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BT Group • GBR Belfast - Riverside Tower

Technical Operations Authority - Specialist

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Req ID: 60381

Posting Date: 6th July 2026

Function: Service

Location: Belfast (3 days per week in the office)

Salary: Competitive

Please note you must either hold or be eligible for SC (Security Clearance) & NPPV 3 Clearance for this role, which will require a minimum of 5 years working history in the UK to be eligible.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that is shaping the future of communication and helping us become the number one service provider in the European business market. As a skilled technical engineer, you’ll deliver critical managed data services and technical support using market-leading technologies, enabling customers to achieve their business goals through secure, reliable, and innovative network solutions. We’re looking for a driven and engaging individual with a passion for technology, problem-solving, and delivering exceptional service that makes a real impact for customers, communities, and colleagues alike.

What you’ll be doing

  • Take ownership of the end-to-end technical health of live services, ensuring stability, security, and continuous improvement throughout the customer contract lifecycle.
  • Act as the primary technical authority for customers, BT teams, and partners, providing clear guidance on complex changes, risks, incidents, and service impacts.
  • Lead the resolution of complex incidents by coordinating internal teams, suppliers, and third parties to restore service quickly and effectively.
  • Proactively manage the technical estate by identifying risks, vulnerabilities, capacity concerns, and opportunities to improve performance, resilience, and value.
  • Build trusted relationships with customers and stakeholders, using technical expertise and clear communication to influence decisions and drive successful outcomes.

Essential Skills / Experience

  • Technical governance and risk-based decision making, including assessing risk, interpreting technical standards, and making informed, defensible decisions.
  • Incident leadership and operational coordination, including managing live incidents, directing response activity, engaging stakeholders, and supporting timely service restoration.
  • End-to-end service understanding, including how production environments operate and how dependencies across systems, customers, and suppliers influence outcomes.
  • Automation and observability mindset, including improving operational efficiency through tooling, dashboards, alerting, runbooks, and automation.
  • Commercial awareness, stakeholder management, and professional development, including understanding SLAs and OLAs, communicating effectively across teams, coaching others, and holding relevant technical accreditation at Professional or Specialist level with ITIL knowledge.

Desirable Skills / Experience

  • Excellent understanding of network and software-defined networking data network technologies (such as, Cisco, Aruba, Juniper, Fortinet, Nutanix, AWS, Azure, etc) / emerging technologies across the full IT spectrum.
  • Experience of technically supporting a 24/7 live managed customer solution across networking technology towers, utilising a host of 3rd parties and suppliers

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
• Equalized 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.

Flexible Working
This role offers a 3 together, 2 wherever working model. This means you are required to be at your contractual location 3 days a week with 2 flexible days per week.

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Company benefits

25 (UK, increasing with service) / 21 (India) days annual leave + bank holidays
Adoption leave – 18 weeks full pay, 8 weeks half pay, 6 months statutory
Bank holiday swaps
Buy or sell annual leave – buy up to 5 days/year pro rata
Carer’s leave – Two weeks paid leave
Cinema discounts
Coaching
Compassionate leave
Complimentary Medical Services
Cycle to work scheme
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave – 18 weeks full pay, 8 weeks half pay, 6 months statutory
Enhanced paternity leave – 18 weeks full pay, 8 weeks half pay, 6 months statutory
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Enhanced sick pay – 3 months
Faith rooms
In house training
L&D budget – sponsored accreditation available for certain professions
Learning platform – internal and external learning content via Degreed
Learning license – unlimited access
Lunch and learns
Mental health platform access – Silvercloud
Mentoring
Neonatal leave
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Optional unpaid leave
Private GP service – 24/7 virtual GP access for UK colleagues
Referral bonus
Returnship
Salary sacrifice
Share options
Shared parental leave
Travel loan
Volunteer days – 3 volunteer days per year
Reservist leave
Fertility treatment leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Pregnancy support
Fertility treatment leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Pregnancy support
On-site catering
On-site barista
On-site shower
Modern office
Collaboration spaces
Private booths
On-site wellness room
Open to part-time employees
Open to compressed hours

Working at BT Group

Company employees:

100,000 across BT Group (24,000 at BT Business)

Gender diversity (m:f):

74.3:25.7 (BT Group)

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Top 10 - Most Family Friendly Company

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