Broadband Network Test Professional Ipswich, England
Job description
Broadband Network Test Professional
Broadband Network Test is vital to the delivery cycle between design and deployment into BT’s live platforms. The Broadband Team uses BT’s world-renowned Network Test Facility to verify new products before launch and validate hardware/software upgrades that enhance BT’s Broadband ISP platforms. This role ensures that BT’s customers receive the best Broadband Service.
The purpose of the Network Test Professional is to be accountable for executing/documenting and automating the test activities for the Broadband platforms and the services they support. The successful candidate will work alongside a close-knit team based in our Adastral office. In addition, the role offers an opportunity for hybrid working (3 days in the office and 2 days wherever you like).
- Technical Leadership of Network Test activities, delivering them as efficiently as possible to support developing and maintaining the network platform and services.
- Adhere to all Test processes, for example, Jira updates & Model environment best practices.
- Utilise the Model environment to verify new products before launch and validate hardware/software updates.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in assigned projects
- Build and maintain positive working relationships with stakeholders across and outside the business.
- Share knowledge within and outside of the team. Where appropriate, take ownership and coordinate.
- Contribute to Test Collaborative Goals to enable the team to go beyond Limits.
- Minimum Cisco CCNA or equivalent certification
- Intermediate or Basic skills in network automation using Python/Ansible or similar technologies.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Intermediate knowledge of network implementation, configuration, troubleshooting, integration, and testing.
- Proven experience in creating technical documentation.
- Experience in using Python-based tools to assist network configuration and testing.
- Experience with Broadband network technologies such as PPP/Radius AAA
- Proven experience in Network Infrastructure Testing (e.g., Vendor code upgrades, regression testing, in-life issue testing, new feature platform/product testing).
- Competitive salary
- 10% on target bonus
- BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
- 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
- Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan
- World-class training and development opportunities
- Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages
- Access to 100’s of retail discounts including the BT shop
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. As Philip Jansen, our CEO, says ‘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.
