IP Network Designer
Posting Date: 9 Jan 2025
Unit: Networks
Location: 1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Working Style: 3 days a week in office, 2 days anywhere
We are looking for 2 Network Design Specialists to join our team in London.
Our internal Networks unit is responsible for designing, building and running the networks and technology platforms that BT, and our customers, rely on. Across our fibre, mobile, Wi-Fi and core networks, BT is a connectivity powerhouse, leading the world in the adoption of converged, automated, programmable network technologies.
What you’ll be doing
* Define and agree IP network designs for the mobile core, in line with architecture and with operational and security requirements.
* Produce high quality design documentation; High Level and Low Level Designs.
* Liaise with vendors and suppliers to ensure delivery of solutions and alignment of roadmaps.
* Propose improvements to processes and technologies used.
* Provide technical consultancy at a platform and/or overall solution level to other teams and business units.
* Define test requirements and test strategy for new designs.
* Maintain standards for Mobile Core IP network infrastructure.
* Drive the implementation of core and cloud infrastructure security to manage risks and exposure.
* Undertake routine daily activities and be accountable for system design, build, testing, validation, maintenance, and ongoing support of all network infrastructure components.
* Implement new and enhanced network technology that aligns to customers’ strategic direction for enterprise and remote site connectivity.
* Manage the installation, testing, and setup of new network hardware both physical and virtual (firewalls, routers, switching, monitoring) hardware and software.
* Execute engineering efforts to ensure currency and supportability of networking technology.
* Participate in technology lifecycle planning, including contributing to the development of the technology roadmaps and Network Health Assessments.
* Deliver the required documentation, knowledge transfer and training to successfully land new solutions into the support organisation.
* Provide support for problem escalations from the global network support organisation.
* Drive impact with a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within the Network Engineering team and other related teams.
* Mentor other Engineering professionals, helping to improve the team’s abilities by acting as a technical resource.
* Champion, continuously develop and share with team knowledge on emerging trends and changes in Network Engineering.
What you'll bring
Mandatory
* IP networking experience in a service provider environment
* Network Implementation
* Network Delivery
* Network Security
* Network Configuration
* Network Integration
* Network Design
* Technical Documentation
* Growth Mindset
* Decision Making
Nice to have
* Ability to build business relationships, negotiating what works for both parties, in a collaborative approach.
* Experience of coaching and supporting the development of other team members.
* Mobile Core Network knowledge
* Health & Safety
* Troubleshooting
* Network Testing
* Event Planning
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.
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.
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