Lead Solution Architect Endur (ETRM Gas & Power Trading)

Entity: Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

What you will do
In this role, you will lead the end-to-end architecture of our Endur (Openlink) energy trading platform, partnering closely with traders,

product owners, market experts, and engineering teams to deliver solutions that are technically robust and aligned with business ambition.

You will help modernise our trading technology by applying contemporary design patterns, cloud-native engineering principles, and architecture

governance that supports performance, scalability, resilience, and future growth. You will provide architectural leadership across internal teams

and vendor partners, ensuring alignment through the full delivery lifecycle. You will also play a central part in shaping trading capabilities

across front-, middle-, and back-office workflowsensuring that every component, from deal capture to optimisation,

scheduling, settlement and reporting, works seamlessly together.

Key areas of focus

Architecture & Design

• Own the target architecture for Endur-enabled trading capabilities, document key decisions, and make thoughtful trade-offs.
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions designed for real-world trading conditions (availability, latency, resiliency).

Endur / ETRM Platform Leadership

• Lead architecture and design across Endur programmes (new capabilities, upgrades, integrations, and platform modernisation).
• Define integration patterns between Endur and surrounding systems (market data, scheduling/optimisation, risk, settlements, reporting, data platforms).

Domain Advisory (Gas & Power)

• Act as a trusted advisor on physical energy trading processes (front-to-back lifecycle), ensuring designs reflect how trading actually operates.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work with developers, data engineers, product teams, UX, vendors, and consultants; guide design reviews and drive consistency across teams.
• Reinforce Agile/DevOps ways of working, CI/CD practices, and operational readiness.

What you will need to be successful

Required (must-have)

• Significant hands-on Endur (Openlink) experience delivering and shaping solutions in a production energy trading environment.
• Strong experience in physical Gas and/or Power trading, including lifecycle processes such as deal capture, scheduling/nomination, optimisation, settlements/invoicing, risk/PnL and reporting.
• Proven track record leading architecture on complex trading programmes, including governance, design authority, and stakeholder management.
• Strong understanding of non-functional requirements for trading platforms: performance, resiliency, security, auditability, and operational support.
• Experience with modern architecture patterns: microservices, messaging/event-driven design, caching, and API strategy.
• Strong communication skills (written, verbal, visual) and ability to work across business and technology teams.

Technical capability (expected)

• AWS cloud services (strongly preferred) and cloud-native patterns
• C# or Java
• Containerisation (Kubernetes / Docker / OpenShift)
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform)
• Integration and messaging (APIs, JSON/Swagger/OpenAPI, AMQ or similar)
• CI/CD and DevOps tooling; Git-based workflows

Nice to have

• Endur modernisation experience (e.g., upgrades, cloud migration, platform re-architecture)
• React familiarity for UI collaboration
• Data architecture experience supporting transactional + analytical models, reconciliation, real-time reporting, distributed caching, and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB)
• Experience working with vendor-led delivery and multi-team programmes

Why join us?
Youll influence one of bps most critical trading platforms and shape how we build technology that supports real-time decision-making in fast-moving markets. Youll work closely with traders, market experts, and engineering teams to deliver high-impact capabilitiesbalancing modern architecture with the realities of live trading operations.

Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Business modelling, Creativity and Innovation, Data Analysis, Data design, Digital Analytics, Emerging technology monitoring, Information Assurance, Integration, IT Management, IT strategy and planning, Network Design, Requirements definition and management, Risk Management, Service operations and resiliency, Solution Architecture, Systems Development Management, Technical specialism, User Experience Analysis

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 with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bps 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,pleasecontact 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.

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