Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

Your Accountabilities:

Team: You directly influence product and service design. You are the lead architect and design authority building scalable and performant site networks using modern technologies and approaches such as SD-WAN, network function virtualization and SDN. You will not just lead, but you will "do". Our culture is exploring, thinking and doing, and you will live this every single day.
Architecture: Like most large enterprises, some elements of our platform portfolio contain the most sophisticated technologies readily available. Other elements represent legacy investments. You will develop the reference architectures and roadmaps that will enable us to continually evolve and innovate our site connectivity services.
Relationships: You will understand the business drivers, challenges and emerging use cases that will influence our network strategy and trigger change in network products and capabilities. You will continuously scan the external market for relevant technologies, and you will recommend and introduce those technologies at scale and with pace. In addition to technical competency, you will collaborate with architects and partners in adjacent teams, to collect requirements and build them into future product releases.
Technology: You have a passion for learning and leading by example, and enjoy designing and building automated, virtualized, and secure communication networks. You possess broad knowledge of network and security products, solutions and vendors and an ability to rapidly adapt new technologies to enhance and optimize services.
Safety and Compliance: You will advocate and help ensure our architectures, designs and processes enhance a culture of operational safety and improve our digital security.

Essential Experience:

Specialist in designing wired and wireless local area network solutions from the top tier vendors, specifically Cisco, Juniper and Aruba Networks. Broad functional knowledge of wireless and wired switching standards, products, and features, with experience designing zero trust networks using network access control systems.
Specialist in designing multi-domain hybrid wan networks achieving scalable and flexible topologies and local internet egress. Current functional knowledge of leading software defined WAN, acceleration and security technologies including Versa networks, Palo Alto, zScaler, Riverbed, Aruba and Juniper. You take pride in creating modern architectures that apply the latest innovations.
In depth and current knowledge of layer 1, 2 and 3 network transport solutions, to include DWDM, MPLS, LTE/5G, Ethernet, WIFI, GRE and IPsec based VPNs. You are an experienced designer of multi-homed edge solutions applying exterior routing protocols, performance, and policy-based routing to achieve optimized, differentiated and highly available overlay networks.
Specialist in designing network service applications, broad technical knowledge of DDI solutions that perform on a truly global network infrastructure.
Deep knowledge of automation systems and solutions, you will take pride in being able to deliver simplified and highly automated network systems that are pro-active over reactive.
You possess a solid grasp of the security practices and solutions needed to maintain and secure an enterprise grade branch networks. You understand the security considerations and challenges inherent to evolving and modernizing a network of such scale and criticality. You will architect secure networks applying segmentation, content filtering, intrusion detection and protection systems to protect our digital assets.
Experience as a design authority for teams of architects and engineers. You accomplish outstanding outcomes in a respectful and supportive culture.
A proven grasp of architecture development and design thinking in an agile environment. You adapt techniques to drive meaningful product experiences.

Plus:

A first degree from a recognized institute of higher learning, ideally computer science, information science, or engineering based.
Exposure to adjacent technology domains such as edge computing, and cyber-security.
Powerful interpersonal skills including the ability to relate sophisticated topics in simple and accessible language.

Why join bp

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! At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

Disclaimer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, 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 accommodation.

Even though the job is advertised as full time, please contact the hiring manager or the recruiter as flexible working arrangements may be considered.

bpWIN (bp Women’s International Network)

Pride

Working parents

PEN (Positively Ethnic Network)

bpInclusia (bp’s Asian community)

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working

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 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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Lead Architect