Solution Architect

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

In this role, you will lead the strategy, roadmaps, lifecycle management and technical standards for the applications and platforms used by BHP's External Affairs function.

The role can be based in Brisbane or Perth or Singapore.

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Liaising with key business stakeholders across External Affairs to understand processes, issues, and how technology can best be used to solve business problems.
• Providing expertise to guide the design of technology solutions (Including initiatives for sustainability and climate change, corporate communications and compliance)
• Defining/managing functional and non-functional requirements and transforming them into design solutions.
• Framing and delivering technical roadmaps and opportunity assessments.
• Working with the Cloud Migration Team to re-platform External Affairs applications to comply with BHP's Cloud strategy.
• Assisting with Application Portfolio Simplification
• Ensuring that architectural deliverables are produced to a high quality; and are consistent with existing standards, policies and strategies.

• You are someone who can understand and communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences across all levels of the organisation
• You believe in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust in other words you can influence and get outcomes in a collaborative way
• You have an outstanding skill set in the development of Solution Architecture artefacts and outcomes
• You love working with and learning about new cloud technologies and designing architectures involving SaaS or COTS solutions
• You have experience with (or understanding of) modern data analysis tooling such as Snowflake and PowerBI
• You have an appreciation of delivering global applications with diverse stakeholders.
• You know how to apply both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and practices.
• You are experienced in supporting and enhancing DevOps processes across an application portfolio, including an awareness of DevOps / CICD tooling.
• Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related (STEM) discipline is desirable.
• You are ideally LTA or TOGAF certified.

We recognise the importance of work-life balance - flexible work conditions and development support are available for the candidate(s) who demonstrate considerable potential and a strong fit with our team.

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms. 

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that's more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at *********@bhp.com.