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 a 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, corporate 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, color, 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: ARVAL Service Lease
Arval is a car renting company with Services, for professional entities and more recently, opened to retail market. Serving 30 countries worldwide with the goal of being the best in class both for customer satisfaction and innovation (Partnership, new technologies, etc.)
Arval IT is the IT department of the company. The IT Production Tribe is a key component of the Arval IT department, focusing on several critical areas to support the company's operations. This tribe is structured into 4 domains :
- Production security domain: Manage the security on Production : Security Monitoring, Advanced Malware Protection, Secure network, Secure Hosting, Security Data Warehouse / Dashboards, DLP Technical, Service Design Validation, Privileged Access Control, Vulnerability Management, Production Security project management, Production Resilience
- Application Production domain: This domain operates daily over 200 business applications that make up Arval's information system. The main goal is to ensure the smooth functioning and support of these applications, addressing any issues that arise and implementing improvements as needed.
- Infrastructure Domain: Manage, Deploy and support Arval infrastructure hosted in BNPP Datacenter. Define and Enrich Infrastructure service catalog, anticipate infrastructure capacity planning and integrate security and compliance requirements. The infrastructure domain consists of 4 teams : Network, Digital Working, Windows, Storage&Virtualisation
- Technical Office Domain: contributes to the preparation and validation of Project Architecture Overview (PAO), drives obsolescence, manage Production Cloud competency center and provide technology expertise (ExaCC, Secure Transport…).
Job Title:
Oracle DBA
Date:
01/05/2025
Department:
Arval IT/Production
Location:
Offshore
Business Line / Function:
IT ARVAL DBA
Reports to:
(Direct)
ISPL Production manager
Grade:
(if applicable)
N/A
(Functional)
DBA Manager
Number of Direct Reports:
Directorship / Registration:
NA
Position Purpose
The Database Administrator (DBA) designs, manages and administers database management systems.
He/she ensures the consistency, quality, safety and permanent accessibility of information.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
Administering and maintaining databases in operational condition:
- Guaranteeing data availability and quality
- Defining access permissions and data security issues
- Implementing backup systems to ensure the integrity of all database data
- Ensuring that backups are made in accordance with the strategy defined by each business line
- Ensuring the ability to restore data in the event of an incident or for investigation purposes
- Providing development teams and application support teams with new versions of databases
- Making version changes, managing obsolescence
- Deploying security patches published by database software publishers according to the frequency defined by BNP Paribas
- Implementing the monitoring and alert mechanisms necessary for the proper functioning of the databases (availability and capacity management)
- Updating documentation on database structure and operating procedures
- Ensuring technological monitoring in order to maintain the suitability of performance and database specificities for meeting needs
- Implement automation procedures to manage reoccurring events or updates to the databases system.
Providing technical support to users
- Providing support to developers and application support teams
- Intervening in the event of incidents which limit the performance of databases or access to information
- Active participation in post-mortems for major and/or recurring database incidents
Contributing Responsibilities
- Incident contribution. Assist the incident management team and be first point of contact for Arval network related incident.
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Be autonomous on his asset (Senior to expert level) and motivated on the daily tasks.
Be an active member of the squad (often multi-technologies).
Be proactive by raising alerts when it’s flagged, try to understand the global context and suggest how to solve an issue (without focusing only on his subpart). it will also help to understand better the rest of the team (who will not necessarily work on the same tool)
Have proper communication with the Business (English language)
Have some knowledge regarding monitoring tools (Dynatrace, …)
Provide his/her technical expertise to suggest optimization and technical enhancements
Specific Technical skills required for this role:
Ø Database Systems : Oracle, MySQL, PostGre, MSSQL
Ø Knowledge of the resilience procedures of IT production: DRP (Disaster Recovery Plan), BCP (Business Continuity Plan), HA (High Availability)…
Specific Qualifications (if required)
Skills Referential
Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)
Communication skills - oral & written
Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving
Attention to detail / rigor
Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)
Analytical Ability
Ability to develop and adapt a process
Ability to set up relevant performance indicators
Ability to understand, explain and support change
Ability to develop others & improve their skills
Education Level:
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Experience Level
At least 5 years
Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)
