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:

Sr. Associate 

Date:

July 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

DPR team member guarantees application production for both technical and functional support for a given Business Line or Business Line application chain, on the IT asset management for the infrastructure (IAAS , PAAS, CAAS and IT cloud ).

He/she ensures that the service is maintained in operational condition. He/she ensures the smooth running of the processes (batch process[1]ing, transfer, etc.) and the proper functioning in the application sense of the term (relevant business data, functional result, correct execution of application workflows, etc.). In a context of accelerating change, he/she manages the various releases within his/her scope. He/she intervenes not only in the event of incidents to restore the service, but also in preventive terms thanks to data analysis and automation, thus improving service quality and the user experience.

He/she acts as an expert with the IT Ops particularly on production and infrastructure requirements. She/he acts as the guarantor of Production throughout the project cycle. He/she is a key player in taking production requirements into account: contribution to the definition of the technical solution, the stability of the technical environments  (Production / non-Production), the monitoring and 

supervision of the technical solutions. He/she participates in project team meetings and is involved in activities and collective decisions (assessment of complexity, risks, etc.) throughout the project.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Design and develop real-time and batch data pipelines using tools like Apache NiFi, Apache Kafka, and Apache Airflow.
• Implement and maintain ETL/ELT processes, ensuring data quality and integrity across various data sources.
• Integrate and manage data flows across diverse systems using NiFi and Kafka topics.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of data pipelines and troubleshoot issues proactively.
• Work with the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for logging, monitoring, and real-time analytics.
• Write efficient and optimized SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and reporting.
• Collaborate with data analysts and business stakeholders to develop meaningful Power BI dashboards and reports.
• Maintain documentation for data workflows, processes, and architecture.

Required Skills:

• Strong experience with Apache NiFi for data flow management.
• Expertise in Kafka (streaming data, Kafka Connect, schema management).
• Proficiency in Apache Airflow for orchestrating workflows.
• Solid understanding of SQL (writing complex queries, tuning, indexing).
• Experience working with the ELK stack – Elasticsearch for search and analytics, Logstash for ingestion, Kibana for visualization.
• Experience with Power BI – data modeling, DAX, dashboard development.
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts, data modeling, and data lake architecture.

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 Analytics

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

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

•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) 

- Computer tests (Expert) 

- IT infrastructure (Expert) 

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.

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

·       English (mandatory)

·       Eager to learn

·       Analytical mind-set

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

·       Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Microsoft Certification

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 5 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.