What you’ll be doing
1. Actively contributing and drives the Professional Services automation strategy.
2. Owns and contributes to the roadmap for the APPID’s we manage, including EoSL planning, application lifecycle, compute requirements & BCM planning.
3. Manages compute infrastructure hosts including patching and security vulnerability management.
4. Builds network automation frameworks that allow for efficient test, build & deployment of new automated processes, inclusive of CI/CD pipelines. Ensuring we deliver robust code in an efficient manor.
5. Enact the Professional Services driverless change ambition, actively looking for potential use cases, starting the conversation and driving for success.
6. Contributes to the development of the Professional Services team in the adoption of an SRE approach.
7. Participate and be the technical lead on incidents within immediate domain and be part of PIR write up and solution.
8. Acts as a subject matter expert for the TSA guidelines, influencing working practices to ensure we remain compliant with industry standards.
9. Will champion and build effective working relationships, both internally and externally to deliver business outcomes.
10. Responsible for delivering complex network change and providing assurance of Fixed network platforms managed by Professional Services.
The Skills you'll need
11. A strong level of proficiency in atleast one programming language preferably Python.
12. An understanding of the fundamentals of Ansible and how to apply it.
13. A strong understanding of containerisation using docker, podman or a similar container engine.
14. A good knowledge of coding best practices including code structure, peer review & testing.
15. A good knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and familiarity with either Gitlab CI/CD or Jenkins.
16. You will be confident and professional in communicating with all stakeholders, both locally and with members of the Senior Management Team.
17. You will have the ability to work in a high-pressure environment.
18. A good grasp of network engineering fundamentals.
19. A good understanding of HTTP/ web API’s
Desired:
20. Strong understanding of IP/MPLS networks
21. Strong proficiency in building CI/CD pipelines.
22. Strong knowledge of Ansible, you will have built an Ansible repo from the ground up to perform heavy lift deployment.
23. Strong understanding of container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes)
24. OS Administration: Strong system administration skills, across an array of operating systems such as linux, windows etc. with a focus on performance optimisation, security, and automation.
25. Cloud Computing: Strong understanding cloud computing and best practices.
Experience you'll have
26. A network engineer with a solid grasp on network automation fundamentals who has a desire to expand on this.
27. An IT Infrastructure engineer with a lot of experience building automated deployment workflows and a desire to expand into network engineering.
28. A software engineer with strong experience building automated deloyments and a desire to expand into network engineering.
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.
29. Tailored training and development opportunities to continue to build your career
30. 10% on target bonus
31. 25 days’ annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
32. Life Assurance
33. Pension scheme - If you pay in a minimum of 5% of your pensionable salary every month we will pay in 10%
34. Direct Share scheme
35. Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
36. 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
37. Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages BT TV, including TNT Sports and NOW entertainment
38. 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.