Cloud Engineering Specialist

Job Description

Voice has always been a key part of our business and the transition to IP based solutions has opened up opportunities for changing how everyone interacts with their services. When you join us a Cloud Engineer you ll have the opportunity to be a part of a team building these future services and helping to define how people consume these services. You ll be able to use your skills to simplfy how our customers connect with each other. This role is required to fulfil the different requirements to be delivered in Voice platforms within specified deadlines and to satisfactory standards. This role is also necessary in order to achieve a successful integration with the rest of the components across the platform. What you ll be doing The role is for an enthusiastic, passionate cloud engineer responsible for taking BT forward. You ll be expected to work closely with the development, design, ops and test teams to ensure that our services are delivered reliably. You ll be: Taking care of deployments of infrastructure, networking, software packages, containers Automating deployments of the same Implementing up to date security practices Managing issue diagnosis and resolution of infrastructure, software, networking, etc. Working responsibly in a team to ensure that communication is kept at a high standard Spreading your experience and knowledge to junior team members. Wanting to learn new things and keen to bring the team onboard with new ideas. We ll also need to see these on your CV In depth knowledge of Linux, command line, server management, packages, issue diagnosis with hands on experience Good experience with TCP/IP, HTTP, SIP, DNS, and Linux tooling for debugging the same Comfortable with Bash/Python scripting Strong understanding of Git Automation of deployments through Ansible Infrastructure as Code experience through Terraform Strong cloud experience, preferably Azure Implementing network security, zero trust architecture, secret management, etc. Good exposure with container technologies: Docker/Containerd/Podman Container orchestration: Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize GitOps tooling: FluxCD/ArgoCD CI/CD frameworks, e.g. Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins Exposure to Observability tooling, e.g. ELK stack, Prometheus Exposure to RDBMS, e.g. MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL Exposure to NoSQL, e.g. Redis, Cassandra Exposure to Service Discovery, e.g. Consul, etcd, ZooKeeper Exposure to Message Queues, e.g. Kafka, Redis Jira, Agile and Scrum Our leadership standards Looking in: Leading inclusively and Safely I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity. Owning outcomes I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation. Looking out: Delivering for the customer I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business. Commercially savvy I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making. Looking to the future: Growth mindset I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation. Building for the future I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.