Head of Enterprise Architecture Contract Length: 4-6 months (To cover while perm recruitment takes place) Location: Hybrid - Based at Milton Keynes the Quadrant (But will only need to come into the office on an ad hoc basis. Can be located anywhere in UK) Pay Rate to Candidate: Circa £1000 - £1200 pd - Inside IR35 Taken from Vacancy Validation Call - -Will be here to keep ship steady while we recruit perm replacement -Wont need to design strategy -Essentially looking for some one to run with what there is. -Ensure things are being delivered that have been set out -Will help shape the enterprise architecture eco system -They lead a team of ppl - Around 8 band 2's. -Look for some one with good team leadership skills and Good customer facing -Able to talk to a wide range of ppl who don't understand IT -Need to have an outgoing personality as they will be needing to talk to a lot of ppl. -Someone who has worked in IT for long stretch of time or someone looking to step up. -Cloud base, or background with AI would be good and/or Data Science To enable Network Rail strategic business objectives and opportunities through a proactive, enterprise response to industry business drivers. Lead, guide and govern Network Rail's strategic IT decision making for positive value outcomes and business risk reduction through development of Network Rail's Business Aligned IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture. 1. Lead the creation and communication of Network Rail's Business Aligned Information Technology Strategy against which Network Rail can align its strategic business and IT decision making. 2. Identify and champion well-formed business and IT opportunities by analysing industry and IT trends to drive additional/new value in industry and Network Rail's business models across a 5-year planning horizon. 3. Articulate strategic business and IT direction (through communication, influence and relationship building) across Network Rail, suppliers and partners for opportunities and alignment. Represent Network Rail IT strategy across industry forums. 4. Provide leadership of IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture (including current, target, transition state, patterns, reference architecture, principles, policy, standards) to govern and evolve the enterprise business, information, application and technology architectures across the devolved organisation. 5. Collaborate with centres of accountability and excellence for business process, data governance, operational technology and security across Network Rail and into industry to truly align the Business Aligned IT Strategy (BAITS). 6. Support orchestration of the delivery of business outcomes by shaping, sequencing and prioritising IT and business change for maximum value of aligned business objectives and minimal dependency friction. 7. Maintain an enterprise view of Network Rail 5-year horizon change initiatives, their strategic interdependencies and major architecture transition states to guide investment decisions, enable successful delivery of business outcomes from technology enabled change and effective change management. 8. Develop and promote the use of Enterprise Architecture across Network Rail as an enabler for strategy formulation, value creation, and risk reduction. 9. Define the enterprise architecture process, methods, tools and architecture review process, and lead their effective integration with related business and IT processes to drive consistent outcomes and manage risk. 10. Manage a team of cross domain and segment Enterprise Architects to deliver value to Network Rail through development of the Business Aligned IT Strategy and Segment Architecture products, ongoing communication and education for the enterprise architecture and its standards and Essential Significant experience operating at senior levels in information technology with solid background in enterprise architecture, planning, design, and development Substantial experience of IT Strategy and enterprise architectural development across all domains and multiple business sectors, including experience of system of systems' architecture development Significant experience of operating at a senior level, building effective relationships and dealing with executive colleagues and external stakeholders Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to explain technical concepts to non-technical people including front line staff and senior business and technology leadership Ability to take a strategic view and see the big picture' allied to the ability to adopt an analytical approach to complex change programmes with the awareness of operational implications A deep understanding of all architecture domains (business, information, data, applications, technology, security, etc.) and the relationships between them. Substantial experience of the development of reference architectures including principles, policies, standards, patterns, reference models and other elements. Experience of developing strategy and architecture based on emerging digital technologies (eg IOT, API, AI, Social, Mobile, Cloud, Apps Modernisation). Experience of leading and developing teams including performance management coaching and professional development. Desirable Rail industry, asset management, manufacturing, supply chain and corporate business architectures Experience of the application of industry frameworks and maturity models including COBIT, ITIL, P3M, MoP, MSP, PRINCE2, P3M3 and CMMI.
