Security isn't always the first thing that comes to mind when you think of BT, but when it comes to keeping everyone safely connected, We Are The Protectors. We deal with thousands of cyber-attacks every day, so that millions of people can safely go about their daily lives and run their businesses. We deliver vital work at scale, with real breadth and impact. We connect for good.

About this role

You'll be joining a specialist security team that is a trusted partner to governments worldwide, protecting critical national infrastructure and committed to the safety and security of our nation and global communities. Our mission focused work is innovative, inspiring and technologically challenging in a way that makes every day different and stimulating. We provide the opportunity to work on rare projects, with exciting tools and brilliant people. Everyone has access to unparalleled professional and personal development opportunities and your contribution is always valued. (SSG)

Engineering is a large multi-disciplined ‘professional services’ engineering practice. The team is organised in key customer focused capabilities which each have sub-capability areas comprising single or multiple engineering delivery projects. Our Engineering mantra is “Technical Excellence in Engineering” and we deliver some amazing technical capabilities for our customers which can only happen if we recruit, train and support our people.

As a technical specialist you’ll be working within a fast-paced, constantly evolving team that uses DevOps methodologies to deliver world class secure platforms that make a real difference to our customers. From operating systems, build automation, deployment, monitoring, data storage, virtualisation and in-life management and threat detection and remediation, you’ll be delivering the platforms that many of our programmes depend upon. You’ll also be deeply involved in the full engineering delivery life-cycle, including working directly with customers to understand and capture requirements/user stories, through to integration, acceptance and customer sign off.

You'll have the following responsibilities

•Provide the technical direction for the build and delivery of world class secure platforms, through the creation of high and low level designs.

•Be hands on in the build and deployment of platforms, including the configuration of operating systems, provisioning virtualised environments, building storage solutions and carrying out network configuration. 

•Use automation technologies as a standard part of platform build.

•Build and deploy monitoring and observability solutions on to developed platforms.

•Work directly with customers to understand and capture requirements/user stories, through to integration, acceptance and customer sign, ensuring delivered solutions align to customer expectations.

•Lead delivery teams by providing delivery management to ensure on time and high quality delivery.

•Provide technical coaching and mentoring to more junior team members. 

 Team Responsibilities and Functions

•Design, Development and Support of Highly Secure Critical Infrastructure.

•Utilised as subject matter experts in core systems capabilities with direct vendor engagement.

•Collaborate with our customers to mitigate and remove system vulnerabilities while providing high levels of system uptime

•Continually improve and enhance platform through instrumentation of observability platform and feedback loops.

You'll have the following skills & experience

Skills required for the job

•Core competencies: A highly self-motivated and confident thinker, able to lead and work as part of a team to deliver complex solutions.

•Leadership: We will require you to lead and manage a diverse and geographically disparate technical team.

•Problem Solving: In this role you will be required to solve the problems others cannot. A methodical approach to diagnosing and resolving issues with clear communication to both senior and junior members of the business is necessary.

•Technical Breadth: The tasks we undertake are normally at the intersection point of numerous technical disciplines. The most successful engineers are those who are able to move beyond their area of expertise into other technical domains (e.g. Software, Networking or Security).

•Continuous Learning: Today’s skills may not meet tomorrow’s challenges. In this role you will be expected to continually develop your skills and, with our support, ensure you remain technically relevant.

Experience you would be expected to have

Essential

•Experience in developing, maintaining and tuning Elastic.

•Experience using Security monitoring tools and frameworks, for example NiFi.

•Experience developing, maintaining and tuning End Point monitoring software and tools.

Desirable

•Experience of leading a team of technical professionals using using modern software development methodologies (e.g. Atlassian and/or Gitlab).

•Experience in developing and maintaining continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines using test tooling such as Molecule, Jenkins, Pester and Robot)

•instrumenting networks and monitoring using observability platforms such as Elastic (NoSQL), Influx or Prometheus (TSDB) with experience dashboarding using tools such as Grafana or Kibana.

•Automating deployments and configuration management of Linux and/or Windows systems using Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Ansible, Puppet and Terraform

•System integration skills using programming/scripting languages such as Python, Powershell and Bash.

•Worked on hybrid cloud/on premise virtualisation and container platforms (e.g VMware and/or Kubernetes).

Due to the sensitive nature of our work, you will be required to gain and maintain high level government security clearance and be willing to undergo the initial enhanced screening.  All job offers are conditional on these requirements. You will need to  have UK residency for 9 out of the last 10 years and  be a UK national. At least one of your parents is also required to be either a British citizen or hold citizenship/nationality

Benefits

Free BT Broadband

Discounted TV & mobile packages and BT products

On target Bonus

Share options and 10% pension contribution

Professional development and paid for industry certifications/qualifications

Flexible benefits/rewards including dental insurance, healthcare, gym memberships etc.

Well-being support for you and your family

3 days paid volunteering a year

Flexible and smart working (subject to business needs)

About BT

There are two things that we want to share with anyone considering joining us.

Firstly, we’ve got big ambitions for our colleagues and the future of the organisation. These include our vision that inclusion and accessibility drive every conversation we have and every decision we make. We want our workforce to fully represent the communities and customers we serve, because a diverse business is a better business. We value every colleague, their diversity and the contribution that they make. When we say you’re welcome at BT, we really mean it.

Secondly, the one thing the pandemic has taught us is that a lot of current and future colleagues, where and when possible, want to embrace hybrid working. Therefore, we are introducing Smart Working at BT. Smart Working means having the flexibility to choose, as a team, how and where you work depending on your team’s deliverables and needs; when you are at your shared core location to connect with others and when not. It may not be for every role, and, as part of the recruitment process, you’ll have the chance to discuss Smart Working and how it might work for the job you are applying for.

Security isn’t always the first thing that people think of with BT, but it is one of the fastest growing parts of our global organisation. We protect our networks from more than 6,500 cyber-attacks each day, invest over £40m in research each year and employ more than 3,000 people - which makes us the largest private cyber security employer in the UK. With incredible opportunities to learn, develop and grow your skills, we’ll invest in you, nurture potential and shape your future – whatever your background or experience. You can find out more about Security in BT here

In today’s world, safe and secure digital connections have never been more vital. You’ll be joining a global company operating at the forefront of the information age: BT employs 90,000 people in 180 countries. With huge scale, we’re capable of achieving great things, striving to be personal, simple, and brilliant for our customers whilst creating an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can succeed. Play your part. Make a difference. We are the Protectors.

How to Apply

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