Job Description:

bp is an integrated energy company whose purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. But we can't do it alone. We're a diverse team of engineers, scientists, traders, and business professionals determined to find answers to problems that must be solved. We believe that our teams are strengthened by diversity. We invite applications from all suitable candidates regardless of your gender, race, sexual orientation, or neurodiversity.

Purpose of the role

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will act as a technical expert, mentor, and coach, providing guidance and support to your team, while fostering a positive and productive work environment. You will also be responsible for setting project and squad goals, prioritizing and executing on initiatives, and delivering results in a product-led, empowered environment and your leadership skills, ability to manage multiple stakeholders, and experience in software development and platform engineering will be essential to your success in this role

Key Accountabilities

• Design and document sophisticated software components, services, and platforms
• Implement robust and maintainable code with clear and maintained documentation
• Deliver customer value in iterative fashion while working towards longer term systems to solve roadmap goals with increasing efficiency
• Serve as a technical lead and own projects end-to-end
• Communicate status and changes to the work they are responsible and accountable for, keep all stakeholders informed of changes and updates to original plan
• Design test automation on all code implemented through unit testing and integration testing
• Work with internal and external teams to bring new platforms to market
• Maintain and enhance software frameworks for development
• Serve as a technical mentor for other engineers on the team
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of best practices
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve platform-related issues
• Support internal and external audit teams to prepare for and participate in security, software licensing, and regulatory audits, ensuring that all necessary documentation and evidence is available and accurate
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new controls and procedures to address identified compliance gaps or risks

Essential Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Computer Information Systems or equivalent work experience
• Skilful in the ability to adapt to new technologies and processes, and be able to work independently and as part of a team
• Skilful in problem-solving, with the ability to analyse complex problems, identify root causes and develop creative and effective solutions
• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate with your peers through to senior leaders. You should be able to engage and influence others to collect requirements, describe what you're doing, work through problems, and find productive solutions
• Self-starter, able to handle ambiguity, navigate uncertainty, identify risks, and find the right people and tools to get the job done
• C# programming, specializing in developing cross-platform solutions that are efficient and scalable
• Python scripting, with a strong emphasis on leveraging dynamic languages for automation
• Writing secure, stable, testable, and maintainable code with minimal defects
• Systems design
• Building and scaling infrastructure services using Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure
• Understanding of using core cloud application infrastructure services including identity platforms, networking, storage, databases, containers, and serverless
• Troubleshooting large-scale distributed production systems

What's in it for you?

• Excellent work-life balance & flexible working arrangements
• Generous salary package including annual bonus program and 8% KiwiSaver
• Share options, fuel discounts, Medical and Life Insurance
• Up to 18 weeks paid parental leave/4 weeks paid partner leave

Please be aware that all bp ANZ employees must be Permanent Residents or Citizens of Australia or New Zealand based on the role location.

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:
API and platform design, Automation, Code Maintainability, Code Reviews, Design, Documentation and knowledge sharing, Maintenance, Platform Engineering, Reliability, Software Components, Supplier Relationship Management

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 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.

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.