14/08/2023
Contractor
Head of Enterprise Architecture Contract Length: 4-6 months (To cover while perm recruitment takes place) Location: Hybrid - Based at Milton Keynes the Quadrant (But will only need to come into the office on an ad hoc basis. Can be located anywhere in UK) Pay Rate to Candidate: Circa £1000 - £1200 pd - Inside IR35 Taken from Vacancy Validation Call - -Will be here to keep ship steady while we recruit perm replacement -Wont need to design strategy -Essentially looking for some one to run with what there is. -Ensure things are being delivered that have been set out -Will help shape the enterprise architecture eco system -They lead a team of ppl - Around 8 band 2's. -Look for some one with good team leadership skills and Good customer facing -Able to talk to a wide range of ppl who don't understand IT -Need to have an outgoing personality as they will be needing to talk to a lot of ppl. -Someone who has worked in IT for long stretch of time or someone looking to step up. -Cloud base, or background with AI would be good and/or Data Science To enable Network Rail strategic business objectives and opportunities through a proactive, enterprise response to industry business drivers. Lead, guide and govern Network Rail's strategic IT decision making for positive value outcomes and business risk reduction through development of Network Rail's Business Aligned IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture. 1. Lead the creation and communication of Network Rail's Business Aligned Information Technology Strategy against which Network Rail can align its strategic business and IT decision making. 2. Identify and champion well-formed business and IT opportunities by analysing industry and IT trends to drive additional/new value in industry and Network Rail's business models across a 5-year planning horizon. 3. Articulate strategic business and IT direction (through communication, influence and relationship building) across Network Rail, suppliers and partners for opportunities and alignment. Represent Network Rail IT strategy across industry forums. 4. Provide leadership of IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture (including current, target, transition state, patterns, reference architecture, principles, policy, standards) to govern and evolve the enterprise business, information, application and technology architectures across the devolved organisation. 5. Collaborate with centres of accountability and excellence for business process, data governance, operational technology and security across Network Rail and into industry to truly align the Business Aligned IT Strategy (BAITS). 6. Support orchestration of the delivery of business outcomes by shaping, sequencing and prioritising IT and business change for maximum value of aligned business objectives and minimal dependency friction. 7. Maintain an enterprise view of Network Rail 5-year horizon change initiatives, their strategic interdependencies and major architecture transition states to guide investment decisions, enable successful delivery of business outcomes from technology enabled change and effective change management. 8. Develop and promote the use of Enterprise Architecture across Network Rail as an enabler for strategy formulation, value creation, and risk reduction. 9. Define the enterprise architecture process, methods, tools and architecture review process, and lead their effective integration with related business and IT processes to drive consistent outcomes and manage risk. 10. Manage a team of cross domain and segment Enterprise Architects to deliver value to Network Rail through development of the Business Aligned IT Strategy and Segment Architecture products, ongoing communication and education for the enterprise architecture and its standards and Essential Significant experience operating at senior levels in information technology with solid background in enterprise architecture, planning, design, and development Substantial experience of IT Strategy and enterprise architectural development across all domains and multiple business sectors, including experience of system of systems' architecture development Significant experience of operating at a senior level, building effective relationships and dealing with executive colleagues and external stakeholders Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to explain technical concepts to non-technical people including front line staff and senior business and technology leadership Ability to take a strategic view and see the big picture' allied to the ability to adopt an analytical approach to complex change programmes with the awareness of operational implications A deep understanding of all architecture domains (business, information, data, applications, technology, security, etc.) and the relationships between them. Substantial experience of the development of reference architectures including principles, policies, standards, patterns, reference models and other elements. Experience of developing strategy and architecture based on emerging digital technologies (eg IOT, API, AI, Social, Mobile, Cloud, Apps Modernisation). Experience of leading and developing teams including performance management coaching and professional development. Desirable Rail industry, asset management, manufacturing, supply chain and corporate business architectures Experience of the application of industry frameworks and maturity models including COBIT, ITIL, P3M, MoP, MSP, PRINCE2, P3M3 and CMMI.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Are you passionate about protecting Cyber Security?
Do you want to make a real difference in the fight against cybercrime in local government?
Are you passionate about making a difference in your community?
If so, we want you to join our team!
We seek a highly motivated and experienced Cyber Security & Networks Manager to join our team. Stevenage Borough Council are a leading local authority in Cyber Security in the UK and pilot cyber security standards for The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of Cyber Security in the public sector. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of cyber security principles and associated technology risk management. They will also have experience in managing and leading a team of IT professionals.
