Senior Platform Engineer

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Job Profile SummaryAt bp, we provide a phenomenal environment and 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!Diversity sits at the heart of our company and as an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability statusGrade H Responsible for supporting software / platform engineering activities (depending on specialism), working with users to capture requirements, using sound technical capabilities to lead the design, development and maintenance of the relevant systems and ensuring compliance with the relevant standards. Specialisms: Software Engineering; Platform Engineering.Job AdvertActs as the platform engineering lead for the design, development, testing operation and maintenance of a suite of software systems / infrastructure platforms (depending on specialism) to satisfy user requirements.Contributes to strategic development for the specialism, that in turn shapes and supports delivery of projects, ensuring activities and outputs remain fit for purpose.Drives adherence to the relevant processes, procedures, standards, technical design and the need to design and build to operate / operate for design and build, and defines, maintains and implements best practice technology standards.Works with the team and provides highly advanced technical expertise to create vision and maximize value from current applications / platforms and emerging technologies, showing technical thought leadership and driving continuous improvement efforts.Designs, develops, tests, operates and maintains infrastructure platforms, depending on specialism.Monitors and reports on potential risks/opportunities of emerging technologies.EntityInnovation & EngineeringJob Family GroupIT&S GroupRelocation availableNoTravel requiredNoTime TypeFull timeCountryUnited KingdomAbout BPFORMAL EDUCATIONPreferably a Bachelor's (or higher) degree, preferably in Computer Science, MIS/IT, Mathematics or a hard science.EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIESData Platform Development & Operations : Minimum 5-6 years experience in developing and operating AWS infrastructure and/or Big Data platforms including but not limited to: data hubs, ETL and data ingestion, storage and repository maintenance, data publishing and consumption. Extensive Experience in using AWS cloud data services e.g. AWS Lake Formation/Redshift/Dynamo DB/Step functionsProgramming / Software Development : Development experience in one or more object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Python, Powershell, ADO). Experience in coding, testing, and documentation of complex programs and scripts from agreed specifications.Release and Deployment : Experience in building CICD pipelines utilizing technologies and frameworks (e.g. Python, Powershell, ADO). Experience in carrying out the builds and tests in coordination with testers and component specialists maintaining and administering the tools and methods - manual or automatic - and ensuring, where possible, information exchange with configuration management. Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CDSystems Design : Deep and hands-on experience designing, planning, implementing, maintaining and documenting reliable and scalable data infrastructure and data products in complex environments.DESIRABLE CRITERIAExperience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systemsExperience in designing data transformation using PySpark and AWS glueExposure to AWS services that offer saleable solutions - platforms, storage, databases, etc.Good knowledge and hands-on experience in technologies across all data lifecycle stagesGood knowledge and understanding of modern development methodologies (Agile using Scrum and/or Kanban).Good stakeholder management and ability to lead small teams through influenceContinuous learning and improvement mindsetINNOVATION & ENGINEERINGJoin us in creating, growing, and delivering innovation at pace, enabling us to thrive while transitioning to a net zero ‎world. All without compromising our operational risk management.Working with us, you can do this by:deploying our integrated capability and standards in service of our net zero and ‎safety ambitionsdriving our digital transformation and pioneering new business modelscollaborating to deliver competitive customer-focused energy solutionsoriginating, scaling and commercialising innovative ideas, and creating ground-breaking new ‎businesses from themprotecting us by assuring management of our greatest physical and digital risksBecause together we are:Originators, builders, guardians and disruptorsEngineers, technologists, scientists and entrepreneurs‎Empathetic, curious, creative and inclusive#bpDigitalEngineering