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BT Group
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Manchester, United Kingdom
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Job Reference:
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Posted:
12.07.2025
Expiry Date:
26.08.2025
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Job Description:
What you’ll be doing
* Design and development: Working closely with an agile development team of Kubernetes engineers to co-design and develop a Kubernetes managed service for telco functions within a high security private cloud environment.
* Automation: Automating cluster deployment, scaling, and management using infrastructure as code (IaC) and container orchestration tools. Collaborating with development teams on infrastructure deployment best practices, encompassing CI/CD pipelines and related frameworks such as Terraform, Jenkins, and Ansible.
* Operations: Utilising a DevOps approach, providing documentation and incident escalation support to operations teams to facilitate brilliant in life service and incident management of the Kubernetes managed service.
* Integration: Building a deep understanding of varied software spanning security, logging, monitoring, cloud infrastructure, networks, and how best to integrate these into a cohesive platform solution.
* Innovation and Evaluation: Contributing to the exploration of cutting-edge technologies through the deployment of new technology proof-of-concept projects related to Kubernetes, participation in their assessment, and development into an in-life service.
What you'll bring
Mandatory
* 5+ years’ experience of IT with a focus on networking ( IP networking, routing, switching, and firewall principles and protocols)
* 3 years Kubernetes experience, at least 1 year managing Kubernetes infrastructure and with varied Kubernetes distributions.
* Development experience with, but not limited to Terraform, Ansible, Python, Golang
* Have worked with Ubuntu Linux on virtual and physical servers
* Experience with on prem Kubernetes distributions (e.g RKE2, Openshift etc)
* Expertise in integrating with a GitOps workflow, employing infrastructure as code (IaC) best practices. Proficient in implementing CI/CD pipelines to ensure consistent, automated deployments.
Nice to have
* Configuration of PKI, certificates, HashiCorp Vault, and software supply chain security, in the context of cloud and Kubernetes environments.
What's in it for you
* 10% on target bonus
* Life Assurance Cover
* Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages, BT TV with TNT Sports and NOW Entertainment
* From January 2025, equal family leave: 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.
* Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
* 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
* 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
* 2 weeks carer’s leave
* World-class training and development opportunities
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