TL;DR

Lead - Capacity & Automation (SRE): You will be the accountable owner for capacity management, ensuring the VMware-based infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient. Focus on proactive risk management by establishing SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets for infrastructure-related reliability.

Location: Hybrid (3 days in the office) in either Birmingham / London / Manchester

Company

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What you will do

Act as the single accountable owner for capacity planning, forecasting, modelling, and optimisation across the VMware-based Enterprise Cloud v3 environment.
Translate business demand and program milestones into a prioritized backlog of features and automation, using Agile delivery practices.
Establish SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets for infrastructure-related reliability; ensure proactive risk management.
Build accurate short-, medium-, and long-term capacity forecasts using telemetry and scenario analysis to prevent saturation and ensure headroom.
Reduce manual toil by creating scripts, policies, and integrations for rightsizing, placement, and quota enforcement using PowerCLI, APIs, and IaC.

Requirements

Deep VMware Expertise – hands-on experience with vSphere, vCenter, vSAN, NSX-T, and VMware Aria Operations (vROps) for capacity analytics and optimization.
Capacity Planning & Forecasting – ability to model demand, headroom, and growth scenarios using telemetry and data-driven methods.
Automation & Scripting – proficiency in PowerCLI, Python, and API integrations to automate rightsizing, placement, and quota enforcement.
Agile Delivery Skills – experience managing backlogs, writing user stories, and delivering incremental improvements through sprints and ceremonies.
SRE Practices – strong understanding of SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and reliability engineering principles applied to infrastructure capacity.
Observability & Analytics – ability to design dashboards and alerts for utilization, saturation, and optimization opportunities.

Culture & Benefits

On target 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.
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