Senior Software Engineer - Cognos

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. 

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 specialised 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 

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. 

About Business line/Function:  

BNP Real Estate is a European leader in the commercial real estate market. 

The company’s first foray into real estate began in 1963 with the creation of Vendôme Gestion Asset Management. Today, BNP Paribas Real Estate is present with teams in 14 countries and alliances in 10 more with about 5000 employees.
 
Real estate for a changing world.
 
BNP Paribas Real Estate defines itself by the projects and solutions offered to forward-thinking investors and occupiers. As the world and society evolve with technology and lifestyle changes, so do the buildings in which we live and do business. BNP Paribas Real Estate will be there to pioneer the real estate transformations that will shape the cities of the future. 

Our daily mission is to anticipate economic, social and environmental changes to integrate the real estate of today into the city of tomorrow. 

Job Title: 

Developer Cognos Intermediate 

Date: 

May 2025 

Department: 

ITG Real Estate  

Location: 

Bengaluru 

Business Line / Function: 

ITG Real Estate  

Reports to: 

(Direct) 

Direct: ISPL Manager  

Grade:  

(if applicable) 

(Functional) 

Functional: Sébastien CAPELLIER, Head of Digital, Data, Dataviz and Flows 

Number of Direct Reports: 

1 

Directorship / Registration: 

NA 

Position Purpose 

Job Summary 

Functionally reporting to the Head of Digital, Data, Dataviz and flows domain within BNPP Real Estate Solutions Engineering department, the position intervene within Data team and aims to reinforce the team with Cognos and Planning Analytics skills.  

The Cognos developer will cover the following tasks:  

• Maintenance and evolution of SQL scripts
• Implementation of Cognos optimized modeling
• Development of evolution requests on those reports requested by the business
• Support and manage incidents in different environments
• Administrate access rights and normalize access policy on the platform
• Production of documentations, data dictionary and training materials

Responsibilities 

Direct Responsibilities 

• Design and develop Cognos reports
• Work in an agile environment
• Provide support and help the team's junior developers to grow technically.
• Participate in agile rituals in an organization on the way to be "agile at scale", 
• Interact and contribute with our Cognos developer’s communities and more broadly of the IT sector within BNPP Paribas worldwide

Contributing Responsibilities 

• Contribute to Real Estate IT Strategy 

Technical & Behavioral Competencies 

Business and/or Technical skills: 

• Expert level experience in 
  • Cognos and good knowledge of SQL
  • Cognos reports
• On top nice to have: Planning analytics
• Significative experience with DevOps technologies (CI/CD, GitLab and/or GitHub, etc.) 
• To be fine-tuned during implementation phase
• Good knowledge of other dataviz tools (ex: Tableau)

Specific Qualifications (if required) 

Skills Referential 

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills) 

• Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

• Decision Making

• Client focused

• Active listening

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills) 

• Ability to understand, explain and support change

• Analytical Ability

• Ability to develop and adapt a process 

• Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Education Level:  

Bachelor Degree or equivalent 

Experience Level 

Between 3-7 years of experience on Cognos 

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)