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Solution Architect Specialist

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2 months ago
Cheltenham, United KingdomSenior

Responsibilities

  • Work with customers to understand technical needs and define software and hardware choices for the big data platform and data lake.
  • Design, build, deploy, scale, and support resilient core infrastructure across hardware, software, and customer-facing applications.
  • Administer Kubernetes clusters and deploy, optimize, and troubleshoot Kubernetes applications.
  • Automate system builds, deployment, maintenance, auditing, patching, and updates.
  • Manage distributed storage, monitoring, capacity planning, and expansion of system capabilities.
  • Support platform users, improve inefficient ways of working, and investigate best-of-breed technologies for cyber security analysts.
  • Develop junior team members, create training plans, and contribute to knowledge-sharing activities.

Requirements

  • Linux system administration experience.
  • Knowledge of big data technologies and data lakes.
  • Experience setting up, configuring, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters.
  • Experience deploying applications, optimizing application resilience, and troubleshooting Kubernetes deployments.
  • Experience with distributed storage such as Ceph.
  • Experience developing and using Helm charts and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Fleet.
  • Experience with system monitoring tools such as CheckMK, Prometheus, Grafana, or Loki.
  • Experience building and deploying Docker containers.
  • Experience automating system deployment with tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
  • Familiarity with Trino, Spark, Apache Hive, Apache Airflow, and Zeppelin notebooks is desirable.
  • Must be eligible to obtain DV Security Clearance before starting and have lived in the UK for 10+ years to be eligible.

Benefits

  • 10% on-target annual bonus.
  • Online private GP access for the employee and immediate family.
  • Up to two weeks of paid carers leave.
  • Equalized maternity, paternity, and adoption leave, including 18 weeks at full pay and 8 weeks at half pay.
  • Discounted EE and BT mobile and broadband products.
  • Pension scheme with 5% employee and 10% employer contributions.
  • Holiday purchase scheme and optional healthcare, dental, gym membership, and other benefits.
  • Full-time role with flexible working options including job sharing and reduced hours; reasonable selection-process adjustments are available.
  • A £5k annual DV allowance may be payable monthly while the employee holds DV clearance and works in a role requiring it.

Tech Stack

AnsibleApache AirflowApache HiveApache SparkChefDockerGrafanaHelmKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPuppet

Categories

Solutions Engineering
BT

About BT

10,000+ employees

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.

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