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111114839115444
Country
India
City
Chennai
Contract type
Permanent
Professional Family
F06 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Description

Job Title: Dev Practice Lead

Department: Wealth Management

About Business line/Function: 

Wealth Management:

BNP Paribas Wealth Management is an award-winning global private bank providing wealth management services including investment management, financing and wealth planning solutions. For close to 160 years, BNP Paribas Wealth Management has been committed to protecting clients’ wealth and helping them to manage and transfer their legacy. BNP Paribas Wealth Management deliver a tailor-made experience with outstanding attention to detail and expertise across the BNP Paribas Group. BNPP WMIS is a function of BNP Paribas Wealth Management Business. Its missions have been formalized at two different levels:
   - Manager of the Information System on behalf of the Business for Wealth Management International activities.
   - Partner and IT assets provider for Domestic Sites.

Position Purpose: 

The main missions of the Dev Practice Lead are in close cooperation with Domain/ Division Managers 

 

  1. Establish comprehensive development practices & configuration management (including software and patch management) roadmap & CICD practices.
  2. Enforce coding standards and guidelines to maintain consistency and readability
     Systematize track code changes and implement a code review process to improve code quality.
    1. Integrate best practices on security Testing such as scan for vulnerabilities, 
       Harmonize comprehensive documentation for code, APIs.
    2. Adopt Agile or DevOps methodologies for iterative development, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
    3. Implement monitoring and logging solutions to track system health, diagnose issues, and improve performance.
    4. Define and track code quality metrics to measure progress and identify areas for improvement.
  3. Define an adequate monitoring & reporting process to ensure that Dev practices are traceable and aligned with Group requirements. Organize team training and periodic assessments. 
  4. Ensure that detailed documentation of CICD Tool-Chain and procedures is maintained and available and promote knowledge sharing and training within the Dev teams.
  5. Continuously evaluate and improve IT processes and procedures based on performance metrics and user feedback.

 

Responsibilities

As a Dev Practices Lead, you will be working with all domains (Development teams) & functions (Architecture, Security, Production) across WMIS providing consultation & guidance on development practices.

 

Direct Responsibilities

  • Define and publish software development best practices to be followed by ADM teams & by solution providers and vendors, whether internal or external to BNPP group
  • Follow up closely with development teams on practice adoption (e.g., Unit Testing, Code Reviews, Code Quality) 
  • Monitor ADM team compliance with defined software/ product development best practices.
  • Provide consultancy on application architecture during preparation & elaboration phases.
  • Stay current on software/ product development trends & tools.
  • Be the owner of CI Tools to produce DevOps Tool requirements & identify key IT Services
  • Engage with Domains to onboard assets to CI-CD Tool Chain and provide usage guidelines and coaching
  • Act as an open-minded Evangelist promoting best practices amongst the developer’s community.

 

Contributing Responsibilities

  • Work with QA, DevOps, and Security to embed best practice
  • Assist in technical troubleshooting
  • Evaluate technical fit of third-party tools
  • Provide technical feasibility input on product features

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

  • Excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written.
  • Strong organizational and leadership skills
  • Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio
  • Familiar with project management tools as well as issue and release management, production and support (JIRA, ServiceNow, PPM tools, etc.)

 

Specific Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of practical experience in IT industry with bachelor’s degree - in engineering, science, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of practical experience in software development of web applications (Spring, Angular, SQL, Redis, Git, Jenkins, Kafka, Maven…)
  • At-least 3+ years of experience as Development Lead

 

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

Technical Skills:

  1. Expertise in
  • CICD
  • DevOps
  • Event driven architecture.
  • Cloud native principles
    1. Strong knowledge of Kubernetes
    2. Strong knowledge of Linux
    3. Strong Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python and/or Bash preferred)
    4. Good knowledge on CI tools (Git, Jenkins, Nexus, JUnit) 
    5. Working knowledge of cloud platforms 
    6. Experience in developing cloud native applications. 
    7. Experience with diverse technologies   

                      Plus

  1. Experience with software development methodologies (i.e., Agile, Waterfall)
  2. Having experience with GitLab runner is a plus point 

Behavioral Skills: 

  1. Strong analytical & critical thinking skills
  2. Excellent team player and strong interpersonal skills
  3. Analyzing issues, brainstorming solutions, and making data-driven decisions. 
  4. Ability to develop and adapt to a process

Education Level: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Location: Chennai

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.