entity: technology
job family group: it&s group
job description: role synopsys- endur technology engineers in the bp disciplines model experience- 8+ years bp is reinventing itself and digital capability is at the core of this vision. as an endur technology engineer you are an expert endur practitioner with a deep level of application and trading expertise. endur technology engineers work within bp's gas and power trading division on the core trading and risk management platform, endur. you will bring knowledge of commodity trading and the use of ertm systems to handle this activity. you will be familiar with both the business application of these technologies and the broad concepts behind agile technology delivery and devops. european gas & power (egp) is part of bp's trading business based in canary wharf, london. it is front and centre in bp's plans to move away from oil to a future of renewable energy. the gas business is a crucial element of this transition providing base load capacity and the ability to meet peak demand, while the power business is investing heavily in wind and solar. their power strategy includes reaching 12gw of renewable power by 2030; which equates to one third of the uk's total current demand.
key accountabilities- - the safety of our people and our customers is our highest priority. the role will advocate and lead in this and promote a culture of security and safety in everything that we do.
- work as part of evolving multi-disciplinary teams which may include software engineers, enterprise technology engineers, designers, secops, and product owners to deliver value through the application of specialist skills.
- work with vendors and partners providing market solutions to optimize the usage and value which can be delivered from the appropriate technology platform.
- ensure operational integrity of what you build, assuring operational compliance with architectural and security standards, as well as compliance and policy controls refined by strategy. define and document standard run books and operating procedures. create and maintain system information and architecture diagrams.
essential education- bachelor or master's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, economics or a numerate degree
essential experience and job requirements: essential work, business, technical or operational experience which an applicant must possess, otherwise they will be unable to adequately perform the job. consider what is truly crucial as we do not want to screen out candidates who could do the job with non- traditional backgrounds. therefore, the wording used should be specific and explicit. information requirements can include:
- a definition of the knowledge, skills, abilities and attributes that the candidate needs to have and/or competencies (action, behavior or outcome that the candidate should be able to demonstrate) experience
at least 8 years of hands-on experience of supporting, implementing and extending features in openlink endur. excellent and confirmed oracle sql skills. hands on and in-depth experience of endur's main modules including:
- apm (e.g. new page creation, understanding of exposure)
- trading explorer (e.g. dealing modelling/bring together, templates, expo/pnl results)
- market explorer (e.g. curve and volatility setup, market data analysis)
- admin & reference manager (static data, location and pipelines, valuation pools)
- services manager (e.g. task and workflow creation)
understand endur deployment procedures including cmm import/export and cloud devops. in depth experience working in at least one area of front/mid/back office. working with business stakeholders, developers, architects and testers to define requirements, designs and implement efficient supportable solutions. experience working on at least one globally traded market, preferably physical commodities. implementing a test regime to ensure solution quality across the delivery. working with a hybrid team of delivery resources (internal & external); utilising scrum methodology where relevant. strong communications skills with the ability to operate across sophisticated business environments and stakeholders up to executive level. identifying areas for continual improvement that deliver technology or business value.
desirable criteria desirable criteria are those that may enable the candidate to perform better & qualifications or require a shorter familiarization period. during the selection process evidence should be sought to gain an understanding of the extent to which candidates who satisfied the minimum criteria demonstrate the desired criteria for the role. this evidence will then allow differentiation between the candidates and form the basis for selection. experience working across all areas of the trading floor and trade lifecycle of front/mid/back office. experience working on european gas and power markets. reviewing and elaborating interface specifications for other systems connecting to endur
core skills expectations: - agile core practices - understand and apply agile values and principles and core agility practices to the work of the team; including agile approach and focus on customers, products and team to generate value.
- technical specialism - the development and exploitation of expertise in any specific area of information or communications technology, technique, method, product or application area.
- configuration management and release - the lifecycle planning, control and management of the assets of an organization (such as documentation, software and service assets, including information relating to those assets and their relationships. this involves identification, classification and specification of all configuration items (cis) and the interfaces to other processes and data.
- documentation and knowledge sharing - the systematic management of vital knowledge to bring value for the organization by assembling, sharing, developing and exploiting the collective knowledge of the organization to improve performance, support decision making and mitigate risks. the development of a supportive and collaborative knowledge sharing culture to drive the successful adoption of technology solutions for knowledge management. providing access to informal, tacit knowledge as well as formal, documented, explicit knowledge by facilitating internal and external collaboration and communications.
- information security - the selection, design, justification, implementation and operation of controls and management strategies to maintain the security, confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability and relevant compliance of information systems with legislation, regulation and relevant standards.
- metrics definition and instrumentation - the development and operation of a measurement capability to support agreed organizational information needs. the planning, implementation, and control of activities to measure attributes of processes, products, and services to assess performance, progress, and provide indications and insights into actual or potential problems, issues, and risks.
- service operations and resiliency - the ability to build and operate services and applications at scale with automation to maintain high levels of availability. to do this, a combination of activities is required from the initial design and sizing of the infrastructure, network, and constituent components to determine throughput (of transactions/requests, users) through to service health metrics, monitoring, alarming, and remediation. each of these areas will combine human effort (e.g., a human is paged) as well as automated steps and tools to reduce operational burden and overhead.
- source control and code management - the practice of supervising and handling changes to code to help to resolve conflicts when merging contributions from multiple sources. this includes the use of standard methodologies such as using pull requests and trunk-based development, running automated testing and static analysis pre-commit, and preventing build breaks through automation/rollbacks.
- testing and quality assurance - measure and maintain a high level of code quality from development through deployment to production. this includes automated and manual testing, including but not limited to unit testing, static analysis, functional testing, ui testing, load testing, chaos testing. testing should be done throughout the development lifecycle (agile) rather than being reserved for a specific achievement (waterfall).
- coaching - uses a blend of formal and informal coaching to build the capability of the team to ensure that performance delivery is sustainable in the longer term and the team are motivated to continue to develop their capabilities.
- collaboration - the ability to collaborate with teams internally and externally to drive activities that support the wider bp strategy. collaborative leaders enable and empower others to cooperate willingly to achieve positive results. they navigate a varied network of people, inside and outside of bp, to gain insight and ideas. they co-create through collective curiosity, communities and new collaboration tools to discover possibilities so that digital transformation and high performance can thrive at pace. they focus on being customer and user centric.
- facilitation - facilitates learning, group activities and group discussions. uses a range of techniques to guide group sessions to appropriate and useful outcomes . click apply for full job details
