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Our mission is to break down the barriers of today to release the potential of tomorrow. Join us today and release yours.There are two things that we want to share with anyone considering joining us.Firstly, we ve got big ambitions for our colleagues and the future of the organisation. These include our vision that inclusion and accessibility drive every conversation we have and every decision we make. We want our workforce to fully represent the communities and customers we serve, because a diverse business is a better business. We value every colleague, their diversity and the contribution that they make. When we say you re welcome at BT, we really mean it.Secondly, the one thing the pandemic has taught us is that a lot of current and future colleagues, where and when possible, want to embrace hybrid working. Therefore, we are introducing smart working at BT. Smart working means having the flexibility to choose, as a team, how and where you work depending on your team s deliverables and needs; when you are at your shared core location to connect with others and when not. It may not be for every role, and, as part of the recruitment process, you ll have the chance to discuss smart working and how it might work for the job you are applying for. About this roleThanks to our portfolio strategy, the Cloud of Clouds, we provide high-performance, integrated and secure network and IT infrastructure services to global customers. It means our customers can connect easily and securely to the applications and data they need, wherever they are in the world. Our Digital Global strategy we are moving to will help create a better future for Global and our people. With a business focused around a global customer base and a portfolio of scalable repeatable solutions, supported by outstanding customer service and market-leading security.To deliver it we need to focus where we can be brilliant, be more straightforward to do business with and meet customer needs with greater agility. This will help us to become a more profitable, predictable and customer-focused business. Youll have the following responsibilitiesProvides technical concurrence and sign off for high profile and/or critical network changes on major BT core platforms and/or customer bids; accountable for managing technical risk for major platforms.Provides consultancy on network designs for multiple platforms and/or solutions and/or customersDevelops design patterns across multiple domains.Responsible for establishing design best practice within a unit.Responsible for estimating the time and type of resource needed to support deliverables for complex, high impact and high value projects.Drives Right First Time solutions and leads lessons learnedProposes technical strategy to network platforms and/or customer solutions factoring in high impact and high risk as appropriate.Drives efficiency and scalability through the re-use of network designs and accountable for the design whilst it is deployed across the overall network platform and/or customer solution.Potentially leads a large matrix team (virtual) and is accountable for complex network development using innovative approaches to design (including cross-portfolio solutions). Leverages technical resource/s as required to deliver the solution.Decides on design scope and design to leading edge high impact and high risk network platforms and/or customer solutionsDecides on the time and type of resource needed to support deliverables for complex, high impact and high value projects.Provide design authority for complex solutions and/or platform designs.Decides on network models for design testing.Decides on approach to resolving customer affected issues to leading edge high impact and high risk network platforms and/or customer solutions, as appropriate.Resolves in-life issues to high risk and high impact network platforms and/or customer solutions, as appropriateDecides how to re-use network designs.Decides on implementation approaches of technology related transformation activity. Youll have the following skills & experienceMay lead technical design output from level 1, 2, 3, or 4 designers and/or third party resources.May lead a large matrix team of technical experts.Ability to support multiple customer domains across one or more technologiesProvides strong influence on senior stakeholders in terms of technical direction of platforms, which will influence commercial direction.Likely to lead on significant vendor selection for one or two domains.DYNS:Strong understanding of IP Networking and it s future directionCCNP/CCIE or equivalent desirableStrong understanding of software defined networking (SDN) including specialist in at least one key area (SD-WAN/NFV/SD Edge)Data Centre: Expert in the working and practices within large customer Data Centres.Cloud providers (e.g. Azure, Alibaba, AWS)Cisco ACI/NexusCCNP or equivalent desirableCloud Applications:Full understanding of BT Cloud Collaboration PortfolioCCNP or equivalent desirableAble to deliver significant stakeholder influence to resolve problems. Expected to give technical guidance to others to help resolve issues outside of the domain of the role.Provides thought leadership to senior internal stakeholders and customers regarding the overall future platform and/or customer solutions.Acts as a point of contact for technical expertise to advise senior stakeholders, internal and external. About BTBT has a key role in British society, fostering change and leading technology innovation. From delivering the Olympics, to supporting the emergency services, to investing more into research than any other UK technology company, we take pride in everything we do - and in the people who work here.Were now a global company operating at the forefront of the information age, employing 90,000 people in 180 countries. And were on a mission. Guided by our core values of Personal, Simple and Brilliant our goal is to help customers, communities and businesses overcome barriers and release their potential.So, if youre interested in the power of potential, why not join us today and release yours You can read more here about what its like to work at BT How to ApplyIts easy to apply online; you just need a copy of your up-to-date CV and to follow the step-by step process. Dont worry if you need to make changes - youll have the opportunity to review and edit your work on the final page. We look forward to receiving your application COVID-19 Notice : We ve changed our recruitment process so that we can continue to offer exciting opportunities in BT. We ve moved to virtual hiring until further notice - which includes video interviews and virtual onboarding, to make sure that we maintain candidate and employee safety,

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