Accountable for Cyber security, you will identify and ensure the security of the council’s IT Applications and Digital Solutions. You will lead in evaluating new and existing projects, software and hardware products, and vendors, including examining vendor contracts and terms of service. You will support teams across the council to develop their understanding of security cyber risks. You will manage a small team of two Senior Network and Security Engineers
You will take the lead on cyber security and network for the Shared IT service, which supports over 1,000 users across Stevenage Borough Council and East Herts District Council and will put in place controls over security systems, such as firewalls, data protection controls, patching, encryption, vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
You will be responsible for achieving compliance with Cyber Essentials Plus, Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and Public Sector Network (PSN) and related government frameworks, including those of the National Cyber Security Centre, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)
ABOUT YOU
The successful candidate will have
Ability to work in a high-pressure environment and make sound decisions in emergency situations while empathising with customers and responding sympathetically to
Extensive knowledge of all IT security aspects, including audit response, oversight, and scrutiny, ICO responses, Information Governance, Information Assurance, IT Asset Management policies, Quality Assurance, Test Strategies, PSN and PCI and other relevant compliance frameworks, Disaster recovery and Business continuity
Extensive experience working as part of a multidiscipline ICT team in a complex organisation, ideally a local authority.
OUR BENEFITS
Pension Scheme: We offer a career average pension scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pensions for dependants
Flexible working: available upon request, subject to operational requirements
Part-time and job share opportunities - all our full time vacancies are open to job share unless otherwise stated
A variety of different types of paid leave covering emergency and planned leave, maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave
25 days holiday rising to 31 days (depending on Local Government service)
An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family, and relationship issues
Discounted health and fitness membership
Trade Unions: For a small fee, all employees have the opportunity to join a Trade Union
HOW TO APPLY
All applications must be made on online - please visit https://bit.ly/45Yo0Ke
For an informal discussion about this role please contact
Name Matt Canterford
Job Title Assistant Director and Chief Technology Officer
Phone Number 07706 349657
Email matt.canterford@stevenage.gov.uk
Closing date for receipt of applications : 26 June 2023
Interviews will be held the week commencing: 3 July 2023
Please note that if we receive a large volume of applications for this role, we reserve the right to close this vacancy ahead of the published closing date
Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and recruitment candidates to share this commitment. SBC shall take all reasonable steps to employ staff who are safe to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. For posts identified with regular contact with these groups applicants will be required to undertake a Value Based Interview. The council supports the legislative requirements for employing and maintaining safer staff and the guidance specified by Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board
Stevenage Borough Council is committed to Equal Opportunities for All. For further information please click https://www.stevenage.gov.uk/about-the-council/jobs-and-careers/equal-opportunities
05/06/2023
Full time
ABOUT THE ROLE
Are you passionate about protecting Cyber Security?
Do you want to make a real difference in the fight against cybercrime in local government?
Are you passionate about making a difference in your community?
If so, we want you to join our team!
We seek a highly motivated and experienced Cyber Security & Networks Manager to join our team. Stevenage Borough Council are a leading local authority in Cyber Security in the UK and pilot cyber security standards for The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of Cyber Security in the public sector. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of cyber security principles and associated technology risk management. They will also have experience in managing and leading a team of IT professionals.
Accountable for Cyber security, you will identify and ensure the security of the council’s IT Applications and Digital Solutions. You will lead in evaluating new and existing projects, software and hardware products, and vendors, including examining vendor contracts and terms of service. You will support teams across the council to develop their understanding of security cyber risks. You will manage a small team of two Senior Network and Security Engineers
You will take the lead on cyber security and network for the Shared IT service, which supports over 1,000 users across Stevenage Borough Council and East Herts District Council and will put in place controls over security systems, such as firewalls, data protection controls, patching, encryption, vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
You will be responsible for achieving compliance with Cyber Essentials Plus, Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and Public Sector Network (PSN) and related government frameworks, including those of the National Cyber Security Centre, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)
ABOUT YOU
The successful candidate will have
Ability to work in a high-pressure environment and make sound decisions in emergency situations while empathising with customers and responding sympathetically to
Extensive knowledge of all IT security aspects, including audit response, oversight, and scrutiny, ICO responses, Information Governance, Information Assurance, IT Asset Management policies, Quality Assurance, Test Strategies, PSN and PCI and other relevant compliance frameworks, Disaster recovery and Business continuity
Extensive experience working as part of a multidiscipline ICT team in a complex organisation, ideally a local authority.
