Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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Full time, United Kingdom, Sunbury –

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 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.

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

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

• 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, Dev Ops, architect certifications) can be beneficial.
• Knowledge of networking concepts, protocols, and tools, willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to changing environments.
• Experience managing configuration, deployments, observability, incident handling and root‑cause analysis for complex, scalable systems.
• Proficient communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with development and operations teams.

• Proficient in C# and Type Script; comfortable working across platforms.
• Managed large monorepos 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.

• 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.
• Proficient with infrastructure tools such as Kubernetes, Istio, EKS, Kafka, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack.
• Understanding of core cloud application infrastructure services including identity platforms, networking, storage, databases, containers, and serverless.
• Skilled knowledge of databases (relational, graph, document, key‑value) and performance tuning.

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.

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