OSS Design Lead

# OSS Design Lead Job Req  Date: 7 Jan 2026

Function:
Software Engineering Unit:
Networks

Location:

Snowhill, Birmingham, United Kingdom Salary:
Competitive + great benefits
** Working Style: 3 days a week in office and 2 days anywhere**##
** Why this job matters
** We are recruiting an OSS Design Lead to join BT's OSS Design & Delivery team. You will be accountable for the OSS Design and Delivery of the Next Generation OSS E2E Solution in the areas Orchestration, Resource planning, Inventory, Workflow and Activation.

Define and drive OSS Solution Design and roadmap in Orchestration, Resource planning, Inventory, Workflow and Activation OSS sub-domains in-line with enterprise architecture of BT and collaborate with wider stakeholders in networks, OSS, BSS & CFU teams to drive future innovations.

The role holder meets business objectives, solves business problems, and furthers business success by applying industry, applications, and technical knowledge through the definition of high-level and Low Level solutions designs.##
** What you’ll be doing
*** Responsible for Network OSS Design specially in Infrastructure Plan & Build, Inventory, Business Process & Workflow Automation, Activation, Orchestration and Fulfillment
* Define OSS Solution for IP/MPLS, Access, Transmission Networks, and SDN/NFV based converged network.
* Drive E2E Solution Design for BT Critical Programs like Mobile Backhaul Services, Unified Connectivity and Next Gen OSS Platform Tools and Architecture etc..
* Focus area will be network OSS fulfilment & planning domains, specifically Logical & Physical Resource Plan & Build and inventory management areas of Networks.
* Drive how OSS and BSS interwork E2E to support digital transformation and transformation in the Customer user experience.
* Drive Telecom technologies and standards such as BPMN, CI/CD, Net Dev Ops  etc in Digital OSS transformation.
* Hands-on person who will define OSS Solution design and holds expertise inwriting functional specification, system & interface specification, HLD and Detailed design for OSS systems as required.
* Define Network OSS solution based on Vendor and Platform agnostic.##
** What you'll bring
*** Solution Architecture
* Solution Design
* APIs/Web Service Integration
* Requirements Gathering
* Project/Programme Management
* Cloud Computing
* System Design##
** What's in it for you
*** 10% on target bonus
* BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
* Life Assurance Cover
* Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages, BT TV with TNT Sports and NOW Entertainment
* 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

BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled.  As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.
Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband.  Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.
While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come.  This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of…