Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Job Req ID: 60510

Posting Date: 13th July 2026

Closing Date: 27th July 2026

Location: Manchester / Ipswich / London

About the role

Network Cloud is a large-scale private cloud platform underpinning critical BT network services. As BT continues its transformation towards cloud native networking, Kubernetes has become a strategic platform component, enabling the deployment and operation of modern network functions and supporting services.

The Kubernetes Platform Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, automation and operation of Kubernetes-based platform capabilities across the Network Cloud estate. The role works within the Platform Engineering team to develop and improve BT’s Kubernetes managed service, ensuring it remains secure, scalable, reliable and operationally supportable.

This is a hands on engineering role that combines platform development, automation, operations and continuous improvement.

You will be joining a growing platform engineering function with the opportunity to influence technical direction, contribute to strategic platform initiatives, and help shape the future of cloud-native infrastructure within BT.

This role is hybrid (3 days in office) in either Manchester / Ipswich / London

What you’ll be doing

• Design, build and enhance Kubernetes platform capabilities within BT private cloud environments.
  
• Develop and maintain platform automation using Infrastructure as Code and software engineering best practices.
  
• Implement and improve deployment, upgrade and lifecycle management processes for Kubernetes clusters and supporting services.
  
• Integrate networking, monitoring, logging and security capabilities into the Kubernetes platform.
  
• Support platform reliability through proactive improvement and troubleshooting
  
• Contribute to incident resolution and problem management activities for platform services.
  
• Evaluate emerging technologies and contribute to proof of concept activities.
  
• Support the transition of new platform capabilities into production and drive continuous service improvement.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting experience.
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating Kubernetes platforms in production environments.
• Experience deploying or operating platforms within private cloud or on-premises environments.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Ansible.
• Strong networking fundamentals.
• Experience with CI/CD, GitOps and automation practices.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Experience with OpenStack or VMware environments.
• Experience with Rancher/RKE2 and Cluster API-based Kubernetes lifecycle management.
• Experience with bare-metal provisioning and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Scripting and automation experience using Python or Golang.
• Knowledge of enterprise storage platforms and Kubernetes CSI integrations.
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault, PKI and certificate management.
• Understanding of Telco Cloud technologies including SR-IOV, Multus and DPDK.

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:

• 10% on target annual bonus
• Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
• Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
• Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
• Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
• Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
• Holiday purchase scheme

You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.