Software Engineering Professional

Job Req ID: 61349

Posting Date: 15-August-2026

Function: Software Engineer

Location: Bengaluru

Salary: Competitive

About the role

• The Physical Network Inventory team are responsible for maintaining the GIS inventory systems that are used to plan and build the Openreach network.
• These systems have been fundamental in supporting the Openreach rollout of full fibre to the UK.
• The role also involves futureproofing these critical systems to ensure they remain available, operational and well supported into the future.

What you’ll be doing

As a hands-on GIS Developer with strong ESRI expertise, with telecom domain experience, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining geospatial applications and network inventory solutions. The role will focus on ESRI platform implementation and customization, data modelling, integrations, and spatial analytics supporting telecom network use cases.
GIS Application Development
• Design and develop GIS applications using ESRI technologies: ArcGIS Enterprise / ArcGIS Portal, ArcGIS Pro
• Build custom solutions using: ArcGIS SDKs, ArcPy, Python, JavaScript APIs (for web GIS apps)
• Configure and extend ESRI-based network models (UNM /TDN)
Integration & Data Management
• Integrate GIS systems with: OSS/BSS systems, Network inventory platforms, External APIs and enterprise systems
• Work with spatial databases: PostgreSQL / PostGIS
• Handle data migration, transformation, and validation of large-scale spatial datasets
Telecom Domain Alignment
• Implement GIS solutions aligned to telecom use cases like copper and Fibre network modelling (Equipments, ducts, cables, joints)
• Support modelling of: Connectivity, topology, and asset relationships
• Collaborate with business SMEs and architects on network data models
Platform Configuration & Performance
• Configure ArcGIS services, layers, and portals
• Optimize performance for large-scale GIS datasets
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency
Delivery & Support
• Participate in Agile delivery
• Support testing, deployment, and production issues

Essential Skills / Experience

ESRI / GIS Expertise
• Strong hands-on experience in: ArcGIS Enterprise / ArcGIS Pro, ESRI UNM, TDN / data models
• Development experience with: ArcPy / Python, ArcGIS JavaScript API
Technical Skills
• Experience with:
• PostgreSQL / PostGIS
• API development & integrations
• Data migration and ETL processes
• Understanding of: Geospatial data formats and standards

Experience:
• Essential:
• 5–10+ years in GIS development
• Proven hands-on ESRI implementation experience
• Strong problem-solving in spatial and network modelling
• Ability to bridge business (telecom) and technical GIS solutions
• Detail-oriented in data quality and modelling
• Collaborative with cross-functional teams

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Desirable:
• Experience with: PostgreSQL / PostGIS
• API development & integrations
• Data migration and ETL processes
• Understanding of: Geospatial data formats and standards

BT 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’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 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.