roadmap, architecture or budget setting experience.
Benefits
At BT, we entertain, educate and empower millions of people every single day. We’re a brand built on connecting people – whether that’s friends, family, businesses or communities. Working here, you’ll receive an attractive salary and a range of competitive benefits, but – more than that – you’ll be joining an ambitious organisation with a culture of togetherness, collaboration and inclusivity
37. Tailored training and development opportunities to continue to build your career
38. 10% on target bonus
39. 25 days’ annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
40. Life Assurance
41. Pension scheme - If you pay in a minimum of 5% of your pensionable salary every month we will pay in 10%
42. Direct Share scheme
43. Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
44. 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
45. Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages BT TV, including TNT Sports and NOW entertainment
46. Shared Parental leave - maximum amount of leave you can share with your partner is 50 weeks
Our leadership standards
Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.
Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.
Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.