Virtual Infrastructure and Automation Specialist

Job Req ID: 32651

Posting Date: 30 Apr 2024

Function: Infrastructure

Unit: Networks

Location:

Rowley Lane, Borehamwood, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive with great benefits

Career Grade: D

Internal Closing Date: 21/05/24

Location: Borehamwood or London

Why this job matters

Our purpose is to use the power of communication to make a better world. For each other, for our customers, for society and our communities.

EE’s Technology Labs within TSDD provide our customers with the best Mobile Telecoms Network Test Facility in the UK, enabling development, testing and integration of world-class solutions, on the best in-class environments.

What you’ll be doing

• You will support BT Technology Labs’ Mobile Core Network components – helping our Testers, Designers and Operations to work together to make EE & BT’s fixed and mobile services the best in the UK.

• You will ensure the timely availability of robust and proven test environments, building against a defined standard and ensuring appropriate connectivity between systems both internally and externally, applying appropriate security.

Skills and Experience

This is an opportunity for a highly energetic individual to drive innovation in Software Defined Network (SDN) related technologies for delivering production Network Function Virtualization (NFV) services within BT.

You will be responsible for supporting next generation NFV service delivery platform based on cutting edge NFV, SDN technologies, cloud virtualization technologies, and cloud computing technologies that are revolutionizing telecom industries.

You will also have strong background in driving good practice around process – specifically Fault, Change and Configuration Management.

You will have both the technical skills and proven experience to provide 1st and 2nd line support in one or more of the following areas.

• Cloud and Network Architectural understanding in areas of applications, virtualization, network and security with Software Defined Network(SDN)/Network Function Virtualization(NFV)

• Kubernetes/OpenStack/Charms

• Ansible

• Nagios

• Windows Server Administration and deployment 2003/2008/2016/2019

• Active Directory/WSUS/DNS/App-V

• Citrix XenApp/vApps

• Virtualization – VMWARE ESXI 6.7 and 7.0, Vcenter 6.7, 7.0, vSAN Storage, VCD,Workspace, NSX-T, NSX-V.

• Dell/EMC NetWorker and DataDomain

• Symantic NetBackup 7.X

• Linux – Oracle Linux /Ubuntu/SUSE/Redhat

• Dell PowerEdge/HP Proliant/Cisco UCS Platforms

You will be an excellent team player, comfortable collaborating with both local and remote team members. You will be customer focussed – setting high standards and driving good practice across the team. You will want to progress your own career – taking advantage of opportunities to evolve and expand both your own knowledge and capabilities and helping others around you.

Benefits

• 10% on target bonus

• BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%

• 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service

• Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan

• World-class training and development opportunities

• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.

• Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages

• Access to 100’s of retail discounts including the BT shop

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.