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Electrical Specialist

Job Req ID:  43993
Posting Date:  27 Feb 2025
Function:  Engineering
Unit:  Networks
Location: 

Snowhill, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Salary:  Competitive with Great Benefits

Why this job matters

The Network Architect Manager manages a team of network architects in the delivery and maintenance of network architecture across group locations including data centres and cloud providers, supporting internal and external customer's operational needs.

What you’ll be doing

1. Manages the implementation of network policies and procedures, including envisioning and shaping network policy.
2. Manages the design of network topologies, architectures, and services that solve complex business requirements.
3. Coordinates the collaboration efforts with other engineering teams to automate various processes, owning capacity planning and implementation.
4. Manages team members to deploy, and operate infrastructure, including the implementation of the design and evolution of network architecture .
5. Manages and executes efforts to optimise network performance by growing and modifying existing networks, leveraging new and emerging technologies in support of application services.
6. Champions, continuously develops and shares with team knowledge on emerging trends and changes in network architecture.
7. Coaches talent, and manages others, to develop capabilities and ensure performance through upskilling, development and recruitment
8. Implements ways to improve working processes within the area of network architecture responsibility including optimising network performance by growing and modifying existing networks, as well as leveraging new and emerging technologies in support of application services

The skills you’ll need

Technology Integration
Relationship Building
Network Architecture
Requirements Gathering
Change Management
Network Security
Cloud Networking
Product Roadmapping
Technology Deployment
Cloud Computing
Solution Design
Pre Sales
Network Design
Project/Programme Management
Prototyping
Talent Management
Decision Making
Growth Mindset
Performance Management
Inclusive Leadership

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.

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.’

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.

 

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

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