OUR BENEFITS
Pension Scheme: We offer a career average pension scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pensions for dependants
Flexible working: available upon request, subject to operational requirements
Part-time and job share opportunities - all our full time vacancies are open to job share unless otherwise stated
A variety of different types of paid leave covering emergency and planned leave, maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave
25 days holiday rising to 31 days (depending on Local Government service)
An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family, and relationship issues
Discounted health and fitness membership
Trade Unions: For a small fee, all employees have the opportunity to join a Trade Union
HOW TO APPLY
All applications must be made on online - please visit https://bit.ly/45Yo0Ke
For an informal discussion about this role please contact
Name Matt Canterford
Job Title Assistant Director and Chief Technology Officer
Phone Number 07706 349657
Email matt.canterford@stevenage.gov.uk
Closing date for receipt of applications : 26 June 2023
Interviews will be held the week commencing: 3 July 2023
Please note that if we receive a large volume of applications for this role, we reserve the right to close this vacancy ahead of the published closing date
Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and recruitment candidates to share this commitment. SBC shall take all reasonable steps to employ staff who are safe to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. For posts identified with regular contact with these groups applicants will be required to undertake a Value Based Interview. The council supports the legislative requirements for employing and maintaining safer staff and the guidance specified by Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board
Stevenage Borough Council is committed to Equal Opportunities for All. For further information please click https://www.stevenage.gov.uk/about-the-council/jobs-and-careers/equal-opportunities
Job Profile Summary About BP- "Are you looking for a career in tech that truly helps make the world a better place? Bp is moving through the biggest transition in its 100+ year history with the goal of becoming one of the world's largest renewable energy providers and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. At bp, we provide great environment & benefits such as an inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, learning and development opportunities, life & health insurance, medical care package, and many others benefits! 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 crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. Role 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. Integration architect is a new role in the Digital Customer and Markets (DCM) team, where we deliver digital solutions to engage with our customers, create efficiencies and support new business. WHY YOU MATTER? A technologist at-heart, you are passionate in building outstanding products and services. You motivate and advise product teams across DCM to think about modern ways to integrate systems, process and experiences. You stay ahead of innovative technologies identifying new opportunities, architectures and standards in the integration space, that helps bp deliver a modular enterprise. 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. Key accountabilities Team: You directly influence how different products' design, build integration capabilities. You will not just lead, but you will "do". Architecture: You understand capabilities to build out complex enterprise integrations and develop common patterns and reference architectures for architecture of these services. 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 Integration Platform, Data Platform and Product teams. You will influence Platform roadmap 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, and an ability to rapidly assess new integration services with a commercial mindset. Evangelist: You will be the Integration evangelist for DCM, selling the different opportunities that can help us build a modular enterprise. Safety and Compliance: Safety of our people and our customers is our highest priority. We will advocate and help ensure our architectures, designs and processes enhance a culture of operational safety and improve our digital security. Job Advert Formal education A Bachelor's (or higher) degree, ideally in Computer Science, MIS/IT, Mathematics, hard science, or equivalent work experience. Essential Skills Strong understanding of technology market in the integration space - cloud native offerings, common SaaS platforms and IaaS solutions in the market. Proven track record in architecture, design, and deployment of enterprise-wide integration strategies, approaches. Experience in design and delivery of headless/decoupled/coupled architecture as well as wider modular and composable architecture patterns. Experience of one or more Integration platforms such as MuleSoft, Azure Integration services etc. A confirmed grasp of modern digital architectures, JavaScript applications (e.g., React, Vue), mobile architectures and development approaches. Proven experience in developing best practices for enterprise integration, microservices, API development, security, and scalability. Good understanding of Synch and Asynch integration and ability to articulate and decide which integration pattern should be used when. Proven experience in integrating high throughput data loads and architecting integration landscape for complex NFR's. A confirmed grasp of software development and design thinking in an agile environment. You understand and advocate continuous delivery pipelines and DevOps. Hands on experience in delivery using CI/CD pipelines is a big plus. Hands on programming experience is a big plus. Leadership & EQ You create an environment where people listen and speak openly about the good, the bad, and the ugly, so that everyone can understand and learn. You promote a culture of change and agility, evolve continuously, adapting to our changing world. You work across organisational boundaries and build high quality, trust-based relationships with leaders and employees within Innovation & Engineering and the wider bp, applying cultural sensitivity. You apply judgement and common sense at scale. You align with bp's Code of Conduct and demonstrate strong leadership of bp's Leadership Expectations and Values & Behaviours. Nice to have : Integration or Cloud Solution Architecture Certifications Entity Innovation & Engineering Job Family Group IT&S Group Relocation available No Travel required Negligible travel Time Type Full time Country United Kingdom About BP INNOVATION & 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
