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:

Business Management team, which is part of the CIB IT Production covers all PMO and governances related activities for the entire Production and APS scope.

Job Title:

Operational Security Engineer

Date:

13/11/2025

Department:

Production Security

Location:

Mumbai

Business Line / Function:

ITO – Production

Reports to:

(Direct)

Sanket Sahadeo YERAM

Grade: 

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

APAC Production Security teams (based in Singapore and India) is covering multiple IT Security challenging tasks for BNP Paribas Asia Pacific region, such as:

-        Production CSIRT / Logging & Detection

-        Network Security

-        Vulnerability & Compliance Security scanning

-        Privileged Identity Management

-        Designing & Implementation of Security solutions

-        Production Support of Security solutions

The team in India is currently looking for an IT Security Professional, in order to reinforce its CSIRT Governance/Execution and Threat Hunting capability. The new joiner will improve the bank capabilities :

-        To strengthen the governance and improve the CSIRT efficiency

-        To participate as a Blue Teamer to security incident response and handle purple team exercises

-        To detect APT (tool deployment, model update…)

-        To reinforce the skills of the team on L2/L3 topics

In particular, the new joiner will work closely with APAC CSIRT and Threat Intelligence teams.

Finally, the new joiner will fully be part of the Production CSIRT / Logging & Detection team and will have the opportunity to expand the scope of activities within the team.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Analyze the security alerts triggered on SIEM platform
• Finetune security alerts and provide suggestions
• Participate in the Incident Response and the development of new use cases in partnership with Logging and Detection Team
• Respond to Security Incident and provide accurate and efficient response
• Actively work on Threat Hunting methodologies, tools deployment and activities within and across BNP Paribas APAC, in close collaboration with Production and APAC CSIRT/CTI teams
• Be a full time member of the Production CSIRT / Logging & Detection team and participate to the various activities of the team
  
  

Contributing Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Permanent Control framework for implementation of policies and procedures in day‐to‐day business activities, such as Control Plan.
• Comply with regulatory requirements and internal guidelines.
• Contribute to the reporting of all incidents according to the Incident Management System
• Enhancement and definition of the Incident Response framework within the Bank
• Responsible for 24/7 SOC operations

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

·       At least 2-5 years of experience as SOC Analyst

·       Strong understanding of cyber threat analysis models such as kill chain, diamond model, etc and how they apply to both targeted and non-targeted threats

·       Experience on Operating Systems (Windows, UNIX)

·       Strong understanding of common security products and technologies utilized in Enterprise environments (proxies, WAF, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Anti-Malware, Endpoint, etc.)

·       Understanding of the OSI stack and the various protocols from layer 1 to 7 including SNMP, HTTP, VPN, DNS, etc.

·       Independent, self-motivated and innovative with good problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills, and can foster teamwork

·       Experience in common scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell or BASH

Qualification

·       University degree or equivalent in IT discipline (pref in IT Security)

·       Professional credentials in one of the relevant IT Security disciplines

·       Any SOC/SIEM related Certification is a plus

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Attention to detail / rigor

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Communication skills - oral & written

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Analytical Ability

Ability to inspire others & generate people's commitment

Ability to develop and leverage networks

Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…

Education Level: 

 Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 3 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)