Architect

Salary: £42,000 – £48,000 per year

Job Profile SummaryROLE SYNOPSIS

Architecture solves big complex challenges with our data and technology expertise to help bp advance a lower carbon future. We collaboratively work together to meet our customer’s needs. Architects connect all the digital disciplines and the consumers and procurers of technology, to create an integrated, flexible, effective digital architecture for bp.

Solution Architect – B2B is a new role in the Architecture & Solutions team, where we deliver digital solutions to engage with our customers, create efficiencies and support new business models. The role needs to analyze applications/solutions/technologies in the current state and deliver Solution Architecture for Projects/Programmes to deliver future state across B2B customer landscape using a good mix of packaged applications and/or innovative cloud native solutions.

WHY YOU MATTER?
A technologist at-heart, you are passionate in building outstanding products and services. You passionately believe in customer experience. You motivate and advise product teams to think about end-to-end customer experiences that are delivered on the right technology stack whilst utilizing the latest design patterns and platform services. You stay ahead of innovative technologies identifying new opportunities, architectures, and standards to improve B2B Architecture and Technology standards.

You believe that delivering leading technology solutions, at scale and at pace, depends on deep understanding of application design patterns, and fostering effective frameworks for managing technology across the organization. You are a strategic thinker, able to plan for the future but with a bias for short-term action. You will operate in a dynamic and delivery focused environment, with the resources of one of the world’s most forward-thinking digital teams. You are confident and comfortable working across cultures.
Job AdvertKEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Team: You directly influence how different products design, build B2B customer centric capabilities a good mix COTS packaged applications and cloud native technology stack. You will not just lead, but you will “do”.

• Architecture: You understand technology stack end to end and the integration with other platforms/solutions across the Enterprise and can apply these directly to business requirements to define Architectures. You can set principles/guidance for teams and act as a member of the Design Governance team across the B2B Architecture capabilities.

• Relationships: You will understand the needs of the different parts of our business, product teams, and our key technology ecosystems, building strong relationships both inside and outside of bp. You will serve as a key link between the Technology platform and Product teams. You will influence roadmaps across for product teams both working with the external vendor and within bp’s internal team.

• Technology: You have a passion for understanding and learning. You will bring good hands-on skills in architecting, designing, and building application and services

• Evangelist: You will be the evangelist, selling the different opportunities that can help us build a seamless customer experience across our core technology stacks.

• Safety and Compliance: Safety of our people and our customers is our highest priority. You will advocate and help ensure our architectures, designs and processes enhance a culture of operational safety and improve our digital security.

FORMAL EDUCATION
A Bachelor’s (or higher) degree, ideally in Computer Science, MIS/IT, Mathematics, hard science, or equivalent work experience.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Solution Architecture experience of designing and delivering Customer facing solutions
• Good blend of Domain knowledge of Energy industry and Technical knowledge cloud platforms
• 5+ years of Technology experience which includes experience of Solution Architecture or, design and deployment of customer centric products/solutions
• Ability to perform Solution Comparison, solution alternative analysis and putting forward recommendations to Senior Leaders across Business and Technology
• Ability to perform Application/Technology maturity assessment, develop rationalization roadmap for migration, modernization and risk mitigation
• Experience of delivering composable Architectures around API, Cloud, Headless and Microservices
• Good grasp of Technology Trends and map out its relevance and impact on Current State / Future State Architectures
• Good command across different domains of Solution Architectures like Business, Data, Application, Technology, Integration and Security to ensure they are blended into the Architecture and are Future Proof
• Ability to think end to end across Solution architecture through its lifecycle, technical design, design patterns, reusable frameworks, and best practices with the goal of providing solutions to Products and Programmes that will reduce total cost of ownership, service delivery cost, and increase Customer/Consumer satisfaction.
• Strong technical foundation and good awareness of advanced structured programming languages, relational database concepts and structures, structured system analysis and design methods.
• A clear grasp of software development and design thinking in an agile environment
• Good knowledge of AWS, SAP, Salesforce, IoT will be added advantage.

NICE TO HAVE:

• Solution Architect Certification

EntityInnovation & Engineering
Job Family GroupIT&S Group
Relocation availableNo
Travel requiredNegligible travel
CountryUnited Kingdom
About BPINNOVATION & ENGINEERING

Join 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 ambitions
• driving our digital transformation and pioneering new business models
• collaborating to deliver competitive customer-focused energy solutions
• originating, scaling and commercialising innovative ideas, and creating ground-breaking new ‎businesses from them
• protecting us by assuring management of our greatest physical and digital risks

Because together we are:

• Originators, builders, guardians and disruptors
• Engineers, technologists, scientists and entrepreneurs‎
• Empathetic, curious, creative and inclusive
Legal disclaimerWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations.