Lead Enterprise Architect - AWS

BP p.l.c.; Malaysia; Hybrid; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

As a Lead Enterprise Architect at a leading energy company, you will play a key role in designing and implementing architecture to align with business goals. This position requires in-depth knowledge of technology and application design, safety compliance, and the ability to foster collaboration within teams. Your leadership will drive innovation, ensuring secure and scalable solutions for operational efficiency. The successful candidate will have a strong technical background and a passion for digital transformation.

Qualifications

• Background in creating architecture roadmaps across Technology, Application, and Data layers.
• Good knowledge of web technologies including HTML5, JavaScript, REST.
• Experience in architecting on leading PaaS platforms, particularly AWS.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design and implementation of technology architecture.
• Mentor other architects and evaluate emerging technologies.
• Establish strong relationships within technology ecosystems.

Skills

Agility core practices

Business modelling

Creativity and Innovation

Data Analysis

Digital Analytics

Emerging technology monitoring

Information Assurance

Integration

IT Management

Network Design

User Experience Analysis

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

• Travel required No travel is expected with this role
• Job category IT&S Group
• Relocation available This role is not eligible for relocation

As aLead Enterprise Architects, we work with a collaborative team and will play a meaningful role in overseeing the design and implementation of technology architecture, ensuring alignment with business goals. Working with the senior leaders and technical teams to create roadmaps, drive standards, innovation, ensuring scalability and security while supporting the organization’s simplification goals. We also mentor other architects and evaluate emerging technologies to enhance operational efficiency.

What you will deliver

• Team: Directly influence product and service design. We play a role in building modern application design skills on leading security platforms within BP. We will not just lead, but "do". Our culture is exploring, thinking and doing, and you will live this every single day.
• Architecture: Understand the full stack and develop common patterns and reference architectures for application development and security platforms. You care passionately about the developer experience and productivity making it as easy as possible for them to build solutions on a common technology stack.
• Relationships: You will understand the business needs of the different parts of our businesses and developer communities, and our key technology ecosystems, building strong relationships both inside and outside of BP.
• 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.
• Technology: An excellent technologist passionate about understanding and learning, contributing to digital transformation from an architectural perspective. Brings hands-on skills in key technologies and quickly assesses new technologies commercially.
• Collaboration: Establishes team abilities, demonstrating leadership through delegation, motivation, and trust. Builds positive relationships, advises leaders on technology, and mentors within Digital delivery teams. Encourage engagement with technology as a driver of change. Understands long-term solution needs and fosters rapport with team members inside and outside BP

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

Plus:

• A first degree from a recognized institute of higher learning, ideally computer science or engineering based.
• Exposure to adjacent enterprise architecture domains, including front-end development, integration technologies, databases, identity and access management, and master data management.
• Powerful interpersonal skills including the ability to relate complex topics in simple and accessible language.

About 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!

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.

Additional Information

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, veteran status, or disability status.

Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role

Job summary

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

Let me tell you about the role

As aLead Enterprise Architects, we work with a collaborative team and will play a meaningful role in overseeing the design and implementation of technology architecture, ensuring alignment with business goals. Working with the senior leaders and technical teams to create roadmaps, drive standards, innovation, ensuring scalability and security while supporting the organization’s simplification goals. We also mentor other architects and evaluate emerging technologies to enhance operational efficiency.

What you will deliver

• Team: Directly influence product and service design. We play a role in building modern application design skills on leading security platforms within BP. We will not just lead, but "do". Our culture is exploring, thinking and doing, and you will live this every single day.
• Architecture: Understand the full stack and develop common patterns and reference architectures for application development and security platforms. You care passionately about the developer experience and productivity making it as easy as possible for them to build solutions on a common technology stack.
• Relationships: You will understand the business needs of the different parts of our businesses and developer communities, and our key technology ecosystems, building strong relationships both inside and outside of BP.
• 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.
• Technology: An excellent technologist passionate about understanding and learning, contributing to digital transformation from an architectural perspective. Brings hands-on skills in key technologies and quickly assesses new technologies commercially.
• Collaboration: Establishes team abilities, demonstrating leadership through delegation, motivation, and trust. Builds positive relationships, advises leaders on technology, and mentors within Digital delivery teams. Encourage engagement with technology as a driver of change. Understands long-term solution needs and fosters rapport with team members inside and outside BP

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

You bring a solid background in creating architecture roadmaps and operational models across Technology, Application, and Data layers for sophisticated, high-availability systems in Web and Mobile. You should have good knowledge of web technologies (HTML5, JavaScript, REST, XML, OData) and programming experience (Node.js, Java, C#, Python), with a hands-on approach to delivery challenges. Experience in architecting and developing on leading PaaS platforms, particularly AWS, and migrating on-premise workloads to the cloud is important. You should also bring expertise in designing scalable, reliable data infrastructure and products, with a focus on continuous delivery and DevOps in agile environments.

Plus:

• A first degree from a recognized institute of higher learning, ideally computer science or engineering based.
• Exposure to adjacent enterprise architecture domains, including front-end development, integration technologies, databases, identity and access management, and master data management.
• Powerful interpersonal skills including the ability to relate complex topics in simple and accessible language.

About 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!

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.

Additional Information

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, veteran status, or disability status.

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, Business modelling, Creativity and Innovation, Data Analysis, Data design, Digital Analytics, Emerging technology monitoring, Information Assurance, Integration, IT Management, IT strategy and planning, Network Design, Requirements definition and management, Risk Management, Service operations and resiliency, Solution Architecture, Systems Development Management, Technical specialism, User Experience Analysis

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 .

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