Software Engineering Specialist

Job Description

Why this job matters

The Software Engineering Specialist independently executes advanced activities to deliver the engineering strategy and roadmap that supports BT's commercial strategy through cross functional business partnering and the participation of a team that pursues innovation as well as engineering excellence.

What you’ll be doing

• Drive Transformation across SRIMS program utilising open source frameworks and tools.
• Lead the Agile teams and build capabilities to drive the complete SDLC of a new product/enhancements in existing product.
• Build tools that are scalable, support fully automated DevOps CICD principles and have automated regression testing.
• Drive vendor teams and Bt teams to work collaboratively to deliver transformation programs in NG OSS.
• Conducting peer reviews within BT or with suppliers, including challenging the quality of development and use of software engineering practice.
• May be responsible for a level of integration of their solution with other solutions owned outside of their team.
• Typically have responsibility for technically coordinating a matrix team to deliver solutions.
• May be responsible for customer interaction and delivery of solution back to the customer.
• Contributing as a software consultant to architecture and solution design decisions towards the technology roadmap
• Responsible for working with third party suppliers on integrating and delivering a quality solution.
• Providing assurance for other software engineers including resolving complex issues, coaching & mentoring and contributing to their learning
• Accountable for the design and development of complex projects. This includes ensuring that contributing estimates are of a coherent quality of delivery; providing realistic inputs into delivering within agreed timelines and budgets; adequately documenting delivery; and ensuring correct functional and non-functional behaviour for the solution.

The skills you’ll need

. Experience in designing & development in Core Java/JS/Oracle/NoSQL technologies and lead from an Engineering point of view.
· Drive complete delivery of a transformation program in SRIMS area for Inventory, Provisioning , Fulfilment and Orchestration.
· To analyze problems and propose solutions with high quality.
· Very good understanding of telecom OSS domain.
· Ability to deep dive on technical areas and get the best outcome out of technically challenging situations.
· Possess good hands on experience and be able to mentor technical teams.
· Understand need of multiple projects and communicate them divisionally and/or cross-divisionally
· Adopt new and emerging technologies to provide solutions to meet challenging needs.
· Ability to debug complex issues and provide the right solution
· Ability to drive and validate technical and functional designs and lead to implementation.
· Responsible for ensuring application is uptodate in terms of patching to ensure lower vulnerabilities, latest open source software versions, access control policy and align with latest standards in terms of tools and technologies
· May involve liaising with internal, external and third party suppliers.

About us

BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.

Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.
While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK’s best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country’s biggest infrastructure companies.

Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.

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.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

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