Job Description:

Technology is making a difference in bp's plans toinvest in today's energy system and help build tomorrow's.As an expertcommunity of science, safety and security, as well as digital specialists, our aim isto advance and protect bp.We use our expertise to help improve efficiency, increase effectiveness and harness the transformational potential of digital technologies to deliver value.

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!

Operational Technology (OT) Security Specialist

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!

Job Description

The Operational Security Management Specialist will manage and lead support of business-critical cloud environments and on-prem infrastructure, used within our Operational Technology security service provision. The Specialist is responsible for leading a global team of engineers and working closely with various internal teams to ensure the hybrid environment meets organization's needs and security requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Provision and configure virtual and physical infrastructure, including computers, storage, networking, and security components.
• Monitor the health, performance and availability of systems within the hybrid environment, identifying and resolving issues, and implementing solutions to prevent future problems.
• Implement security controls, conduct audits, and address vulnerabilities to protect the hybrid environment.
• Contribute to architectural change initiatives for the cloud environment assisting in selection of appropriate services, platforms, equipment and applications.
• Input to continuous improvement initiatives.

Team Key Activities:

• Upgrade cloud-based systems and infrastructure.
• Patch management of operating systems
• Review scheduled backups and address backup failures
• Create snapshots prior to other services performing upgrades to their applications
• Review and act on any cloud optimizations for performance and cost
• Address identified vulnerabilities
• Collaborate with Security Engineering and Cloud teams on any issue or enhancements
• Collaborate with Directory Services team for Domain management
• Create and maintain internal documentation relating to hybrid environment
• Maintain hardware inventory and IP scheme relating to the hybrid environment
• Basic configuration of firewalls for internal team use
• Management of a Windows domain
• Coordinate with team members on any testing arrangements needing to be built

Experience and Qualifications

• Deep understanding of the Azure cloud platform and technologies
• Expertise in working with VMs and hypervisors
• Knowledge and application of security concepts and best practices.
• Ability to understand firewall rules and interpret associated logs.
• System and Application administration and associated documentation creation
• Experience in troubleshooting communication network and application issues within a large enterprise hybrid network environment.
• Experience of Identity and Access Management administration within a large enterprise environment.

Why join our team?

At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting 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. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future.

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:
Automation system digital security, Client Counseling, Conformance review, Digital Forensics, Incident management, incident investigation and response, Information Assurance, Information Security, Information security behaviour change, Intrusion detection and analysis, Legal and regulatory environment and compliance, Risk Management, Secure development, Security administration, Security architecture, Security evaluation and functionality testing, Solution Architecture, Stakeholder Management, Supplier security management, Technical specialism

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.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.