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 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, corporate 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 Server Infrastructure team is responsible for supervising, monitoring, and developing the Server of the regional Hub of BNP Paribas in the India region, liaising with BNP Paribas Head Offices where all major banking applications are hosted. Server Team activities plays a major role in the structure of processes that govern decision making around IT investment, client and supplier’s relationships, project management.

Job Title:

CorePlatform Virtualization Team Engineer

Date:

January 2025

Department:

ITIP – Digital Platforms

Location:

Bangalore

Business Line / Function:

IT Production

Reports to:

(Direct)

Grade: 

(if applicable)

Tech Lead

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

NA

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

Design and participate in the deployment of resilient and high-performance infrastructure solutions in internal and public clouds as a Product Owner around VMWARE technology.

• Maintain production services in operational condition 24/7 

• Provide level 3 technical support as a technical expert with the following objectives: Train / Document / Automate / Improve

• Work closely with global CIB infrastructure teams (Madrid, APAC, AMER, MEA, INDIA) to define strategy and ensure global alignment

• Manage, monitor and lead technical projects independently

• Participate in major projects as SPOC VMWARE Infrastructure

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

Provide the expected expertise support VIRTUALIZATION VMWARE in order to maintain the Production IT environment in operational conditions.

• Automate and Industrialize the technical solutions that will be delivered

• Ensure that you always respect the BNP CIB security policies in force

• Design, troubleshoot and maintain enterprise virtualization platforms

• Work closely with the Nearshoring team in Madrid/Warsaw and ensure overall alignment with AMER and APAC

• Work in a team environment and foster open communication to ensure knowledge transfer to team members

• Design products and services around the cloud by preparing product specifications and managing the Lifecycle

• Know how to evolve in a very dynamic environment that offers and promotes digital technologies and innovation.

• Be customer oriented 

• Be independent and proactive.

Contributing Responsibilities

The Digital Platform domain within the CIB ITO PRODUCTION entity is in charge of the following scopes:

• IAAS (Infrastructure As A Service): Server / OS / Storage / Backup / Virtualization

• CAAS (Container As A Service): Containers / Middleware / Sharepoint

• PAAS (Platform As A Service): Databases / Data Analtics

• Infrastructure Services: Micro segmentation / Load Balancing / API gateway / Automation

• Risk & Improvement: Obsolescence / Security / Continuous improvement / ITIL Process

• For this position you will be integrated into the IAAS-VIRTUALIZATION team made up of around twenty EMEA people and in charge of products and services around virtualization technologies (VMWARE/NUTANIX) in a Production environment.

• Work as a member of a team, adhere to corporate standards and change management processes, and work to improve IT standards and policies. 

• Proficient in English.

• Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Business skills: 

·         Architecture (Mastered) 

·         Knowledge of Data (Mastered) 

·         IT development (Mastered) 

·         Computer tests (Expert) 

·         IT infrastructure (Expert) 

·         Management of production operations (Expert) 

·         Computer security and cyber security (Mastered) 

·         IT / Business Relations (Mastered)

Transversal skills: 

·         Analytical capacity (Expert) 

·         Ability to lead a meeting, a seminar, a committee, a training session, etc. (Mastered) 

·         Ability to understand, explain and lead change (Mastered) 

·         Ability to define relevant performance indicators (Mastered) 

·         Ability to work with Agile methods (Mastered)

Behavioral skills: 

·         Ability to share/transmit knowledge (Expert) 

·         Be results oriented (Expert) 

·         Creativity & Innovation / Ability to solve problems (Expert) 

·         Ability to collaborate / teamwork (Expert) 

·         Develop and maintain system documentation, including configuration guides, and standard operating procedures. - Direct and be responsible for the implementation effort.

·         Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.

·         Assess demand for their service or technology area and develop plans to meet future capacity needs and makes recommendations to the manager.

·         Aware of all critical changes to infrastructure and applications that could impact service delivery to their business customers.

·         Able to work autonomously and as part of a team using strong analytical skills.

·         Be service oriented, customer focused, positive, committed and have an enthusiastic “can do” attitude.

·         Demonstrate a systematic and logical approach to problem-solving. 

·         Able to follow the bank’s standards, processes, and procedures.

·         Escalating incidents internally or to 3rd party partners when required.

·         ITIL 4 Foundation qualification.

Requirements [only in bullet points, technical & leadership & soft skills, nice to haves etc. on the same place, no splits].  Example:

English (mandatory)

Experience on Enterprise level environments.

VMware vCenter Server versions 7.0 & 8.0 

ESXi Patching & Upgrade

Vulnerability management 

VMware vSAN 

Affinity Rules

Excellent skills in automation and scripting 

Experience on Monitoring tools (OME, Dynatrace)          

Ability to work well under pressure, ability to work autonomous and in team environment.

Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Experience of delivering strategic priorities within strict timelines.

Experience on production environment and support

Specific Qualifications (if required)

VMware Certified Professional

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Communication skills - oral & written

Client focused

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to develop and adapt a process 

Ability to manage a project

Analytical Ability

Ability to develop others & improve their skills

Education Level: 

 Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 10 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

Participating in standby 7x24 as per the requirement

Evaluate emerging system technologies and align their benefits with the business strategy of BNPP.