10/11/2021
Full time
Job Profile Summary About BP- "Are you looking for a career in tech that truly helps make the world a better place? Bp is moving through the biggest transition in its 100+ year history with the goal of becoming one of the world's largest renewable energy providers and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. At bp, we provide great environment & benefits such as an inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, learning and development opportunities, life & health insurance, medical care package, and many others benefits! 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 crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. Role 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. Integration architect is a new role in the Digital Customer and Markets (DCM) team, where we deliver digital solutions to engage with our customers, create efficiencies and support new business. WHY YOU MATTER? A technologist at-heart, you are passionate in building outstanding products and services. You motivate and advise product teams across DCM to think about modern ways to integrate systems, process and experiences. You stay ahead of innovative technologies identifying new opportunities, architectures and standards in the integration space, that helps bp deliver a modular enterprise. 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. Key accountabilities Team: You directly influence how different products' design, build integration capabilities. You will not just lead, but you will "do". Architecture: You understand capabilities to build out complex enterprise integrations and develop common patterns and reference architectures for architecture of these services. 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 Integration Platform, Data Platform and Product teams. You will influence Platform roadmap 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, and an ability to rapidly assess new integration services with a commercial mindset. Evangelist: You will be the Integration evangelist for DCM, selling the different opportunities that can help us build a modular enterprise. Safety and Compliance: Safety of our people and our customers is our highest priority. We will advocate and help ensure our architectures, designs and processes enhance a culture of operational safety and improve our digital security. Job Advert Formal education A Bachelor's (or higher) degree, ideally in Computer Science, MIS/IT, Mathematics, hard science, or equivalent work experience. Essential Skills Strong understanding of technology market in the integration space - cloud native offerings, common SaaS platforms and IaaS solutions in the market. Proven track record in architecture, design, and deployment of enterprise-wide integration strategies, approaches. Experience in design and delivery of headless/decoupled/coupled architecture as well as wider modular and composable architecture patterns. Experience of one or more Integration platforms such as MuleSoft, Azure Integration services etc. A confirmed grasp of modern digital architectures, JavaScript applications (e.g., React, Vue), mobile architectures and development approaches. Proven experience in developing best practices for enterprise integration, microservices, API development, security, and scalability. Good understanding of Synch and Asynch integration and ability to articulate and decide which integration pattern should be used when. Proven experience in integrating high throughput data loads and architecting integration landscape for complex NFR's. A confirmed grasp of software development and design thinking in an agile environment. You understand and advocate continuous delivery pipelines and DevOps. Hands on experience in delivery using CI/CD pipelines is a big plus. Hands on programming experience is a big plus. Leadership & EQ You create an environment where people listen and speak openly about the good, the bad, and the ugly, so that everyone can understand and learn. You promote a culture of change and agility, evolve continuously, adapting to our changing world. You work across organisational boundaries and build high quality, trust-based relationships with leaders and employees within Innovation & Engineering and the wider bp, applying cultural sensitivity. You apply judgement and common sense at scale. You align with bp's Code of Conduct and demonstrate strong leadership of bp's Leadership Expectations and Values & Behaviours. Nice to have : Integration or Cloud Solution Architecture Certifications Entity Innovation & Engineering Job Family Group IT&S Group Relocation available No Travel required Negligible travel Time Type Full time Country United Kingdom About BP INNOVATION & 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
Job Profile Summary About BP- "Are you looking for a career in tech that truly helps make the world a better place? Bp is moving through the biggest transition in its 100+ year history with the goal of becoming one of the world's largest renewable energy providers and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. At bp, we provide great environment & benefits such as an inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, learning and development opportunities, life & health insurance, medical care package, and many others benefits! 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 crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. Role 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. Integration architect is a new role in the Digital Customer and Markets (DCM) team, where we deliver digital solutions to engage with our customers, create efficiencies and support new business. WHY YOU MATTER? A technologist at-heart, you are passionate in building outstanding products and services. You motivate and advise product teams across DCM to think about modern ways to integrate systems, process and experiences. You stay ahead of innovative technologies identifying new opportunities, architectures and standards in the integration space, that helps bp deliver a modular enterprise. 