Network Automation Specialist - London, United Kingdom - O2

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

It matters to us that Team O2 is as diverse as the communities we serve.

We welcome and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

Whoever you are, O2 has a place for you.

Come join us.

Job grade:
PTG/VM Level 5

Location(s): Reading/London

Closing Date: 07/03/23

About the role
Your role will be to help the NAT team delivering and supporting automations.

You will be responsible for pro-actively developing (using a variety of languages and tools), monitoring and maintaining automations.

You will also be responsible for supporting the apps and toolsets that are under the team's remit.

For this you will be required to handle 1st, 2nd and even 3rd line administration and support, resolving internal customer and network support system issues working with vendors, other Telefonica teams and managed services, as well as assisting in the delivery of fixes and upgrades to these systems to support the continuing network evolution.

Key Responsibilities

Be able to carry an end to end automation project: assessment, discovery, design and development.
Be able to code in different languages and configure and deploy to environments.
Engage with different teams across the company to understand their needs and assess potential automations.
Be able to support the automations and tools under the team's remit.
Be able to work together as a team with other developers, assisting and supporting each other.
Owning and managing tools and systems to ensure smooth workflows and delivery of projects, including version control systems and continuous development and continuous integration pipelines, using a variety of tools.
Managing resources such as servers and connectivity to enable projects to be delivered in ambitious timescales and quick turn around on incoming demand. Designing server architecture to enable secure and efficient deployment and reduce risk of downtime Liaise with all areas of the business to ensure the team has the support needed to drive automations

What We Need from You:

Essential Skills:

Key Soft Skills

Independent worker, able to lead and take ownership of a project from start to finish.
Great communication skills, able to explain a solution to nontechnical teams in a concise and clear manner.
Strong planning, organisation, prioritisation skills with good interpersonal skills.

Other technical and soft skills considered:

Working with the platform and database teams to ensure processes and toolsets availability meet the required SLA's.
Flexibility to work with different teams and parties to bring new automations and support/enhance the current ones.
Engage with projects and solution suppliers to ensure automation tools, systems and capability are fit for purpose and meets the operational requirements.
To be the technical point of contact for automation issues within Networks/Operations and act as an interface between projects, 2nd line support, design and monitor & fix teams.
Capable of analysing the operational process and be able to identify and isolate problematic areas, prioritise and focus to tackle business critical issues in the above areas.
Capable of understanding various service and architectural designs in order to carry out business impact assessment and be able to identify automation requirements and system development need.
Must be supportive of team aims and objectives and be able to work under periods of high pressure
Awareness of different business policies (including security) and procedures, project lifecycle and organisation structure.
Ability to work alone, be part of a team, or matrixmanage a virtual team across different business areas and have the flexibility to work extended and unsociable hours

We're looking to pay a great compensation package (depending on experience) for this position.

We also offer plenty of extras to sweeten the deal, which could include things like bonuses, life assurance cover, health care and lots of flexible benefits.

Also, every employee has their personal development supported with a LinkedIn learning account; plus other role specific learning available through our award-winning digital learning platform - O2 Campus.

We also believe a great work-life balance is important, so we're open to considering flexible working arrangements. Like to know more, feel free to raise it.

Join us and we'll encourage you to be bold every day. So take a deep breath, your career is about to go to exciting new places.