Platform Engineer

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

Are you looking for a career in tech that truly helps make the world a better place? Bp is moving through the biggest transition in its 100+ year history with the goal of becoming one of the world’s largest renewable energy providers and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050!

To make this transition, we are looking for Technology Innovators to power our business end to end, from building new infrastructure and services through to customer facing modern web and native mobile applications. We build exclusively on the cloud using Azure and AWS, so we can adapt quickly, demonstrate the newest technology, and scale our business globally.

We are looking for a platform engineer to join our team and help us deliver and maintain reliable, scalable, and secure software solutions for our customers. You will be responsible for crafting, developing, and operating cloud-based and on-premises infrastructure, as well as supporting continuous integration and delivery pipelines. You will also collaborate with other engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to ensure the quality and usability of our products.

What You Will Deliver

• Delivery: Support internal decision-making and implement architecture and design decisions.
• Solution Design: Develop a technical vision that supports your customers' needs, ensuring continuous, safe, and reliable software delivery.
• Sustainability: Operate your systems in production, ensuring observability tools and mechanisms for escalation are in place. Keep infrastructure up to date and patch systems as needed.
• DevOps: Build and maintain continuous integration and delivery pipelines.

What You Will need to be Successful

• Expertise in cloud technologies and on-premises infrastructure.
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage with both technical and non-technical team members.
• Experience in high-intensity environments, meeting deadlines, and managing technical debt.
• Knowledge of AWS and experience with managing Linux and Windows hosts.
• Experience with using infrastructure monitoring tools such as Grafana, Grafana Loki, Splunk, CloudWatch, Prometheus.
• Experience with databases, including PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server and Redis.
• Programming experience in languages such as PowerShell, bash or python.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes/Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA) or Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.

WHY JOIN US?

Bp offers a vibrant, collaborative work culture in a company that closely follows its values of ‘Who We Are’ that defines what we stand for at bp. Our three key beliefs are to Live our purpose, Play to win and Care for others. We are dedicated to developing your career and reward our people with a competitive package coupled with benefits that reflect these values.

• Competitive salary package including annual bonus program

• Excellent work-life balance & flexible working arrangements (hybrid 60/40 in-office)

• Collaborative environment that celebrates achievements, diversity, and culture

• Ongoing career opportunities in a global organisation

• Career development and mentoring programs

Travel Requirement:

No travel is 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:

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Analytics, API and platform design, Business Analysis, Cloud Platforms, Coaching, Communication, Configuration management and release, Continuous deployment and release, Data Structures and Algorithms (Inactive), Digital Project Management, Documentation and knowledge sharing, Facilitation, Information Security, iOS and Android development, Mentoring, Metrics definition and instrumentation, NoSql data modelling, Relational Data Modelling, Risk Management, Scripting, Service operations and resiliency, Software Design and Development, Source control and code management (+ 4 more}

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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 an accessibility need may request an adjustment/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 adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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