Job Description

Our goal at CityFibre is to unlock the digital potential of Britain by creating a broadband network that works seamlessly for everyone, every day. Powerful, gigabit-speed connections that enable people across entire communities to enjoy life in full flow. To do this, we make sure that our people’s voices are heard, their ideas are welcomed, and everyone is given the opportunity to make a real impact. 

We encourage change, have a challenger mindset, foster innovation and nurture a welcoming, inclusive and supportive community. In this environment we allow you to bring your best-self to work every day, helping you to achieve your goals, grow your career and reach your full potential. 

We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Women; are endorsed by WORK180; have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant; and are a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re committed to changing the industry for everyone.  

What you can expect from us 

Everyone at CityFibre has an important part to play, and we reflect that in our benefits. With a competitive salary depending on experience, when you join us, you’ll also enjoy 25 days’ holiday, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of your choice, a performance-related bonus scheme, and private healthcare. 

We believe we deliver our best when we work together. It’s the way we do things, trusting and giving our people the autonomy to manage their own day-to-day, promoting wellbeing, whilst still prioritising time together with our colleagues to connect, collaborate and share our ideas. 

How you’ll change it up

You’ll be vital in the success of our software development team, providing technical leadership, driving the design and development of complex DevOps systems and generally guiding the overall architectural direction. Your skills and expertise will play a pivotal role shaping our AWS infrastructure and platform development processes, helping to drive the success of CityFibre’s IT systems. Day to day, this is some of what you can expect to be doing: 

• Managing a diverse range of technologies and providing technical expertise with the Platform Release Train on key areas including Public Cloud (AWS & Azure), on premise infrastructure, data operations, network operations and automation tasks and software development practises 
• Creating and maintaining technical documentation  
• Strategic vision of applications and technologies within the Platform Release Train 
• Introducing new development processes to aid efficiency 

What you’ll bring to the role  

You’ll have strong experience managing a public cloud platform (AWS & Azure infrastructure), as well as great knowledge of administering and diagnosing Kafka brokers. You’ll also bring experience in: 

• Microservices, working with containers / container orchestration and event driven architecture  
• Salesforce, NetSuite, ServiceNow and PHP+ Laravel and/or Python 
• Event driven architecture 

We’re looking for people who don’t settle for ‘good enough’ and push things forward. If you’ve just found yourself thinking, ‘I’d love to do this’, we want to hear from you. Let’s change it up. 

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging 

Our people have a wide range of experiences and perspectives – and it’s this diversity of thought that makes us who we are.  

CityFibre is working hard to change up the telecoms industry. This means we’re committed to providing equal opportunities to people from all backgrounds and commitments, including your carer and family status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender and gender identity. We’re also offering training programmes and placement opportunities to support the skilled, career changers, service-leavers, and returning workers to become part of our teams.  

Additional Information

If there’s any additional support or adjustment you require in the application process to help you achieve your best, please get in touch by emailing careers@cityfibre.com. We’re here to support you in changing up your career.