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. Key accountabilities Team: You directly influence how different products' design, build integration capabilities. You will not just lead, but you will "do". Architecture: You understand capabilities to build out complex enterprise integrations and develop common patterns and reference architectures for architecture of these services. 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 Integration Platform, Data Platform and Product teams. You will influence Platform roadmap 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, and an ability to rapidly assess new integration services with a commercial mindset. Evangelist: You will be the Integration evangelist for DCM, selling the different opportunities that can help us build a modular enterprise. Safety and Compliance: Safety of our people and our customers is our highest priority. We will advocate and help ensure our architectures, designs and processes enhance a culture of operational safety and improve our digital security. Job Advert Formal education A Bachelor's (or higher) degree, ideally in Computer Science, MIS/IT, Mathematics, hard science, or equivalent work experience. Essential Skills Strong understanding of technology market in the integration space - cloud native offerings, common SaaS platforms and IaaS solutions in the market. Proven track record in architecture, design, and deployment of enterprise-wide integration strategies, approaches. Experience in design and delivery of headless/decoupled/coupled architecture as well as wider modular and composable architecture patterns. Experience of one or more Integration platforms such as MuleSoft, Azure Integration services etc. A confirmed grasp of modern digital architectures, JavaScript applications (e.g., React, Vue), mobile architectures and development approaches. Proven experience in developing best practices for enterprise integration, microservices, API development, security, and scalability. Good understanding of Synch and Asynch integration and ability to articulate and decide which integration pattern should be used when. Proven experience in integrating high throughput data loads and architecting integration landscape for complex NFR's. A confirmed grasp of software development and design thinking in an agile environment. You understand and advocate continuous delivery pipelines and DevOps. Hands on experience in delivery using CI/CD pipelines is a big plus. Hands on programming experience is a big plus. Leadership & EQ You create an environment where people listen and speak openly about the good, the bad, and the ugly, so that everyone can understand and learn. You promote a culture of change and agility, evolve continuously, adapting to our changing world. You work across organisational boundaries and build high quality, trust-based relationships with leaders and employees within Innovation & Engineering and the wider bp, applying cultural sensitivity. You apply judgement and common sense at scale. You align with bp's Code of Conduct and demonstrate strong leadership of bp's Leadership Expectations and Values & Behaviours. Nice to have : Integration or Cloud Solution Architecture Certifications Entity Innovation & Engineering Job Family Group IT&S Group Relocation available No Travel required Negligible travel Time Type Full time Country United Kingdom About BP INNOVATION & 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
09/11/2021
Full time
Job Profile Summary About BP- "Are you looking for a career in tech that truly helps make the world a better place? Bp is moving through the biggest transition in its 100+ year history with the goal of becoming one of the world's largest renewable energy providers and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. At bp, we provide great environment & benefits such as an inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, learning and development opportunities, life & health insurance, medical care package, and many others benefits! 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 crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. Role 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. Integration architect is a new role in the Digital Customer and Markets (DCM) team, where we deliver digital solutions to engage with our customers, create efficiencies and support new business. WHY YOU MATTER? A technologist at-heart, you are passionate in building outstanding products and services. You motivate and advise product teams across DCM to think about modern ways to integrate systems, process and experiences. You stay ahead of innovative technologies identifying new opportunities, architectures and standards in the integration space, that helps bp deliver a modular enterprise. 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. Key accountabilities Team: You directly influence how different products' design, build integration capabilities. You will not just lead, but you will "do". Architecture: You understand capabilities to build out complex enterprise integrations and develop common patterns and reference architectures for architecture of these services. 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 Integration Platform, Data Platform and Product teams. You will influence Platform roadmap 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, and an ability to rapidly assess new integration services with a commercial mindset. Evangelist: You will be the Integration evangelist for DCM, selling the different opportunities that can help us build a modular enterprise. Safety and Compliance: Safety of our people and our customers is our highest priority. We will advocate and help ensure our architectures, designs and processes enhance a culture of operational safety and improve our digital security. Job Advert Formal education A Bachelor's (or higher) degree, ideally in Computer Science, MIS/IT, Mathematics, hard science, or equivalent work experience. Essential Skills Strong understanding of technology market in the integration space - cloud native offerings, common SaaS platforms and IaaS solutions in the market. Proven track record in architecture, design, and deployment of enterprise-wide integration strategies, approaches. Experience in design and delivery of headless/decoupled/coupled architecture as well as wider modular and composable architecture patterns. Experience of one or more Integration platforms such as MuleSoft, Azure