Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer - AML

Department: CEFS IT

About Business line/Function: 

The AML IT function sits within the BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) CEFS‑technology ecosystem and provides end‑to‑end technology platform that enables the bank’s anti‑money‑laundering (AML) program. Its core purpose is to translate regulatory and compliance requirements into robust, scalable, and secure IT solutions that detect, investigate, and report suspicious activity across the Group’s global operations.

The AML IT business line is the technology backbone that transforms raw transaction data into actionable AML intelligence, ensuring that BNP Paribas CIB meets its regulatory obligations while maintaining operational resilience and innovation.

Position Purpose:

The Site Reliability Engineer will be the engineering “glue” that guarantees the stability, performance, and scalability of our mission‑critical services. By blending software development best practices with deep operations expertise, you will design and operate resilient platforms that enable rapid product delivery while meeting stringent availability and security targets.

Direct Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end reliability of non-production / production systems (99%+ SLA).
• Implement and continuously improve monitoring, alerting, and incident‑response processes.
• Build and maintain infrastructure‑as‑code, automated provisioning, and release pipelines (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins/Argo, GitOps).
• Reduce manual toil through self‑service tools and bots.
• Conduct capacity planning, load‑testing, and performance tuning for high‑traffic services.
• Proactively identify bottlenecks and implement scaling strategies (auto‑scaling, sharding, caching).
• Integrate security controls (IAM, secret management, encryption) into the SRE workflow.
• Ensure auditability and adherence to regulatory standards (ISO‑27001, SOC‑2, GDPR).
• Partner with product, engineering, and data teams to translate reliability requirements into concrete design patterns.
• Mentor junior engineers, lead post‑mortems, and champion a blameless culture.
• lead incident triage and resolution.
• Drive root‑cause analysis and create actionable remediation road‑maps.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Expert in Linux/Unix administration; deep networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancers).
• Mastery of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm).
• Proficient with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi) and configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK, Jaeger).
• Scripting/automation fluency (Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell).
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and release engineering.
• Knowledge of disaster‑recovery, backup strategies, and high‑availability architectures.
• Ability to work under tight regulatory and delivery timelines
• Ownership mindset – sees the whole system, not just individual components.
• Strong analytical skills; driven to uncover root causes and implement preventive measures.
• Continuous‑learning attitude; stays current with emerging SRE patterns and technologies.

Nice to have Skills: 

• Prior work on financial services, e‑commerce, health‑tech, or other high‑transaction environments.
• Experience leading an SRE team or defining SLO/SLI frameworks at an enterprise scale.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Google Professional Cloud Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or similar..
• Hands‑on experience with secrets management (Vault, AWS KMS), vulnerability scanning, and compliance frameworks.
• Familiarity with Kafka, Pulsar, Spark, or Flink for real‑time data pipelines.
• Experience integrating ML models or analytics into AML workflows.

Specific Qualifications:

8+ years of work experience

Education Level: Bachelors degree or equivalent

Location: Bengaluru

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.