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Technical Lead - Cloud Expert

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:

IT GROUP (ITG) represents the worldwide IT community within the BNP Paribas Group.

IT Group Production (ITGP) is the ITG department in charge of production services for all the assets managed globally within the group.

Within ITGP, ITGP – APS Payment & Monétique (ITGP PM) oversees all the payment and card related assets managed globally within the group. 

Our duty is to provide first-in-class production services to both the bank customers and internal users, on many applications used worldwide, based on various technologies and operated in Agile methodology.

Job Title:

Cloud Expert 

Date:

Department:

ITGP

Location:

Chennai 

Business Line / Function:

APS Payments & Monétique

Reports to:

(Direct)

Head of ISPL ITGP PM

Grade: 

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Head of Payments & Monétique - Security & Technical Office

Number of Direct Reports:

NA

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

Provide a brief description of the overall purpose of the position, why this position exists and how it will contribute in achieving the team’s goal.

Amongst ITGP APS Payments & Monétique(*) department, Security&Technical Office (Sec&TO) domain must support the application areas of the APS PM (Electronic Banking, Cash Management, Customer Data Services and Factoring) in their technological evolution towards the BNPP Dedicated Cloud (IBM Public Cloud Instantiation). 

With more than 80 applications on the dedicated cloud (PaaS and IaaS) by the end of 2025 (some of which are already in service), the APS must be able to meet these important build challenges, while ensuring the optimal functioning of the RUN.

(*) In this case, Monétique is related to the bank’s payment card services.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

Cloud expertise dedicated to the application areas of the OPS (BUILD / RUN) : 

  1. Support of Production Engineers on the application areas and support on application building projects on our dedicated IaC(*) Cloud
  2. Technology watch : testing, validation, documentation of Cloud services, definition of best practices, recommendations on the use of Cloud services within the OPS,.
  3. Study / support / Implementation on cross-functional subjects: version upgrades, complex certificate renewals, automation of deployments, creation and maintenance of services for PSOs, etc.

(*) Infrastructure As Code

Contributing Responsibilities

The candidate must also have a high level expertise on Cloud Technologies: 

  1. Dedicated and private Cloud environment (Knowledge of IBM public cloud is a plus)
  2. OpenShift
  3. Ansible
  4. Mangement tools Infrastructure As Code (IaC) like Terraform 
  5. Kubernetes
  6. Docker
  7. Vault
  8. ArgoCD
  9. Helm
  10. Sysdig
  11. Gitlab CI, Jenkins 

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

The main soft skills the candidate should have:

  1. Autonomy & Adaptability
  2. Ability to diagnose and resolve technical problems quickly and efficiently
  3. Ability to work under pressure and manage incidents and downtime in support of our OPS engineers
  4. Ability to manage and deploy containerized applications
  5. Ability to listen carefully
  6. Ability to clearly formalize/synthetize what is being said
  7. Be organized
  8. Ability to do proactive follow-ups
  9. Detail oriented
  10. Client and result oriented

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Decision Making

Attention to detail / rigor

Organizational skills

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 develop others & improve their skills

Ability to develop and leverage networks

Education Level: 

 Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 7 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)







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