Network Engineering Specialist

BT Group; Delhi; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

BT Group seeks a Network Engineering Specialist to lead design and test activities for BT International. You will deliver network designs for platforms and customer solutions, guiding a matrix team and acting as a technical ambassador to customers.

The role requires deep IP/VPN expertise, hands-on experience with CI/CD (GitLab), automation, and QA frameworks, and the ability to drive scalable, reusable designs across global platforms.

Qualifications

• Specialist knowledge of IP/VPN technologies and vendors (Cisco/Juniper).
• Experience leading matrix teams to deliver network designs and testing.
• CI/CD principles and GitLab are essential.

Responsibilities

• Design accountability for new features into BT International’s network platforms.
• Provide thought leadership to stakeholders and customers.
• Mentor and share knowledge with the team; be an advanced designer.
• Lead on resolving customer impacting issues regarding the network platform.

Skills

IP/VPN networks

Cisco/Juniper

Matrix team leadership

CI/CD (GitLab)

Automation testing

QoS

Yang data modeling

gRPC/JSON

Education

CCNP or Cisco DevNet Professional

CTAL-TA or equivalent

PCET - Python

PCEP - Python

Robot Framework Certified Professional

Tools

GitLab

Robot Framework

Job description

Job Title: Network Engineering Specialist
Req ID: 63341
Job Function: Engineering
Posting Start Date: 09/10/2026
Posting End Date: 12/10/2026
Division: BT International
Job Location: IND-Gurugram-IQ
Advertised Salary: Competitive
Job Req ID: 63341
Posting Date: 05-Oct-26
Function: Engineering
Location: Gurugram, India
Salary: Competitive

About The Role

The purpose of this role is to lead on design and test activities within BT International.
The purpose of the Network Engineering Specialist role is to deliver network designs for BT International network platforms and/or customer solutions. Specifically, this role is accountable for:

• Driving efficiency and scalability through the re-use of IP Internet/VPN network designs and ongoing in-life operation of designs across the overall BT International network platforms and/or customer solution.
• Typically leading a matrix (virtual) team of technical experts/contractors to deliver network design solutions and provide technical thought leadership to a larger matrix team. The sphere of influence for the matrix team will be from a technical perspective.
• Acting as a technical ambassador for the company and providing expert technical consulting to customers at a platform and/or overall solution level.
• Deciding on design scope and design of the overall BT International network platforms and/or customer solution.

What You'll Be Doing

Specifically, this role is accountable for:

• Design accountability for new features into T International’s network platforms.
• Provide thought leadership to senior internal stakeholders and customers regarding aspects of Global Reach platforms and/or customer solutions.
• Point of contact for technical expertise to senior stakeholders, internal and external.
• Mentor and share knowledge with others and be an advanced user of design tools.
• Create and develop architecture patterns and design techniques for BT and/or customers.
• Lead on resolving customer impacting issues regarding the overall network platform and/or customer solution.
• Solve problems that tend to arise from the interaction of multiple components and usually are complex and unknown related to the overall IP Internet/VPN platform and/or customer solution and involve vendor interworking issues.
• Raise and resolve implementation issues with suppliers and other designers.
• Resolve in-life issues to overall network platform and/or customer solution, as appropriate.
• Lead a matrix team as appropriate within BT International.
• Estimate the time and type of resource needed to support deliverables with increasing cost impact and time duration.
• Drive transformation specifically in terms of automation,

Essential Skills / Experience

• Specialist knowledge of IP/VPN technologies and vendors (Cisco/Juniper)
• Specialist knowledge of relevant emerging network/software technologies.
• Experience of leading matrix teams to deliver network designs and testing.
• Software development skills specifically in solving network issues / activities.
• Experience in resolution of customer impacting network issues.
• Prior experience of designing network solutions in a service provider setting.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD principles and tools such as Gitlab is essential.
• Working knowledge of automation test frameworks such as Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and/or Robot Framework is desirable.
• Hand-on demonstratable experience with core routing technologies (IS-IS, BGP, BGP-LS, SR-TE, SR IGP, PCEP, MPLS-VPNs)
• Understanding and hand-on experience with Quality of Service (QoS).
• Expertise in developing frameworks for and automating test cases for systems in production
• Experience with data modelling with Yang (with a vendor neutral landscape in mind)
• Solid experience with gRPC, JSON.

Typical Certifications/Accreditations Attained or working towards include:
Member of a professional body e.g. Institution of Engineering and Technology
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and/or Cisco DevNet Professional or equivalent experience.
Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Analyst (CTAL-TA) or equivalent
PCET - Certified Entry Level Tester with Python
PCEP - Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer
Robot Framework Certified Professional (RFCP) or equivalent

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Leader of matrix technology team.
• Delivery of IP network design
• Strong collaboration skills.
• Ability to lead / coach teams to change and develop an innovative, challenging, and supportive team culture.

At BT International, our purpose is to keep the world connected. As part of BT, we build on almost 180 years of innovation and expertise to deliver secure connectivity and digital services to some of the world's leading multinational businesses and organisations. Our customers trust us to safeguard their data, drive their digital transformation and keep their businesses running. With colleagues on the ground across the world and supporting customers wherever they need to operate, BT International offers a truly global experience. Whether it's about providing cloud connectivity, helping organisations collaborate, or enabling innovation in cybersecurity and digital services, you'll be part of a team that shapes how businesses succeed in a world that is being transformed by AI. If you have the drive and ambition to make an impact on a global stage, BT International is where it happens.