Integration services etc. A confirmed grasp of modern digital architectures, JavaScript applications (e.g., React, Vue), mobile architectures and development approaches. Proven experience in developing best practices for enterprise integration, microservices, API development, security, and scalability. Good understanding of Synch and Asynch integration and ability to articulate and decide which integration pattern should be used when. Proven experience in integrating high throughput data loads and architecting integration landscape for complex NFR's. A confirmed grasp of software development and design thinking in an agile environment. You understand and advocate continuous delivery pipelines and DevOps. Hands on experience in delivery using CI/CD pipelines is a big plus. Hands on programming experience is a big plus. Leadership & EQ You create an environment where people listen and speak openly about the good, the bad, and the ugly, so that everyone can understand and learn. You promote a culture of change and agility, evolve continuously, adapting to our changing world. You work across organisational boundaries and build high quality, trust-based relationships with leaders and employees within Innovation & Engineering and the wider bp, applying cultural sensitivity. You apply judgement and common sense at scale. You align with bp's Code of Conduct and demonstrate strong leadership of bp's Leadership Expectations and Values & Behaviours. Nice to have : Integration or Cloud Solution Architecture Certifications Entity Innovation & Engineering Job Family Group IT&S Group Relocation available No Travel required Negligible travel Time Type Full time Country United Kingdom About BP INNOVATION & 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
Job Profile Summary About BP's Network Services Organization: BP's IT team solves big sophisticated challenges with our data and technology expertise to help BP advance a lower carbon future. We are organized as a collection of Products, Services and Platforms teams that work together to enable our users to accomplish their missions. In Connectivity Services, we deliver one of the largest networks in the world. Our operations span over 600 office and production sites, thousands of retail locations and operate in nearly every continent. We are a diverse team of network technologists, software developers and automation engineers committed to delivering evergreen, elastic and ubiquitous connectivity experience across some of the most diverse and ambitious environments on earth. The Principal Architect crafts the vision, technology strategy and architecture standards for connectivity products and services globally, and plays a pivotal role in modernizing the technology and operating model, enhancing capability and automation practices within the domain while also providing leadership to the wider network technical community across major change activities, incremental enhancement, operational simplifications and optimizations. Why you matter: A technologist at-heart are passionate about planning and building robust networks, at scale, supporting constantly evolving business models and consumer grade services. You empower and inspire teams to deliver value, stay ahead of new technologies and integrate those technologies into a flexible and consumer centric services. The choices you make will define our architectures, standards, and solutions we will use to interconnect our people and digitize our businesses! You believe that delivering an effective service architecture depends on a deep understanding of business need, technology, and long-range planning 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 departments and leading vendors at your fingertips. You are confident and comfortable working across cultures and fostering effective relationships. Job Advert Your Accountabilities: Team: Our culture is exploring, thinking, and doing, and you will live this every single day, managing and developing a team of domain architects who design, build, and govern connectivity products for our digital businesses! You will define network automation standards and deliver the framework by which teams automate and integrate connectivity services. Architecture: Like most large enterprises, some elements of our platform portfolio contain the most sophisticated technologies readily available, while others are legacy. Whether its retail stores, offshore platforms, backbones point of presence, or trading floors, you will develop the vision and service strategies, reference architectures, and integrated roadmaps that will enable us to evolve and innovate the connectivity portfolio. Relationships: You will understand the business drivers, challenges and emerging use cases that will influence our 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. You do this by forming relationships both inside and outside of BP. Technology: You have a passion for learning and leading by example, and enjoy architecting, designing, and building automated and virtualized communication networks. You possess broad knowledge of network and security products, solutions and vendors and an ability to rapidly assess new technologies with a commercial and operational perspective. 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. Crucial Experience: Proven background in delivering multi-vendor, multi-product services that utilize routing, switching, optimization, security, and virtualization on a global scale in the data center, in the cloud and at the edge. In-depth understanding of legacy and modern networking infrastructure, protocols, topologies, transport technologies and are experienced in leading teams that architect solutions for large enterprises. You love envisaging the art of the possible and making that a reality. Functional knowledge of the leading technology providers and their networking products including Cisco, VMware, Aruba Networks, zScaler, and Microsoft with a solid grasp of the security practices and solutions and understand the security considerations and challenges inherent to evolving large scale distributed networks. In depth and current knowledge of cloud service provider networking and security capabilities, specifically Amazon web services and Microsoft Azure and have architected cloud and on-premise services using those products. Working knowledge in IPv6, Cellular networks including LTE/5G, Medium earth orbit satellite, low earth orbit, and LORAWAN. A proven grasp of architecture development and design thinking in an agile environment. You adapt techniques to drive meaningful product experiences and agile governance. 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. Equal Opportunity BP strongly believes in the value of bringing your whole-self to our organization. While we cannot offer Visa sponsorship, we commit to equal opportunity regardless of race, religion, creed, disability, or sexual orientation. Every member of the BP family commits to the BP Values and Behaviors and seeks to uphold these standards in all that we do. #bpArchitecture Entity Innovation & Engineering Job Family Group IT&S Group Relocation available No Travel required Negligible travel Time Type Full time Country United Kingdom About BP INNOVATION & 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
