Senior Technology Engineer

Entity: Technology Job Family Group: IT&S Group Job Description: About us Our purpose is to bring together people, energy and markets to power and navigate a changing world. In a time of constant change and possibility we need new talent to pursue commercial opportunities, fueled by world-class insight and expertise. We’re always striving for more innovative digital solutions, sustainable outcomes and closer collaboration across our company and beyond, and you could be part of that too. Together we continue to grow as the world’s leading energy company! Description The Senior Platform Engineer for DBaaS assist the Staff Platform Engineer for DBaaS to realize the product vision. The Senior Platform Engineer for DBaaS contributes to designing and delivering solutions that leverage database products for consumption by teams inside bp, spanning Application Development activity through to Application Maintenance and Operations. The Senior Platform Engineer for DBaaSacts a domain expert on the commercial and open source relational and NoSQL database engines provided by the platform team. Key Dimensions People Responsibility: Act as the domain expert for knowledge related to relational and NoSQL database engines providing guidance and advice for team of 20+ software engineers and developers. Resources are located across the globe in North America, Europe, and Eastern Hemisphere. Technology Responsibility: Architect and identify requirements for building products using relational and NoSQL database engines deployed in cloud and on premise environments. Financial Responsibility: None Key Accountabilities Ensure seamless integration of services that underpin a given database product, including internal services from central bp and external services such as Cloud. Define database product blueprints for on-premise and cloud, in conjunction with Architecture, ensuring standard bp infrastructure building blocks are applied appropriately. Develop, implement, and maintain the technical product characteristics (capacity scale-up / scale-out, performance monitoring, fault tolerance, etc.) necessary to ensure all non-functional requirements are met. Develop, implement, and maintain underpinning capability required by app products such as deployment tooling, application monitoring, and application product configuration management. Work with Database Application Engineers, Database System Engineers, and DatabaseAdministratorsto ensure the database product standards meet functional and non-functional requirements. Develop, implement, and maintain standards, documentation, and repeatable processes for operational support of database products including managing the handover of new database products / technology to Operations Teams. Drive continual improvement of all aspects of database products, including automation of deployment tasks, simplification of monitoring and operational support, and year-on-year reduction in incidents related to database products. Constantly drive standardization and simplification of database products via server and design rationalization. Contribute to definition of the roadmap and deliver upgrades of database product technologies. Ensure that Digital Security and Compliance considerations have been addressed for all database product implementations. Crucial Education Educated to Degree level or equivalent AWS Certified Solutions Architect, at the Associate level Crucial Experience and Job Requirements Knowledge of database and system level tuning experience. Knowledge of fault tolerance, load balancing, and disaster recovery technologies as they relate to database products. Knowledge of T-SQL, PL/SQL, trigger and stored procedure coding and tuning. Experience operating databases (Application or Infrastructure support). Knowledge of multiple database product technologies such as SQL Server, Oracle, Postgre SQL, and MySQL. Experience of the DevOps operating model enabling self-service management by application development teams. Experience supporting development teams and have the ability to communicate insight to developers and architects on the operational impact and requirements of database products. Experience with software development methods (Java / .Net) and/or shell languages such as C#, Python, PowerShell, and JAVA. Experience of working globally, working across different cultures and time zones and being part of virtual teams. Experience in the Agile software manufacturing processes. Able to consult with application managers and support teams to resolve critical advanced incidents relating to the database product design. Ableto consult with project managers and application managers on request fulfilment customer concerns. Ableto communicate the technical aspects of all database product lines and engineering capabilities to clients. Ableto write technology standards, guidelines, and processes to operate all product lines. Ableto manage and lead technical projects required to implement, upgrade, and enhance new and existing client databases to new versions of database product lines. Ableto think strategically, translate that strategy into technical requirements, and see those requirements through to implementation and BAU support. Ableto deal with a broad set of activities across a wide stakeholder group and manage ambiguity well. Capable of working with other technical teams to install in-house developed and vendor provided software and integrate software on various operating systems, including Windows, Unix, and Linux. Eligibility Requirements Other Requirements (e.g. Travel, Location) Must have the right to work in the country and/or US state where this role is based. No relocation support will be offered. Desirable Criteria and Qualifications ITIL Service Management Foundation, Certified Scrum Master, PMP, or TOGAF certification. AWS and/or Azure Certified Solutions Architect, at the Professional level Externally recognized database certification e.g. Oracle Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Professional Other externally recognized cloud certification e.g.Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure Why join bp: At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to encouraging an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. 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, and excellent retirement benefits, among others! 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: Cloud Platforms, Cloud Platforms, Collaboration, Communication, Configuration management and release, Continuous deployment and release, Creating a high performing team, Database Design, Digital Project Management, Documentation and knowledge sharing, Emerging technology monitoring, Facilitation, Information Security, Mentoring, Metrics definition and instrumentation, NoSql data modelling, Problem Solving, Relational Data Modelling, Risk Management, Scripting, Secure development, Service operations and resiliency, Software Design and Development, Solution Architecture, Source control and code management {+ 5 more} . 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