Openstack/Linux Systems Engineer

Main responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage Openstack clouds, including deployment, configuration, and maintenance of Openstack components such as Nova, Neutron, Cinder, and Keystone.
• Design, implement, and manage CEPH storage on Openstack, including configuration of CEPH clusters, storage pools, and RBD devices, to provide highly scalable and reliable storage solutions.
• Utilize Ansible to automate deployment, configuration, and management of Openstack and Linux environments, including development of playbooks and roles to streamline automation tasks.
• Provide L3 support for Openstack and Linux OS (RedHat Linux, Centos, Ubuntu), including troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues (24/7/365)
• Ensure high availability and scalability of Openstack clouds, including design and implementation of HA clusters and load balancing.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Openstack components, such as compute, storage, and networking.
• Work with various Openstack tools, such as Openstack CLI, Horizon to manage and automate cloud resources.
• Proactively monitor all Openstack/UNIX systems utilizing BNP Paribas standard tools.
• Maintain complete inventory and documentation of deployed systems.
• Perform capacity planning and optimization of Openstack clouds, including monitoring and analysis of performance metrics.
• Liaise with application developers to gather requirements, design and deploy standard systems, which clearly differentiate between Production, DR, Test and Development.
• Identify operational and infrastructure risks within the environment and work with the application development team and Equity business to make corrections and mitigate risks.
• Ensure that all systems are backed up according to the business requirements and notify the data owners when there are failures.
• Ensure optimal resilience of deployed systems; and meet all disaster recovery requirements specified by the business.
• Liaise with IT Production Engineers in troubleshooting complex, cross-platform issues.
• Evaluate emerging system technologies and align their benefits with the business strategy of BNPP. 
• Maintain top-notch technical skills and business knowledge through proactive self-learning in addition to any formal instructor-led training provided by BNP Paribas.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor''s Degree. 
• Fluency in English and Portuguese
• Strong technical knowledge of Openstack components, including Nova, Neutron, Cinder, and Keystone, as well as expert knowledge of RedHat Enterprise, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x  and solid footing in Ubuntu
• Good knowledge of system performance and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, sar, iostat, vmstat, etc.
• Good programming skills with Perl, Awk, Sed, Shell script (Bourne, C, Korn).
• Proficiency in automation tools, specifically Ansible, to automate tasks and streamline Openstack and Linux administration, with experience in scripting languages like Python or Perl being a plus.
• Administration of Unix core services and applications such as NIS, NFS, Automount, DNS, DHCP, CIFS, SendMail, Apache, NTP,  PTP, Sudo, Jumpstart/Kickstart, LDAP, SSH, Puppet.
• Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies (Ldoms, VMWare, KVM etc.).
• Good knowledge of EMC SAN, Pure storage arrays, NetAPP Network Appliances and CEPH storage.
• Experience in Linux/ UNIX environment within the financial services industry.
• Communication, collaborative teamwork, problem solving.

Why join BNP Paribas? 

BNP Paribas is an international bank with leading positions in the European market. It is present in more than 60 countries and employs nearly 178,000 people. The Group occupies key positions in its three main areas of operation: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking and financial services network is part of Retail Banking & Services), as well as Corporate & Institutional Banking, which offers services to corporate and institutional clients.

Our presence in Brazil

BNP Paribas has been officially operating in Brazil since 1996. Since 2010, when the Securities Services area began operating, the Brazilian unit has the largest number of business lines in Latin America, making it one of the Group's largest operations in emerging markets. Today, in Brazil, the Group is present with the areas of Corporate and Institutional Banking, Asset Management, Insurance (Cardif) and Fleet Management (Arval).

Currently, the BNP Paribas Group has around 1400 employees in the country. In Brazil, it is among the largest international investment banks in total assets (R$ 112.5 billion, Jun/23, Prudential Conglomerate, Central Bank), offering a diversity of products and multiple solutions to its clients. 

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.