Job Title: Assistant Manager – Cloud Automation
Department: IT Production – Tech Office & Expertise
About Business line/Function:
The position is focused on process automation of the private cloud that underpins BNP Paribas’ cloud workspace. Thousands of virtual servers are provisioned for a wide portfolio of products, and the service must maintain very high performance and availability for critical business critical workloads.
The role will spend ≈ 75 % of the time designing and governing CI/CD pipelines, performing Python based code reviews, building monitoring solutions for micro service-based applications and handling RPA related incidents. The remaining time will be devoted to designing, developing and deploying new features, fixing defects, validating solutions and promoting new releases into production.
A high learning capacity, strong reactivity, proactive improvement mindset and the ability to follow through on project and incident remediation plans are essential
Position Purpose:
To design, develop, automate and sustain the CI/CD and monitoring ecosystem for the private cloud platform, ensuring reliable, secure and scalable delivery of micro services and RPA solutions that meet the evolving needs of BNP Paribas’ internal customers.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
• Develop new micro services (Python, FastAPI) in close collaboration with the Paris development team.
• Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Tekton, Helm, Jinja templating) for automated build, test and release cycles.
• Conduct code reviews and share reusable code snippets, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
• Implement application and system monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alertmanager, Sentry, Kibana) for micro service health and performance.
• Create and support RPA related incident resolution processes; act as the first point of contact for user issues.
• Produce technical documentation, peer review artefacts and maintain knowledge base entries (Confluence, Git/Bitbucket).
Contributing Responsibilities
• Participate in API design & management (REST, Curl, Python requests).
• Work with infrastructure & security tools (Kubernetes, Vault, HashiCorp, CyberArk, Keycloak, Illumio, HA Proxy).
• Assist in data store administration (MongoDB, PostgreSQL + Timescale, Redis).
• Support workflow orchestration (Apache Airflow) and visualisation (Superset, Grafana dashboards).
• Contribute to incident post mortems, root cause analysis and continuous improvement actions.
• Mentor junior team members and promote best practice sharing across the global delivery ecosystem.
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Specific Qualifications:
Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)
Technical Skills (required):
o Python (advanced)
o Bash / YAML
o Kubernetes & Helm
o Jinja templating
o Tekton CI/CD
o FastAPI
o HashiCorp Vault
o MongoDB (NoSQL)
o Apache Airflow
o Kibana / Grafana
o API development (Curl, requests)
Technical Skills (desirable)
o Git / Bitbucket
o ITIL methodology
o VS Code
o LDAP / Active Directory
o Confluence
o Postman
o Sentry
o CyberArk, Keycloak
o JupyterHub, Illumio
o Coder AVI (load balancer)
o Alertmanager, Exporter, Celery
o PostgreSQL + Timescale
o Prometheus, Promscale, Promtail, Loki
o Redis
o Superset
o OPA (Open Policy Agent)
o HA Proxy
o Incident post mortem techniques
Behavioral Skills:
o Learning Agility – quickly master new technologies and frameworks.
o Proactivity – anticipate issues and suggest continuous improvement actions.
o Problem Solving – diagnose complex incidents and deliver robust fixes.
o Collaboration & Communication – work effectively with global (Paris) and local (Bangalore) teams.
Education Level: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline (Master’s preferred).
Location: Bangalore
About BNP Paribas Group:
BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.
About BNP Paribas India Solutions:
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.
