What you’ll be doing
Kubernetes & Platform Development
1. Working closely with an agile development team of Kubernetes engineers to design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters on on-prem cloud platforms.
2. Develop and manage Kubernetes resources including clusters, namespaces, deployments, services, ingress, ConfigMaps, CRDs and secrets.
3. Implement platform capabilities such as logging, monitoring, networking, security, and backup for Kubernetes workloads.
Support multi cluster and multi environment Kubernetes deployments (dev, test, prod).
Application Enablement
4. Work closely with application teams to understand workloads and technical requirements to onboard to Kubernetes platforms.
5. Define and promote best practices for containerisation, deployment, and runtime operations.
6. Troubleshoot application and platform issues across Kubernetes, containers, and VMware infrastructure.
Automation & DevOps
7. Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes.
8. Automate platform provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
9. Develop Helm charts or equivalent templating solutions for application and platform components.
10. Integrate Kubernetes with enterprise tooling (identity, security, networking, observability).
Reliability, Security & Operations
11. Implement security controls including RBAC, network policies, image scanning, and secrets management.
12. Configuration of PKI, certificates, and software supply chain security, in the context of cloud and Kubernetes environments.
13. Contribute to platform reliability through SRE practices such as SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
14. Support 24/7 operational readiness through automation, runbooks, and monitoring.
15. Participate in incident resolution and continuous improvement activities.
What you'll bring
ESSENTIAL:
Kubernetes & Containers
16. Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
17. Strong engineering experience in delivering, designing, building and supporting Enterprise Scale Kubernetes platforms.
18. Experience with On Prem Kubernetes platforms (VKS/TKG preferred).
19. Solid understanding of container technologies (Containers, container runtimes).
20. Experience with Kubernetes networking, storage, and ingress controllers.
21. Strong Linux OS experience
Automation & Tooling
22. Familiarity with modern cluster provisioning such as CAPI and cluster management via Gitops.
23. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
24. CI/CD tooling experience (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
25. Experience with Helm or equivalent Kubernetes packaging tools.
26. Scripting experience (Python, Go or similar).
NICE TO HAVE:
VMware & Infrastructure
27. Experience working with virtualised infrastructure.
28. Understanding of networking, load balancing, and storage in VMware environments.
29. Familiarity with hybrid or private cloud architectures.
Observability & Security
30. Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
31. Knowledge of Kubernetes security best practices and enterprise security requirements.
32. Understanding of identity and access management in Kubernetes environments.
Qualification
33. Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related fields ent in Kubernetes environments.
What's in it for you
34. 10% on target bonus
35. BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
36. Life Assurance Cover
37. Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages, BT TV with TNT Sports and NOW Entertainment
38. Receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
39. Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
40. 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
41. 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
42. 2 weeks carer’s leave
43. World-class training and development opportunities
44. Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes