Define and own the GPTI target architecture roadmap, encompassing the Endur ETRM platform, surrounding trading systems, data platforms, market connectivity, risk and valuation engines, settlement, regulatory reporting and operational tooling.
Provide strategic architectural leadership across programme workstreams, ensuring that use cases (improved valuation,, internal market and others) are architecturally coherent, reusable and aligned with bp's enterprise technology strategy.
Establish and chair the GPTI Architecture Design Authority, governing all significant change through structured reviews, design challenges and sign-off gates.
Influence and advise VP/SVP-level stakeholders in Technology, Trading and Risk on technology investment decisions, build-vs-buy trade-offs and strategic platform direction.
Shape the multi-year technology modernisation strategy, balancing the need to extract maximum value from the existing Endur platform with the ambition to adopt cloud-native, event-driven and AI-augmented architectures.
ETRM & Endur Platform Architecture
Serve as the definitive technical authority on OpenLink Endur (ION), covering all production versions (v17 through v23), including AVS/JVS scripting, APM workflows, Connex/JMS integration, database architecture, simulation engines and pricing models.
Lead architecture for Endur upgrade and migration programmes, ensuring backward compatibility, data integrity and minimal disruption to 24/7 trading operations.
Govern COTS configuration vs. customisation decisions, ensuring the platform remains upgradeable, vendor-supportable and that all bespoke development is justified through formal Architecture Decision Records.
Architect the Endur integration layer, designing patterns for connectivity with market data services (Asset Control, Trayport, ICE, CME, EEX, LEBA), clearing and settlement platforms, confirmations engines, scheduling/nominations systems and downstream analytics.
Own the Endur non-functional requirements strategy, covering performance, scalability, high availability, disaster recovery, security and auditability for a platform supporting real-time trading across multiple European and international markets.
Broader Gas & Power Trading Systems Architecture
Architect end-to-end front-to-back trading workflows, from deal capture and position management through risk analytics (VaR, Greeks, Monte Carlo, stress testing), P&L attribution, settlement, invoicing, confirmations and regulatory reporting (REMIT, EMIR, MiFID II, ACER).
Design and govern the market connectivity architecture, covering exchange connectivity, broker interfaces, electronic trading platforms, TSO/DSO nomination interfaces and real-time price feeds.
Lead the gas & power scheduling and nominations architecture, ensuring robust, automated and compliant connectivity with European gas balancing systems, power scheduling platforms and transmission system operators.
Define the risk and valuation platform architecture, including curve management, model calibration, scenario generation, exposure calculation and integration with front-office decision-support tools.
Architect the data landscape for gas & power trading, including canonical data models (CDM), data mesh/fabric patterns, master data management, data lineage, analytics platform integration (Foundry/Palantir) and alignment with enterprise Data Office policies across 120+ CDM groupings.
Cloud, Integration & Modern Architecture
Lead the cloud and hybrid architecture strategy for GPTI, advising on the migration of on-premise Endur and ancillary syst
Additional Information
Entity:
Technology
Job Family Group:
IT&S Group
Job Description:
Role Overview
We're looking for a Lead Architect to shape the technology behind our Gas & Power Trading International (GPTI) business. This role sits across the full trading landscape - from front-office systems to back-office processing, data platforms, integrations and infrastructure.
You'll take ownership of the technology roadmap, with a strong focus on the Endur (ION/OpenLink) platform and how it connects with the wider system landscape.
This is a senior individual contributor role. You'll work closely with product teams, programme leads and senior stakeholders (including front office) to ensure our technology is aligned, scalable and fit for the future.
You'll play a key role in modernising our estate - moving from legacy systems to more cloud-based and hybrid solutions - while keeping performance and reliability at the level required for real-time trading.
We're also looking for someone who can spot opportunities to improve how we work, including the use of AI, automation and smarter workflows.
In this role, you'll produce and guide key architecture outputs such as system designs, decision records, integration patterns and target-state architectures. You'll help ensure everything meets our standards and is aligned with wider enterprise architecture.