Senior Site Reliability Engineer

-; Sunbury-on-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global energy company based in the UK is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to build and maintain software solutions that power technology platforms. This role involves working in a hybrid environment, ensuring the reliability and scalability of cloud applications, and automating operational tasks. Candidates should have a degree in computer science or related field, strong skills in programming languages like C# and TypeScript, and experience in managing AWS or Azure services. Join us to help reimagine energy for a sustainable future.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• Relevant certifications in cloud engineering or DevOps are beneficial.
• Skilled in managing configurations, deployments, and incident resolution.

Responsibilities

• Ensure reliability and scalability of large-scale cloud applications.
• Create automated solutions to improve operational aspects.
• Develop and maintain standardised solutions for multiple teams.

Skills

C#

TypeScript

Communication skills

Collaboration

Configuration management

Agility core practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Job Description

About bp

bp is a global energy business with a purpose to reimagine energy for people and our planet. We aim to be a very different kind of energy company by 2030, helping the world reach net zero and improving people’s lives. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. Join bp and become part of the team building our future!

You will work with

You will work as a member of a high-energy, top-performing team of engineers, working alongside technology leaders to shape the vision and drive the execution of ground-breaking compute and data platforms that make a real impact.

Let me tell you about the role

As a senior site reliability engineer, you will be responsible for building, maintaining and operating the software solutions, infrastructure and services that powers technology platforms. In this role, we work with a team of engineers and team members to ensure that the digital solutions are highly available, scalable, and secure and will be responsible for automating routine tasks, improving the solution's performance, and providing technical support to other teams.

What you will deliver

• Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of large-scale, cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
• Creating automated solutions to improve operational aspects of the site.
• Ensure that applications and websites run smoothly and efficiently.
• Detect issues and automatically managing failures to keep systems up and running.
• Work with software developers, engineers, and operations teams to improve system performance.
• Analyse incidents to prevent future disruptions.
• Develop and maintain standardised solutions that can be reused across multiple teams and projects.

What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications)

Technical skills we need from you

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field or equivalent work experience.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS / Azure cloud engineering, fundamentals, DevOps, architect certifications) can be beneficial. Knowledge of networking concepts, protocols, and tools, willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to changing environments.
• Skilled in managing configuration, deployments, observability, handling and resolving incidents, including root cause analysis, managing and operating complex systems for scalability, availability and performance.
• Proficient in communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with development and operations teams.

Software Skills

• Proficient in C# and TypeScript; comfortable working across platforms.
• Managed large monorepo's and build systems like Bazel.
• Skilled in writing secure, stable, testable, and maintainable code.
• Familiar with systems design principles.
• Software development experience, ideally in platform or service engineering.
• Familiar with software engineering best practices across the full SDLC---coding standards, code reviews, source control, CI/CD, testing, and operations.
• Experience supporting and operating production systems, with exposure to monitoring, logging, alerting, and basic security practices.
• Experience designing and contributing to Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) to streamline developer workflows and self-service capabilities.

Infrastructure Skills

• Skilled knowledge of Linux/Unix systems, including system configuration, networking, and debugging.
• Expert in building and scaling infrastructure services using Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure.
• Skilled with infrastructure tools like Kubernetes, Istio, EKS, Kafka. Experience in Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, for infrastructure as code, monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) and logging systems (e.g., ELK stack).
• Skilled in the understanding of using core cloud application infrastructure services including identity platforms, networking, storage, databases, containers, and serverless.
• Skilfull knowledge of databases, such as relational, graph, document, and key-value, including performance tuning and improvement.

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

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Analytics, API and platform design, Business Analysis, Cloud Platforms, Coaching, Communication, Configuration management and release, Continuous deployment and release, Data Structures and Algorithms (Inactive), Digital Project Management, Documentation and knowledge sharing, Facilitation, Information Security, iOS and Android development, Mentoring, Metrics definition and instrumentation, NoSql data modelling, Relational Data Modelling, Risk Management, Scripting, Service operations and resiliency, Software Design and Development, Source control and code management + 4 more

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.

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.