Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer

Department: BNP Paribas Fortis, CBPS - Transversal Capabilities & Functions

About Business line/Function: BNP Paribas IT teams are providing infrastructure, development and production support services to all applications used worldwide by all business lines. There is a great variety of technologies and infrastructures from legacy systems to cutting edge Cloud technologies.

Within BNP Paribas Group IT, the filiere “FORTIS” oversees operationally to the challenges of IT applications with an end-to-end vision and consistently across the Bank. Several domains of these filiere contribute to this, including the domain “Service Offering DevOps”, which provides the DevSecOps platform for IT Group, Control Center, DB Activities and move to Cloud project.

BNP Paribas Fortis is a bank that is responsible and socially committed. The environment, diversity, cultural support, sponsorship... Through various and concrete ways, we are dedicated to meeting our customers’ expectations and proud to demonstrate our values: responsible, human, innovative and enthusiastic.

Position Purpose: 

As a System Engineer you will be part of a team that is responsible for the following operational activities:

• Treatment and Analysis of current and legacy systems
• Integrator at heart – collecting information about the source and target systems and making an integration plan with all dependencies identified
• Perform analysis and suggest improvements and efficiency
• Perform scripting and configuration
• Perform maintenance and support activities
• Perform Admin and Troubleshooting activities
• Assist with Incidents and fixes, find out root cause and escalate to the proper teams for resolution, close tickets within the agreed SOA
• Be the SPOC for applications, learn functional knowledge and be able to analyze the impact of new changes or dependencies on the platform
• Coordinate with other teams/ Depts for packaging solution, testing and deployment in Visual studio SSIS
• Collaborate on  SharePoint data and SNOW tickets
• Perform monitoring and optimization activities
• Be resilient to Banking environment and the rules of working
• Work in an AGILE methodology and respecting all the ceremonies and team collaboration

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Rules of Engagement
  • Treatment and Analysis of current and legacy systems
  • Integrator at heart – collecting information about the source and target systems and making an integration plan with all dependencies identified
  • Perform analysis and suggest improvements and efficiency
  • Perform scripting and configuration
  • Perform maintenance and support activities
  • Perform Admin and Troubleshooting activities
  • Assist with Incidents and fixes
  • Collaborate on  SharePoint data and SNOW tickets
  • Perform monitoring and optimization activities
  • Be resilient to Banking environment and the rules of working
  • Work in an AGILE methodology and respecting all the ceremonies and team collaboration

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Tools and Technologies that you must know
  • Must Have
    • Knowledge of Windows and Linux Servers
    • Active Directory, DNS, PowerShell, command line, bash
    • Webservers knowledge – configuration, maintenance and support (, IIS, ARR, Apache)
    • Knowledge of DB – SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, Power BI
  • Nice to Have       
    • RDS administration
    • DBA activities
    • Monitoring tools (Dynatrace, Centreon)
    • PKI infrastructure
    • Elastic search / ELK Stack
    • Docker or any other containerization infrastructure

Specific Qualifications:

·       Agile environment 

·       Follows the Customer processes for projects, incident and change management.  

·       Being standalone and team worker, analytical minded, meet commitment, ability to work in a dynamic and multi-cultural environment, flexible, customer-oriented, understand risk awareness. 

·       Motivated self-starter, process-oriented with high attention to detail 

·       Quick self-starter, pro-active attitude. 

·       Good communication skills, Good analytical and synthesis skills. 

·       Autonomy, commitment, and perseverance. 

·       Ability to work in a dynamic and multicultural environment. 

·       Flexibility (in peak periods extra efforts may be required). 

·       Open minded and show flexibility in self-learning new technologies/tools. 

·       You are customer minded and can translate technical issues into non-technical explanations.

·       You are always conscious about continuity of services.

·       You have a very good team spirit and share your knowledge and experience with other members of the team. Working in collaboration with team.

·       Client-oriented, analytical, initiative oriented and able to work independently.

·       Be flexible and ready to provide support outside of Business hours (on-call).

·       Able to take additional responsibility. 

·       Able to work from base location Chennai/Mumbai (Whichever is your base location) during hybrid model.

·       You are flexible and ready to provide support outside of Business hours (on-call).

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

Technical Skills:

o   Knowledge of Windows and Linux Servers

o   Active Directory, DNS, PowerShell, command line, bash

o   Webservers knowledge – configuration, maintenance and support (, IIS, ARR, Apache)

o   Knowledge of DB – SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, Power BI

Behavioral Skills: 

• Ability to collaborate / Teamwork 
• Communication skills – oral & written
• Organizational Skills 

Education Level:  Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Location: Chennai

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.