Cloud Engineering Specialist in City of Westminster

Overview

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. This role is based in London, onsite five days a week, Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week. You will need to be eligible to obtain DV Security Clearance before starting this role and will need to have lived in the UK for 10+ years to be eligible.

What you’ll be doing

• Be hands on in the build and development of world class secure cloud-based solutions as part of an agile delivery team.
• Lead the design of cloud solutions.
• Work directly with our customers to understand their requirements.
• Work with support teams to enable management and monitoring of cloud-based systems, and their ongoing support.
• Provide third line support to deployed cloud-based solutions.
• Line manage several more junior members of the team, assisting them in their professional development.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Experience with AWS cloud services, including compute and appropriate managed services.
• Experience in developing for cloud with iterative full-stack development in languages such as Node.js or Python.
• Experience delivering Kubernetes or AWS EKS solutions.
• Experience managing infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform or AWS CloudFormation).
• Experience managing or mentoring more junior colleagues.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins).
• Experience automating 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).
• Familiarity with microservice and container-based deployment strategies and a zero-trust security model.
• Some experience migrating on-prem solutions to AWS.
• Experience with other cloud platforms such as Azure and GCP.

Other information

Security is a priority for BT and the organisation relies on robust cybersecurity. The company operates globally with a focus on protecting networks and delivering scale, breadth and impact. This role forms part of BT’s security engineering functions and aligns with BT’s commitment to inclusive and diverse work environments.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
• On-call allowance (depending on role requirements)
• 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
• Flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan
• World-class training and development opportunities
• From January 2025, equal family leave: 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at statutory rate
• Enhanced women’s health support
• 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
• 2 weeks paid carer’s leave
• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes
• Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages
• Access to discounts including the BT shop