As a DevOps Engineering Team lead at BT Group, you will play a pivotal role in leading our DevOps team to deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable infrastructure and services. You will be responsible for driving the adoption of DevOps best practices, fostering collaboration between development and operations teams, and ensuring the smooth operation of our systems. This role requires strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and a passion for driving continuous improvement. This job role will be centered around our new Global Fabric platform, looking at how we transform the management and delivery of Networks. What you'll be doing - your accountabilities 1. Technical Leadership:
* Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, providing guidance and support in technical decision-making and problem-solving.
* Drive the adoption of best practices in software development, continuous integration, and continuous delivery (CI/CD) across the organization.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions.
2. People Leadership:
* Build and nurture a high-performing DevOps team through effective coaching, mentoring, and professional development initiatives.
* Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning within the team.
* Lead by example, promoting a positive and inclusive work environment where team members feel empowered to contribute and grow.
3. Technical Expertise:
* Utilize a modern programming language such as Python to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes.
* Demonstrate expertise in CI/CD pipelines, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of software applications.
* Leverage your knowledge of network engineering principles to design and maintain robust networking infrastructure.
4.. Technology Stack:
* Experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes for managing containerized applications at scale.
* Proficiency in managing and maintaining data infrastructure using technologies such as Elasticsearch, Apache Kafka, and MySQL/NoSQL databases.
* Familiarity with Potential for network automation and orchestration.
* Strong understanding of configuration management tools such as Ansible for automating infrastructure configuration and management.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related field or relevant experience.
* Proven experience in a DevOps or infrastructure engineering role, with at least 5 years of experience in a leadership or managerial capacity.
* Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer, with a strong background in a modern programming language such as Python.
* Demonstrated expertise in CI/CD pipelines and associated tools (e.g. GitLab CI).
* Proficiency in containerization technologies, specifically Kubernetes.
* Experience with monitoring and logging solutions such as Elastic search, Apache Kafka, and Prometheus.
* Familiarity with configuration management tools like Ansible.
* Knowledge of the deployment of software (or code) to a variety of types of Infrastructure (including Virtual Machines, Routers, Switches and Compute hardware).
* An understanding and awareness of cyber security, the impact of not managing it properly and how to continually audit and prove compliance.
* A base understanding of network fundamentals (to include: common network protocols (BGP, IS-IS, etc).
* Experience working with both relational (MySQL) and NoSQL databases.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
* Proven leadership abilities, with a track record of mentoring and guiding junior team members.
Member of a professional body e.g. Institution of Engineering and Technology.
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.' We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you'll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won't be alone: we'll be there with help and support, learning and development. 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.