Overview
Data & ML Engineering Principal (Snowhill, Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Recruiter: Luke Byrne
Career Grade: C
Internal Closing Date: 3/9/25
Locations: Birmingham, Bristol or Belfast
Why this job matters
The Data team in NAS helps BT make better decisions. At BT, we know there is huge potential in the vast amount of data available to us and we are looking for talented, innovative and collaborative people to realise that potential safely and radically. The data products we deliver are used across all CFUs. They are fundamental to the live monitoring of our networks, guide the development of the services and products we provide, and improve the day to day experience our customers, specialising in improving their service.
This role pivotal in shaping our data landscape for the future, you’ll be hands on, responsible for building, designing and maintaining our data platforms ensuring they are optimised for efficiency, scalability & reliability turning the most complex business needs into the data and AI solutions that supports Networks data strategy. You’ll work closely with our data scientists, analysts and engineers and work alongside the team leadership including Senior Engineering manager, Product Owner and Architect.
What you’ll be doing
• Data Engineering: building robust data solutions across a hybrid architecture.
• Manages and scales data pipelines from internal and external data sources to support new product launches and drive data quality across data products.
• Defines and implements best practices around systems integration, security, performance and data management.
• Collaborates with internal clients (data science and product teams) and applies expert technical expertise to drive solutions and point of contact discussions.
• Data Quality: Ensure data quality and integrity through automated testing and validation.
• Visualisation: Drive adoption of data visualisation & it’s ability to support data story telling.
• AI Integration: collaborate closely with data scientists to integrate ML models into our data pipelines & platforms.
• Observability: Design and implement observability solutions to monitor data pipelines, platforms, identify issues and optimise performance.
• Data Quality: Ensure data quality and integrity through automated testing and validation.
• Champions the adoption of the MLOps model and processes, driving collaboration with cross-functional teams of business partners, data scientists, data engineers, solutions and data architects to quickly deliver scalable AI solutions, reducing the cost of AI delivery.
• Oversees due diligence processes and the selection of new technologies to support best practices for the MLOps model.
• Monitors the latest technology and market trends related to data science and machine learning operations and artificial intelligence, sharing this knowledge with the team.
• Mentors and coaches experienced professionals to develop current and future team capabilities and ensure performance.
• Leading the evolution of our technical roadmap, introducing new methods and technologies & driving adoption
Skills and Experience
• Data Engineering: Strong proficiency in data engineering concepts, tools and technologies. (Tech stack (AWS/GCP & Hadoop), spark, python, SQL, Kafka, cloud native services). Ability to work with very large streaming data sets and perform complex data transformations.
• Data Management: Knowledge of data governance, data quality, and data privacy standards. Familiarity with data warehousing, data lakes, and cloud-based data storage solutions.
• Data Modelling: Ability to design and implement effective data models to support business processes.
• Observability & DevOps: experience in developing and integrating observability tooling
• AI & ML: experience building pipelines support ML models and integrating AI solutions.
• Story-telling with data: strong skills in building the case for change, drawing on data and analytical techniques where appropriate, and communicating this to business audiences
• Domain expertise: relating to BT Networks products, not limited to Wi-Fi standards, device management, industry measures & regulatory obligations
• Inclusive leadership: Leverages diverse and inclusive thinking to maximise the effectiveness and success of teams, policies, practices, and products
Experience you’d be expected to have
• Excellent communications skills and a drive to push forward engineering standards and want to be hands on. [MANDATORY]
• Proven ability and experience to develop solutions at scale [MANDATORY]
• Proven experience of DevOps practices and tools [MANDATORY]
• Understanding of observability tools and concepts
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS & GCP) [MANDATORY]
• Leadership and coaching [MANDATORY]
• Stakeholder management [MANDATORY]
• Experience bring ML solutions to production & in life support and maintenance including model drift [PREFERRED]
• Fin-Ops experience [PREFERRED]
Benefits
• 15% on target bonus
• Company car or £5,500 cash alternative
• Private healthcare for self and family
• 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
With over 175 years of heritage, BT is now the flagship business brand of BT Group. We’ve brought together our best people and capabilities into a B2B powerhouse serving 1.2 million business customers internationally.
We’re a global leader for secure connectivity and collaboration platforms for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from big household names and government departments, right through to sole traders and new start-ups. But it’s not just the technology that matters, it’s what it can do to help them build stronger, smarter, more secure businesses.
We value diversity and inclusion and believe in making a positive impact. We connect for good by championing digital inclusion and equipping people, businesses, and communities with digital skills to thrive.
As a member of our team, you will be part of an organisation that celebrates difference, fosters innovation and provides you with opportunities to be your best. With millions of businesses relying on us daily, joining BT means you can be part of a diverse and multi-skilled team that makes a significant impact to society.
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.
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