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Software engineering specialist

Southampton
BT
Engineering
Posted: 30 January
Offer description

What you’ll be doing

Tooling & Platform Strategy

1. Define the long-term tooling strategy for automation and related design/engineering workflows

Standards, Documentation & Ways of Working

2. Own and evolve standards, guidelines, and approval flows that govern automation delivery

Governance & Compliance

3. Lead governance for process registration across all LoBs, ensuring every automation is correctly catalogued, approved, and monitored

Reusability, Integration & Ecosystem Development

4. Improve identification of reusable components, frameworks, and accelerators

Insights, Analytics & Reporting

5. Build and manage dashboards that provide visibility into licensing, Process inventory, Utilization, Failure trends, Automation health, Delivery performance and more

Stakeholder, Vendor & Cross LOB Collaboration

6. Maintain strong relationships with architecture, delivery leads, product owners, and automation managers across all federated teams

Experience you'll have

Core Skills

7. Strong ability to translate business needs into strategy, standards, and governance structures
8. Deep understanding of automation lifecycle methodologies (design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring)
9. Strong analytical mindset; experience designing dashboards and insights to drive decisions
10. Excellent written documentation, ability to create standards, playbooks, and guidelines.
11. Strong vendor management and stakeholder management skills

Technical Skills

12. Understanding of automation tools (Blue Prism or similar), integration patterns, and enterprise workflows
13. Experience working with analytics toolchains for dashboarding and reporting
14. Awareness of modern technology trends—AI, low‑code, automation discovery tools

Desirable

15. Knowledge of low‑code platforms, AI‑driven automation discovery, or process mining tools.
16. Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks.
17. Rudimentary understanding of integrations

Benefits

18. An annual on-target bonus of 10% (personal and company multipliers)
19. BT Pension scheme: minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
20. Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
21. 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans, and 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans
22. Discounted EE TV, including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership
23. There’s also great support for working parents, including pay whilst on maternity, adoptive, and paternity leave
24. 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
25. Volunteering days, so you can give back to your local community
26. Brand new electric vehicle salary sacrifice arrangement, known as ‘My EV’

The skills you’ll need

Agile DevelopmentDatabase Design/DevelopmentDebuggingAPIs/Web Service IntegrationProgramming/ScriptingMicroservices/Service Oriented ArchitectureIT SecurityCloud ComputingArtificial Intelligence/Machine LearningContinuous Integration/Continuous Deployment Automation & OrchestrationSoftware TestingApplication DevelopmentAlgorithm DesignSoftware Development LifecycleProject/Programme ManagementDecision MakingGrowth MindsetInclusive Leadership

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.

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