Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

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.

It's an exciting time to join bp. Meeting the energy challenge requires many different approaches and solutions. And as part of Finance Business & Technology (FBT), you’ll be fully connected into the world of bp. You’ll play an increasingly important part within a network of like-minded colleagues partnering on strategic projects that stretch across the globe. And it starts with you. There’s a world of opportunities to build new skills, challenge yourself and grow a long-term career at bp. And no matter where you work, your role will have meaning, purpose and impact. So if you want to be part of a caring, supportive environment where you can realize your full potential, we’re with you.

 

Join our Team and advance your career as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer

 

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Grade H, you will lead the design, delivery and operation of secure, resilient enterprise solutions within your defined area. You will define requirements with partners, automate routine work, improve performance and provide technical leadership. You will provide hands-on engineering expertise while also shaping technical solutions, resolving complex cross-system issues and evolving our AWS integration architecture as our operational requirements grow.

 

In this role You will:

• Take technical ownership of the reliability, availability, performance and scalability of AWS-based integrations and services.
• Lead investigation and resolution of complex cross-system incidents, including issues spanning multiple applications, APIs, queues, events and external contractor platforms.
• Lead root-cause analysis and ensure appropriate preventative improvements are implemented following significant incidents.
• Design, develop, maintain and evolve AWS-based integration services and infrastructure.
• Design and implement REST API, event-driven and message-based integration architectures connecting site management, ticketing, work-order and contractor platforms.
• Understand existing architecture and determine how it should be extended, simplified or redesigned to meet evolving operational requirements.
• Develop automation, monitoring and self-healing capabilities that reduce manual operational effort and improve resilience.
• Define and improve observability, dashboards, alert and logging using AWS CloudWatch and Grafana.
• Ensure appropriate security patterns are implemented across integration solutions, including IAM, OAuth 2.0, JWT, Client Credentials, certificates, Secrets Manager and role-based access controls.
• Own and continuously improve CI/CD processes using Azure DevOps and Azure Pipelines, ensuring controlled and reliable deployments.
• Develop, solve and review Node.js applications, Bash scripts and integration components.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers, establishing good engineering, DevOps and operational practices.
• Work across engineering, operations, product, data teams and external partners to resolve technical issues and improve the effectiveness of our site-management ecosystem.
• Find opportunities to simplify architecture, automate processes, remove technical debt and improve operational resilience.

 

What You will need to be successful:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, AWS architecture and cloud design patterns.
• Deep working knowledge of services including CloudFormation, AWS SAM, IAM, EventBridge, API Gateway, Route 53, Lambda, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, Security Groups, VPCs, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch and AWS CLI.
• Demonstrable experience fixing complex distributed and cross-system issues involving multiple interconnected platforms.
• Strong ability to understand existing technical architectures and design, build and implement new capabilities on top of them.
• Strong understanding of synchronous, asynchronous, event-driven and message-based architectural patterns.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, OpenAPI v3 and JSON and experience designing and supporting enterprise integrations.
• Strong understanding of cloud security architectures including OAuth 2.0, JWT, Client Credentials flow, OpenSSL certificates, IAM, secrets management and role-based access controls.
• Strong hands-on experience developing and solving Node.js applications and Bash scripts.
• Strong experience with Git, source-code management and collaborative engineering practices.
• Strong DevOps and CI/CD experience, particularly with Azure DevOps and Azure Pipelines, including designing, maintaining and extending pipelines.
• Strong experience with observability and operational monitoring using AWS CloudWatch and Grafana.
• Experience with Postman or Insomnia for API development and solving.
• Experience using OpenSSL CLI and certificate-based integration patterns, and ideally FTL templates.
• Excellent root-cause analysis, incident management and technical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to guide other engineers and communicate complex technical problems clearly to technical and non-technical partners.

 

Desirable criteria:

• Proven ability to use AI-assisted tools effectively to enhance productivity and deliver high-quality outcomes efficiently
• Strong understanding of business and commercial drivers, applying curiosity, technical expertise and customer focus to deliver high-value solutions
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills across technical, operations and commercial teams
• Willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to changing environments

 

At bp, we provide the following environment & benefits to you:

• Different bonus opportunities based on performance, wide range of cafeteria elements
• Life & health insurance, medical care package
• Hybrid working arrangement aligned with team arrangements and business needs
• Opportunity to build up long-term career path and develop your skills with wide range of learning options
• Celebrate in bp’s success. You may be eligible to join bp’s Global ShareMatch plan. This non-contractual benefit lets employees buy bp shares and receive matching shares, in line with plan rules
• Family friendly workplace e.g.: Extended parental leave, Mother-baby room
• Employees’ wellbeing programs e.g.: Employee Assistance Program, Company Recognition Program
• Possibility to join our social communities and networks
• Chill-out and collaboration spaces in our beautiful Budapest Agora and Szeged offices e.g.: Play Zones, Office massage, Sport and music equipment

 

bp Hungary won the Most Attractive Employer 2024 Award (SSC / BSC sector) fourth time in a row at PwC's annual employer research. Come and join us!

 

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering 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.

 

Disclaimer: Please note that, according to Hungarian law (2012/I. 113. §), mothers or single parents caring for a child under three years of age cannot be employed in night shift positions.

 

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 Modeling, 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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