Customer Solution Design Specialist (Avaya)

BT Group; Craven Arms; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% on target annual bonus

25 days Holiday

Online private GP 24/7 for you and his

Market-leading Pension scheme - 5%//10

Holiday buy scheme

Job summary

BT Group is seeking an experienced design professional to join the Police & Government Design Team. You will shape complex Avaya contact centre solutions for blue light customers, translating operational needs into integrated designs and guiding delivery with architects and customers.

You will drive consistency in technical processes, manage risk, and support senior stakeholders in bids and design reviews, while ensuring solutions remain maintainable and scalable.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in designing and supporting Avaya contact centre solutions.
• Broad understanding of contact centre infrastructure including networking, virtualization and cloud.
• Ability to translate complex customer needs into integrated technical designs and manage risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead capture of detailed customer requirements and translate into end-to-end solution designs.
• Partner with architects, customers and third parties to align technical direction and delivery outcomes.
• Manage design reviews, validation, migration planning and doc updates for integrated, maintainable solutions.
• Improve design and delivery capability by driving consistent processes and resolving complex service issues.
• Share specialist knowledge with colleagues and senior stakeholders and contribute to bids.

Skills

Avaya CC design

Stakeholder management

Solution design

Cloud technologies

Networking

Virtualisation

Job description

About the role

You’ll join our Police & Government Design Team, shaping complex in-life technical solutions for blue light customers and contributing specialist expertise to new business when needed. Working collaboratively with architects, customers and delivery teams, you’ll translate operational needs into clear, integrated contact centre designs that support reliable public services. This is an opportunity to influence technical direction, strengthen customer relationships and improve how we design and deliver solutions across BT.

What you’ll be doing

Lead the capture of detailed customer requirements and translate them into practical end-to-end solution designs.

Partner with architects, customers and third parties to agree technical direction, statements of work and delivery outcomes.

Manage design reviews, validation, migration planning and documentation updates so that solutions integrate effectively and remain supportable.

Improve design and delivery capability by driving consistent technical processes, identifying risks and resolving complex service issues.

Support colleagues and senior customer stakeholders by sharing specialist knowledge, explaining designs clearly and contributing thought leadership to complex bids.

Essential Skills / Experience

Strong practical expertise in designing and supporting Avaya contact centre solutions, with the ability to explain complex technical choices clearly. Broad understanding of the infrastructure that supports contact centre services, including networking, virtualisation and cloud technologies. Proven ability to turn complex customer needs into integrated technical designs, manage risk and collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders and delivery teams.

Desirable Skills / Experience

Awareness of Cisco contact centre products and how they integrate with wider solution environments.

Experience working with blue light organisations or knowledge of police control room environments.

Existing Security Check (SC) or NPPV3 clearance. The role requires NPPV3 clearance, so appointment will be subject to meeting the relevant requirements.

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:

• 10% on target annual bonus
• 25 days Holiday
• Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
• Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
• Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave - 18 weeks' full pay and 8 weeks' half pay
• Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
• Market leading Pension scheme - 5% from you and 10% from us
• Holiday purchase scheme

You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.

Join us at a pivotal moment for BT Business. We are executing a multi-year transformation to restore growth, modernise at scale and unlock new markets beyond connectivity.

Our ambition is clear - return to sustainable revenue and EBITDA growth, strengthen our market position, and deliver meaningful shareholder value through disciplined execution and bold reinvention.

We are fundamentally reshaping the business - simplifying our portfolio, digitising our customer experience and building market-leading capability across cyber, AI and managed services, all powered by the UK’s leading fixed and mobile networks.

This is a shift from a legacy connectivity provider to a modern, solutions-led, AI-first business that can truly differentiate in a competitive and fast-moving market.

With execution momentum building and a clear path to growth, the opportunity now is to scale what works, accelerate performance and fully realise our potential.

This is about delivering against ambitious financial outcomes while transforming how we operate - creating a business that is simpler, faster, more innovative and easier to do business with.

If you want to be part of the team shaping the turnaround of a multi-billion-pound business - and building a stronger, more competitive BT for the future - this is your moment.