Research Manager – Network Orchestration Architecture and Intent
BT Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bristol • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Managing research projects/tasks, both internal to Research and Network Strategy and with collaborative partners.
- Domain expert responsible for maintaining expertise in a specific technical domain.
- Responsible for intellectual property creation, managing patent filing in their team and supporting IPR exploitation where appropriate
- Accountable for defining and performing research in a specific Intelligent Service Orchestration domain and deliver high value across multiple domains
- Responsible for authoring thought leadership technical papers, capturing intellectual property
- Supervision of graduate and post-graduate student placements and secondments
Requirements
- Deep technical or domain expertise.
- Track record of automation systems design, programming skills, data management , AI and ML design.
- Strong academic record in technology specialism with post-graduate qualification(s) (PhD or equivalent research experience).
- Regularly presents to peers and managers about their research and area of technical expertise
- Skilled in patenting, technical publications, conference presentations etc.
- Strong skills in building the case for change, drawing on data and analytical techniques where appropriate, and communicating this to business audiences
- Ability to spot relevant innovations, horizon scanning, determine relevance for the business, develop an effective conceptualisation and build trials to test the concept
- Significant knowledge and skill relevant to the Intelligent Service Orchestration including: Expertise in service orchestration and SD-WAN features requirements capture for feature development for network automation, network automation and orchestration in frameworks and toolsets including software development skills such as Java, Python, APIs, Good understanding of layered service architectures, understanding of VNFM , NFVO, SDWAN, Network programming skills including YANG, JSON, etc… Expertise in Cloud computing including OpenStack, Automation data pipelines, Intent based networking, Expert in service orchestration industry standards, AI/ML expert including experience with LLM training techniques, design and frameworks, Proven experience in researching and/or development in this area (MANDATORY)
- Evidence of significant business impact through delivery of research (MANDATORY)
- Evidence of managing project stakeholders across the business at a variety of grade and seniority levels (MANDATORY)
- Ability to spot and identify new innovations and act to bring them in and capitalise and create value (MANDATORY)
- Understanding the business case principals around relevant innovations and the real value to the business through value proposition build (MANDATORY)
- Self-starter, pro-actively working with minimal guidance
- Problem solving, intellectually curious, comfortable taking ownership and responsibility
Benefits
- 10% on target bonus
- BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
- 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.
- Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
- 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
- 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
- 2 weeks carer’s leave
- World-class training and development opportunities
- Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
automation systems designdata managementAI designML designJavaPythonAPIsYANGJSONOpenStack
Soft skills
strong academic recordcommunication skillsproblem solvingintellectual curiosityownershipresponsibilityability to build case for changehorizon scanningstakeholder managementself-starter
Certifications
PhDpost-graduate qualification