About this role
<p><strong>Recruiter: Krystle James</strong></p> <p><strong>Career Grade: D</strong></p> <p><strong>Internal Closing Date: 05/01/26</strong></p> <p class="paragraph"><span style="color:white">#BTSEC25</span></p> <p class="paragraph">Due to the sensitive nature of this role, you may be required to undergo DV (Developed Vetting) level Security Clearance (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels)">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels)</a>. An allowance of £5k per annum may be payable monthly while you hold this DV and continue to work in a role that requires that level of security clearance. The terms of this allowance will be made available if you are successful in being recruited into this role.</p> <p class="paragraph">Security isn’t always the first thing that comes to mind when you think of BT, but when it comes to keeping everyone safely connected, We Are The Protectors. We deal with thousands of cyber-attacks every day, so that millions of people can safely go about their daily lives and run their businesses. We deliver vital work at scale, with real breadth and impact. We connect for good.<br>You'll be joining a specialist security team that is a trusted partner to governments worldwide, protecting critical national infrastructure and committed to the safety and security of our nation and global communities. Our mission focused work is innovative, inspiring and technologically challenging in a way that makes every day different and stimulating. We provide the opportunity to work on rare projects, with exciting tools and brilliant people. Everyone has access to unparalleled professional and personal development opportunities and your contribution is always valued.</p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Why this job matters</b></H2> </div><div><p> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">The Cloud Engineering Specialist independently implements core infrastructure and security services in Amazon Web Services to deliver highly available and scalable services, automating time intensive processes whilst and meeting security and compliance objectives in all aspects of the secure cloud ecosystem.</p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong>This job role can be based in London, Cheltenham or Ipswich. Onsite (5 days office based). Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. DV Security Clearance is required. Must have lived in UK for 10+ years to obtain clearance. </strong></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>What you’ll be doing</b></H2> </div><div><p> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px" type="disc"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Be hands on in the build and development of world class secure cloud-based solutions as part of an agile delivery team.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Lead the design of cloud solutions.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Work directly with our customers to understand their requirements.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Working with support teams to enable management and monitoring of cloud-based systems, and their ongoing support. </span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Provide some third line support to deployed cloud-based solutions. </span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Line manage several more junior members of the team, assisting them in their professional development. </span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Essential Skills</H2> </div><div><p> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Cloud Architecture/Design</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Cloud Migration </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Cloud Deployment </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Software Development for Cloud </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Agile Methodologies</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">You'll definitely</H2> </div><div><p> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px" type="disc"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Have experience utilising AWS cloud services, both compute and appropriate managed services. </span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Have expertise in developing for cloud, with experience in iterative full-stack development in appropriate languages (for example node.js or Python).</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Have experience in delivering Kubernetes or AWS EKS solutions. </span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Have experience managing infrastructure-as-code, for example using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Have experience managing or mentoring more junior colleagues. </span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">You might even</H2> </div><div><p> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px" type="disc"> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Have some experience with CI/CD pipelines, and tools such as Jenkins. </span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Have experience automating specific management and maintenance activities, to support BAU tasks in complex systems environments. (e.g. new cloud account creation, bulk user management, environment housekeeping, monitoring and compliance).</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Have familiarity with micro-service and container based deployment strategies, and a zero trust authorization model.</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Some experience in the migration of on-prem solution to AWS. </span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Have experience with other cloud platforms such as Azure and GCP.</span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Benefits</H2> </div><div><p> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Competitive salary</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">10% on target bonus (Depending on country based)</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">World-class training and development opportunities</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">2 weeks paid carer’s leave </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">World-class training and development opportunities</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Access to 100’s of retail discounts including the BT shop</span></li> </ul> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> #LI-Onsite </p></div></div></div><p>Security is one of the fastest growing parts of our global organisation. We are protecting our networks from more than 6,500 cyber attacks each day, investing over £40m in research each year - and in employing nearly 3,000 people, we’re also the largest private cyber employer in the UK. With incredible opportunities to learn, develop and grow your skills, we’ll invest in you, nurture your potential and shape your future – whatever your background or experience. <br> <br> In today’s world, safe and secure digital connections have never been more vital. You’ll be joining a global company operating at the forefront of the information age: BT employs 90,000 people in 180 countries. With huge scale, we’re capable of achieving great things, striving to be personal, simple, and brilliant for our customers whilst creating an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can succeed. Play your part. Make a difference. We are the Protectors.</p> <p> </p> <p><b>A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.</p> <p><b>DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?</b></p> <p>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.</p>