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Principal Platform Engineer
Principal Platform Engineer
About the Role
This is a senior individual contributor role responsible for defining the strategy and architecture for how bp’s portfolio of engineering and data platforms connect, converge, and serve the organisation. The role sits at the intersection of platform engineering and enterprise architecture, providing technical leadership and strategic direction without direct line management.
The Principal Platform Engineer ensures coherence in bp’s distributed platform landscape by integrating:
- Internal engineering platforms
- Cloud-native infrastructure
- Enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions
This role acts as the technical authority on platform integration and convergence, influencing design decisions across teams and functions.
Key Accountabilities
- Define and maintain a platform convergence strategy, including:
- Current-state landscape analysis
- Target architecture requirements
- Transition path alignment for integrated operations
- Lead architectural design and decision-making at the intersection of internal platforms and enterprise SaaS, enforcing:
- Integration patterns
- Data contracts
- Governance standards across the platform estate
- Provide technical authority for platform engineering, advising on:
- Platform design and cloud-native patterns
- Systems integration challenges
- Security, scalability, and alignment with enterprise standards
- Resolve complex cross-platform challenges including:
- Identity management
- Data flow optimisation
- Event-driven architecture
- Secure API design
- Produce and maintain:
- Architecture strategy documents
- Reference architectures
- Decision records (for both technical and executive audiences)
- Collaborate with:
- AI engineering
- Software engineering
- External vendors and partners To ensure architecture decisions enable—rather than constrain—business and AI-driven capabilities.
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This role requires a balance of critical thinking and technical credibility, supporting a broad organisational influence.
What You Will Bring
Must-Have Experience
- Extensive experience in platform engineering, including Kubernetes and large-scale, multi-component environments in cloud-native designs.
- Proven capability in enterprise architecture, including:
- Target-state architecture strategies
- Navigating complex integration landscapes (internal platforms + third-party SaaS).
- Deep knowledge of cloud-native paradigms:
- Containerisation and Orchestration (K8s)
- Service mesh implementations
- API gateway design
- Event streaming architectures
- Infrastructure-as-code (IaC)
- Hands-on expertise in integrating enterprise SaaS (ERP, business apps, etc.) with internal platforms:
- API integration patterns
- Identity management approaches
- Data flow and governance standards
- Track record of influencing architecture and engineering decisions at scale in large organizations.
- Exceptional communication and documentation abilities:
- Simplifying technical concepts for engineering and business stakeholders.
- Educational qualification: Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in a relevant technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Software Engineering) or equivalent proof via industry experience.
- Understanding of regulatory compliance (e.g., data residency, audit logging, access control) in enterprise platforms.
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Desirable Criteria
- Experience with enterprise data platforms, including:
- Data mesh, data fabric, or lakehouse patterns
- Knowledge of integrating AI/ML infrastructure with broader enterprise platforms (e.g., MLOps governance).
- Working with external software vendors and system integrators on integration strategies.
- Relevant certifications:
- AWS Solutions Architect (Professional)
- Azure Solutions Architect
- or other enterprise/cloud architect certifications.
Why Join bp?
- Make an impact: Shape outcomes across bp’s digital business landscape.
- Diverse perspectives: Our inclusive culture values creativity and collaboration.
- Personal growth: Invested in learning, wellbeing, and career development.
- Flexible rewards:
- Competitive pay, bonuses, stock options.
- Supportive remote/hybrid working arrangements.
- Holistic benefits: Healthcare, retirement, paid leave, agile schedules.
- Multifaceted support: Entire career experiences balance ambition with work-life harmony.
Location Notes
- Job based in Sunbury office, migrating to Southwark, London by 2027.
- Negligible travel and no relocation package, but offered as hybrid role.
** Skills Expertise**
Agility core practices, API & platform design, Cloud-native platforms, Collaboration, Communication, Configuration management, Continuous delivery, Digital Project Management, Documentation, Facilitation, Information Security, MLOps & AI infrastructure patterns, Metrics & observability, Risk Management, Secure development, Service resilience. (+7 additional facilitator-approved areas.)
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