Head Of Technology Cloud And Network

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About BHP
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.

About BHP
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
We are seeking a visionary and execution-focused leader to join our Technology Core & Function team as the Head of Technology Cloud and Network. This is a pivotal role responsible for shaping and delivering the global strategy for network and hosting infrastructure across our enterprise. You will lead a high-performing team to ensure secure, scalable, and high-availability services that power our digital transformation and operational excellence.
Reporting to the VP Technology Core & Function, you will be accountable for:

• Defining and executing a forward-looking strategy for network and hosting aligned with enterprise-wide digital and operational goals.
• Leading the transformation from legacy infrastructure to a hybrid-cloud and edge-enabled architecture.
• Championing innovation in automation, observability, and network intelligence.
• Overseeing the design, deployment, and lifecycle management of global network and hosting platforms (data centres, WAN/LAN, wireless, cloud).
• Ensuring high performance, availability, and security through proactive monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Establishing and enforcing global standards and configurations for infrastructure.
• Ensuring compliance with cybersecurity, data sovereignty, and operational risk frameworks in collaboration with the Cybersecurity & Architecture team
• Leading sourcing strategy and manage strategic vendor relationships, including RFPs and performance reviews.
• Collaborating with partners to deliver scalable, cost-effective, and Future-ready solutions.
• Building and leading a geographically distributed team of infrastructure professionals.
• Defining and developing future skillsets and capability models for network and hosting operations.
  

As the Head of Technology Cloud and Network, you can be based in Brisbane or Perth, Australia.
About You
As a senior infrastructure leader your experience covers large-scale, hybrid IT/OT environments, along with network transformation, hybrid-cloud hosting, edge compute, IIOT and infrastructure-as-code. Additionally, you have proven success in managing global vendors and budgets.
With a passion for innovation and sustainability, you are mindful of your customer to improve the experience and drive productivity. You are a strategic thinker with a bias for execution, and you possess a strong commercial acumen to drive impactful business outcomes. Your previous experience in complex, matrix organisations will be advantageous and your ability to build relationships with a wide array of stakeholders will be critical.
As a leader, you have had a proven track record in leading multidisciplinary technical teams and your coaching and mentoring skills will be key strengths that you draw upon to build capability and positively impact culture. Energetic and results-orientated, you work well under pressure bringing attention to detail and an ability to meet multiple and interdependent deadlines.
A tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field is required, post graduate studies in the same or related field will be highly regarded.
About Our Process
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.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
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 inclusion@bhp.com .
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Welcoming qualified applicants through to 7 August 2025, 11.59 AEST.Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionInformation Technology
• IndustriesMining

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