15/09/2021
Full time
Job Profile Summary About BP's Network Services Organization: BP's IT team solves big sophisticated challenges with our data and technology expertise to help BP advance a lower carbon future. We are organized as a collection of Products, Services and Platforms teams that work together to enable our users to accomplish their missions. In Connectivity Services, we deliver one of the largest networks in the world. Our operations span over 600 office and production sites, thousands of retail locations and operate in nearly every continent. We are a diverse team of network technologists, software developers and automation engineers committed to delivering evergreen, elastic and ubiquitous connectivity experience across some of the most diverse and ambitious environments on earth. The Principal Architect crafts the vision, technology strategy and architecture standards for connectivity products and services globally, and plays a pivotal role in modernizing the technology and operating model, enhancing capability and automation practices within the domain while also providing leadership to the wider network technical community across major change activities, incremental enhancement, operational simplifications and optimizations. Why you matter: A technologist at-heart are passionate about planning and building robust networks, at scale, supporting constantly evolving business models and consumer grade services. You empower and inspire teams to deliver value, stay ahead of new technologies and integrate those technologies into a flexible and consumer centric services. The choices you make will define our architectures, standards, and solutions we will use to interconnect our people and digitize our businesses! You believe that delivering an effective service architecture depends on a deep understanding of business need, technology, and long-range planning 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 departments and leading vendors at your fingertips. You are confident and comfortable working across cultures and fostering effective relationships. Job Advert Your Accountabilities: Team: Our culture is exploring, thinking, and doing, and you will live this every single day, managing and developing a team of domain architects who design, build, and govern connectivity products for our digital businesses! You will define network automation standards and deliver the framework by which teams automate and integrate connectivity services. Architecture: Like most large enterprises, some elements of our platform portfolio contain the most sophisticated technologies readily available, while others are legacy. Whether its retail stores, offshore platforms, backbones point of presence, or trading floors, you will develop the vision and service strategies, reference architectures, and integrated roadmaps that will enable us to evolve and innovate the connectivity portfolio. Relationships: You will understand the business drivers, challenges and emerging use cases that will influence our 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. You do this by forming relationships both inside and outside of BP. Technology: You have a passion for learning and leading by example, and enjoy architecting, designing, and building automated and virtualized communication networks. You possess broad knowledge of network and security products, solutions and vendors and an ability to rapidly assess new technologies with a commercial and operational perspective. 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. Crucial Experience: Proven background in delivering multi-vendor, multi-product services that utilize routing, switching, optimization, security, and virtualization on a global scale in the data center, in the cloud and at the edge. In-depth understanding of legacy and modern networking infrastructure, protocols, topologies, transport technologies and are experienced in leading teams that architect solutions for large enterprises. You love envisaging the art of the possible and making that a reality. Functional knowledge of the leading technology providers and their networking products including Cisco, VMware, Aruba Networks, zScaler, and Microsoft with a solid grasp of the security practices and solutions and understand the security considerations and challenges inherent to evolving large scale distributed networks. In depth and current knowledge of cloud service provider networking and security capabilities, specifically Amazon web services and Microsoft Azure and have architected cloud and on-premise services using those products. Working knowledge in IPv6, Cellular networks including LTE/5G, Medium earth orbit satellite, low earth orbit, and LORAWAN. A proven grasp of architecture development and design thinking in an agile environment. You adapt techniques to drive meaningful product experiences and agile governance. 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. Equal Opportunity BP strongly believes in the value of bringing your whole-self to our organization. While we cannot offer Visa sponsorship, we commit to equal opportunity regardless of race, religion, creed, disability, or sexual orientation. Every member of the BP family commits to the BP Values and Behaviors and seeks to uphold these standards in all that we do. #bpArchitecture Entity Innovation & Engineering Job Family Group IT&S Group Relocation available No Travel required Negligible travel Time Type Full time Country United Kingdom About BP INNOVATION & 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
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