About BNP Paribas India Solutions

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, a leading bank in Europe 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 6000 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

The Team IT Cloud Foundation is part of PI Germany, IT Production – Application Services. The team is mainly responsible for the run and maintenance of a container platform, VMware platform as well as build tools like GitLab or Nexus. All of those applications are provided as a service to the customers. We see tribes or other teams in this case as our costumer. Along with the run and maintenance of those applications, the team is in charge of the whole automation ecosystem. Since end of 2023, we are also working with the internal cloud service dMZR. We are a dual-located team, distributed between Nuremberg and Munich.

The Cloud-subteam is responsible for the automated provisioning of cloud resources like databases, loadbalancer, OpenShift namespaces or virtual machines. In addition, the team is highly involved in the planning of applications which should be migrated to the dMZR.

For now, the automation is based on GitLab CI. Furthermore, there are a lot of different automations around the infrastructure provisioning. There are a lot of  interfaces to our automation system, which has to be handled.

Job Title:

VMWARE Engineer

Date:

31-062025

Department:

IT APS – Application Platform

Location:

Chennai

Business Line / Function:

IT Group Services and Plattform Architecture

Reports to:

(Direct)

Tech Lead

Grade: 

(if applicable)

5 / 6

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

1

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

The Cloud-subteam is responsible for the automated provisioning of cloud resources like databases, loadbalancer, OpenShift namespaces or virtual machines. In addition, the team is highly involved in the planning of applications which should be migrated to the dMZR.

For now, the automation is based on GitLab CI. Furthermore, there are a lot of different automations around the infrastructure provisioning. There are a lot of  interfaces to our automation system, which has to be handled.

The goal is to implement a central orchestrator platform, which consolidates all automation processes. For that, we need someone to handle the implementation. In addition, the interface with the architects has to be optimized.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

- Define, optimize and automate the interface between the architects and our automation ecosystem

- Plan and implement the central orchestrator based on the requirements of the team

- Document the interfaces and implementation of the central orchestrator

- Know-how transfer for central orchestrator

- Assist team in provision infrastructure for the project based on Terraform 

- Contribute to the internal cloud automation process with Terraform, GitLab CI and/or Hashicorp Vault

Contributing Responsibilities

- Providing support for the corresponding teams, which work with the automation processes like IT Operationg

Working close together with the BNP group to get information about the internal cloud solution

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

-          Basic Linux-knowledge

-          Good knowledge in development with TypeScript, Node.js and React

-          Experience in developing self-developed applications

-          Basic knowledge in Infrastructure as Code with Terrafrom

-          Good knowledge in automation via GitLab CI

-          Good troubleshooting skills and logical way of thinking

-          Experience in mananging code with Git (SCM)

-          Basic knowledge in cloud architecture

Experience with application “Backstage” would be good

Specific Qualifications (if required)

- English fluent in spoken and written

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills:

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Communication skills - oral & written

Ability to share / pass on knowledge

Decision Making

Transversal Skills:

Analytical Ability

Ability to develop and adapt a process 

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Education Level: 

 Master Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 5 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)