2 days ago
Birmingham, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical execution of engineering strategy and shape standards, practices and ways of working across products and platforms.
- Influence technology choices, engineering approaches, implementation strategies and technical roadmaps.
- Lead delivery of complex, scalable and maintainable software products and services.
- Solve complex technical and operational challenges and develop scalable solutions where established approaches may not exist.
- Improve service reliability, resilience, observability and operational efficiency using engineering metrics and operational insight.
- Champion engineering excellence, knowledge sharing, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Coach and mentor engineers and build technical capability across the wider team.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, tools and engineering practices.
- Manage technical dependencies, risks, issues and stakeholder expectations across teams and business units.
- Contribute to an inclusive, safe and supportive team culture.
Requirements
- Experience leading implementation of complex software products or platforms in an Agile environment, including managing dependencies, risks and technical issues.
- Ability to learn and apply new languages, technologies and modern engineering practices, including Infrastructure as Code.
- Ability to influence technical decisions, challenge assumptions and collaborate with architects, engineers and stakeholders across multiple teams and business units.
- Desirable experience with Ruby, Python or Java.
- Desirable experience building, maintaining and orchestrating containers with Docker, Docker Compose or Kubernetes.
- Desirable experience with AWS or Google Cloud Platform.
- Desirable experience with the OpenStack ecosystem.
- Desirable experience with the ELK Stack and Kafka.
- Desirable database experience including relational databases, SQL, Oracle or PostgreSQL.
Benefits
- 10% on-target annual bonus.
- Online private GP access 24/7 for the employee and immediate family.
- Up to two weeks of paid carers leave.
- Equalized maternity, paternity and adoption leave, including 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay.
- Discounted EE and BT mobile and broadband products.
- Market-leading pension scheme with 5% employee and 10% employer contributions.
- Holiday purchase scheme.
- Optional healthcare, dental, gym memberships and other benefits.
- Location: Birmingham.
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About BT
BT Group builds and operates telecom networks and digital services for consumers, enterprises, and public‑sector clients, selling broadband, fixed-line voice, mobile (via EE), and managed network, cloud, and cyber security services. It is headquartered in London and listed on the London Stock Exchange, with American depositary shares on the NYSE. BT also owns Openreach, which manages the UK’s fibre and copper access network used by multiple retail providers.