Lead Solution Architect

Entity:

Job Family Group:

Job Description:

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world today and tomorrow. For over 100 years bp has focused on discovering developing and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

Its an exciting time to join bp. Meeting the energy challenge requires many different approaches and solutions. And as part of Refining and Products Trading (RPT) youll be fully connected into the world of bp. Youll play an increasingly important part within a network of like-minded colleagues partnering on strategic projects that stretch across the globe. And it starts with you. Theres a world of opportunities to build new skills challenge yourself and grow a long-term career at bp. And no matter where you work your role will have meaning purpose and impact. So if you want to be part of a caring supportive environment where you can realise your full potential were with you.

Join our Refining and Products Team and advance your career as aLeadSolution Architect

We are looking for a Lead Solution Architect in the Biofuels space. This is a great opportunity to join a strong architecture community and a supportive high performing team. You will help shape the technology direction for key supply and logistics capabilities that are critical to bps operations. The work you do will influence products and platforms used every day across our global supply chain.

This is a role for someone who enjoys complex problem solving working across teams collaborating with senior partners and setting clear architectural direction that engineering teams can follow.

In this role You will:

• Define and maintain the architecture vision and roadmap for biofuels

• Lead key design decisions and ensure aligned coherent architecture across multiple squads

• Provide direction on cloud architecture using AWS including containerised workloads on ROSA or OpenShift

• Shape integration architecture across API led event driven and microservices patterns

• Guide teams on data architecture domain models data flows and data contracts

• See opportunities where AI ML or GenAI can bring meaningful improvements to optimization automation or insight generation

• Partner with senior business and technology interested parties to translate business needs into clear architecture direction

• Ensure architecture guardrails are followed and support delivery teams throughout design and implementation

• Collaboration with teams across the US UK and other regions

• Occasional travel up to 10 percent
  

What You will need to be successful:

• Solid experience in architecture roles such as solution domain or enterprise architect

• Strong functional understanding of complex operational environments such as bio and conventional liquid fuels

• Broad architectural experience across:

• AWS cloud services

• Integration architecture including APIs event driven patterns and microservices

• Data architecture and data modelling

• Experience creating architecture roadmaps and leading decision making across multiple teams

• Excellent communication and partner management skills

• Ability to work effectively in a constantly evolving environment

• Familiarity with TOGAF or similar frameworks

• Experience working with global product and engineering teams
  

Desirable criteria:

• Proven experience in oil trading or biofuels compliance

• Exposure to optimization or compliance driven environments

• Practical experience with AI ML or GenAI
  

Why join us

At bp we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees lives that are meaningful so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options a generous paid parental leave policy excellent retirement benefits among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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

Travel Requirement

Relocation Assistance:

Remote Type:

Skills:

.

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race religion color sex national origin sexual orientation veteran status or disability with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bps 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 processpleasecontact us.

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.