Network Engineer And Test Professional

Why BT

We’ve always been an organisation with a purpose; to use the power of communication to make a better world. You can trace this back to our beginning as pioneers of the world’s firs telecommunications company. At our heart we’re a technology company with research and innovation in our bones and a desire to be personal, simple, and brilliant for our customers - those are the values we live by whilst also creating an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can succeed.Our pursuit of progress over the past 180 years has established BT as a strong, successful brand, with huge scale capable of achieving great things. From supporting emergency services, hospitals, banks and keeping economies around the world online, safe and secure, to delivering large scale technology infrastructure like the creation of BT Sport.

Today in this fast-changing, always on, digital world our purpose remains true. Yet the market conditions, regulations and competition we face are tougher than ever before. So, if you have the drive, optimism and resilience to help propel us forward we’ll offer unrivalled personal development, a wealth of opportunities to learn, experience new things and pursue new careers. If that’s you and what you’re looking for, we’d love you to be part of our future.

Why this role matters

Our purpose is to use the power of communication to make a better world. For each other, for our customers, for society and our communities.

In this role I will ensure the best customer experience for our CP’s and their end users through the testing of new networks capability to assist the Openreach NGA, Ethernet and Optical network products. The products underpinned by my network testing will be used to create mass communications networks to enable the connectivity of end users

Roles & Responsibilities

• Own & Contribute in all test operations and activities related to Openreach NGA, Ethernet and Optical network products owning and / or managing interfaces to network delivery management, network design
• Manage demand for test, accept test timescales and manage to completion
• Analyse Network Model Requirements , accept test/ model support with relevant test teams in timely fashion providing clear communication and feedback on task.
• Apply my expert knowledge of Access, Ethernet & Optical network solutions to advise systems test teams
• Ensure timely formulation , review & approval of Test scope, test pack with key stakeholders for all acted test demands
• Ensure high quality of documentation i.e. STC2, demand scope, test scope, test plan etc
• Identify and drive through opportunities to continuously improve our ways of working.
• Report progress, issues and escalations in appropriate timescale and manner.
  
  

Experience

• Networking L2 & L3 Technology
• Broadband technologies (FTTx, VDSL2, G.FAST, GPON, Radio, PPP)
• Software testing experience of 3yrs minimum, preferably in telecoms, definitely in complex environment.
• Expert in developing test strategies, test environment setup, test data setup, test plans and test cases.
• Applies automation for the test scenarios with languages such as Python, TCL, Selenium.
• Experience in writing wrappers in Python and porting legacy scripts to python.
• Well Experienced with any keyword driven framework such as Robot-Framework and version control system such as Git-Lab/Git-hub.
• Testing experience in web services technology like XML, JSON, YML REST-API, SOAP and POSTMAN.
• Knowledge of CI/CD to support continuous automation and deployment process.
• Hands on with traffic generator IXIA internal python APIs is more preferred.
  
  

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.

DONT 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. Were committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt 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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