Job Description

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The safety of our people and our customers is our highest priority. The role will advocate and lead in this and promote a culture of security and safety in everything that we do.
Work as part of evolving multi-disciplinary teams which may include Software Engineers, Enterprise Technology Engineers, Designers, SecOps, and Product owners to deliver value through the application of specialist skills.
Continually improve the productivity of the subsurface platform with a service design focus championing the adoption of modern and efficient ways of working and tooling to make bp's subsurface platform delivery best in class reliability.
Support recommendation of the correct strategic platforms to solve a problem based on business requirements using your expertise.
Work with vendors and partners providing market solutions to optimize the usage and value which can be delivered from the appropriate technology platform.
Act as a thought leader in the areas of your technology specialism helping to shape forward roadmaps, upcoming features, and opportunities to unlock future.
Ensure operational integrity of what you build, assuring operational compliance with architectural and security standards, as well as compliance and policy controls refined by bp Strategy.
Mentor team members and become a conduit to connect the broader organization.
Maintain an inventory of cloud assets and key configuration data.

Essential Experience and Job Requirements:


Bachelor or master degree in computer science, engineering, earth science or an appropriate degree
The typical candidate will possess at least 15 years of proven industry experience including 10 years of hands-on experience.
Demonstrable Knowledge in the application of modern Service Delivery methods, from Site Reliability Engineering to traditional ITIL, and understanding of Product Based delivery.
Strong knowledge & management experience of cloud technologies at scale
Strong Communications skills and a high 'EQ' with the ability to operate across complex business environments and stakeholders up to senior executive level.
Understanding of solution deployment options and cloud DevOps
Microsoft Azure and Microsoft PowerShell are essential.
Experience of working with and influencing vendors in their delivery roadmap.
Experience in managing software renewal cycles.
Working with business analysts and stakeholders to elaborate requirements, design and implement efficient application solutions.
Working with a hybrid team of delivery resources (internal & external) across geographies utilising scrum methodology where relevant

Desirable criteria


Management of enterprise cloud infrastructure
Demonstratable expert knowledge of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure management including,
Image Management
Resource Pooling Management
Cost management Agile Core Practices - Apply agile values and principles to generate value, with a focus on customers, products, and teams. Technical Specialism - Develop expertise in a specific area of information or communications technology. Configuration management and release - Plan, control, and manage an organization's assets, including documentation, software, and service assets. Documentation and knowledge sharing - Systematically manage organizational knowledge to create value by capturing, sharing, and exploiting collective knowledge to improve performance and support decision making. Information security - Select, design, implement, and operate controls and management strategies to maintain the security, confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability, and compliance of information systems. Metrics definition and Instrumentation - Develop and operate a measurement capability to assess performance, progress, and provide insights into actual or potential problems, issues, and risks. Service operations and resiliency - Build and operate services and applications at scale with automation to maintain high availability, using a combination of human effort and automated tools. Source control and code management - Track and manage changes to code using best practices, such as pull requests and automated testing, to prevent build breaks. Testing and Quality Assurance - Maintain high code quality throughout development and deployment, using automated and manual testing, including unit testing, functional testing, UI testing, and load testing. Coaching - Build team capability through formal and informal coaching to ensure sustainable performance delivery and continuous development. Collaboration - Collaborate internally and externally to support the wider bp strategy, enabling and empowering others to cooperate willingly to achieve positive results. Facilitation - Guide group sessions to constructive outcomes using a range of techniques. Mentoring - Provide a reciprocal and collaborative at-will relationship for the mentee's growth, learning, and career development, with an emphasis on organizational goals, culture, and professional development
Why Join our team?


At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.


We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.


There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are significant, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and others benefits.


Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future.


Apply now!

Travel Requirement:


Negligible travel should be expected with this role Relocation Assistance:


This role is not eligible for relocation Remote Type:


This position is a hybrid of office/remote working Skills:


Commercial Acumen, Communication, Data Analysis, Data cleansing and transformation, Data domain knowledge, Data Integration, Data Management, Data Manipulation, Data Sourcing, Data strategy and governance, Data Structures and Algorithms, Digital Security, Extract, transform and load, Group Problem Solving Legal Disclaimer:


We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation related to bp's recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to request accommodations.


If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.