Linux Systems Engineer

Main responsibilities:

• Provide 24/7/365 primary support of all RedHat Linux ,Centos, Ubuntu & Solaris servers.
• Proactively monitor all UNIX systems utilizing BNP Paribas standard tools.
• Maintain complete inventory and documentation of deployed systems.
• Liaise with application developers to gather requirements, design and deploy standard systems, which clearly differentiate between Production, DR, Test and Development.
• Identify operational and infrastructure risks within the environment and work with the application development team and Equity business to make corrections and mitigate risks.
• Ensure that all systems are backed up according to the business requirements and notify the data owners when there are failures.
• Ensure optimal resilience of deployed systems; and meet all disaster recovery requirements specified by the business.
• Liaise with IT Production Engineers in troubleshooting complex, cross-platform issues.
• Evaluate emerging system technologies and align their benefits with the business strategy of BNPP. 
• Maintain top-notch technical skills and business knowledge through proactive self-learning in addition to any formal instructor-led training provided by BNP Paribas.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor''s Degree. 
• Fluency in English and Portuguese
• Expert knowledge of RedHat Enterprise, 7.x, 8.x and solid footing in Centos and Ubuntu; Good knowledge of system performance and monitoring tools such as Geneos, sar, iostat, vmstat, etc.
• Good programming skills with Perl, Awk, Sed, Shell script (Bourne, C, Korn).
• Administration of Unix core services and applications such as NIS, NFS, Automount, DNS, DHCP, CIFS, SendMail, Apache, NTP,  PTP, Sudo, Jumpstart/Kickstart, LDAP, SSH, Puppet, Ansible.
• Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies (Solaris Zones, Ldoms, VMWare, KVM etc.).
• Good knowledge of EMC SAN storage arrays and NetAPP Network Appliances.
• Experience in Linux/ UNIX environment within the financial services industry.
• Communication, collaborative teamwork, problem solving.

Why join BNP Paribas? 

BNP Paribas is an international bank with leading positions in the European market. It is present in more than 60 countries and employs nearly 178,000 people. The Group occupies key positions in its three main areas of operation: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking and financial services network is part of Retail Banking & Services), as well as Corporate & Institutional Banking, which offers services to corporate and institutional clients.

Our presence in Brazil

BNP Paribas has been officially operating in Brazil since 1996. Since 2010, when the Securities Services area began operating, the Brazilian unit has the largest number of business lines in Latin America, making it one of the Group's largest operations in emerging markets. Today, in Brazil, the Group is present with the areas of Corporate and Institutional Banking, Asset Management, Insurance (Cardif) and Fleet Management (Arval).

Currently, the BNP Paribas Group has around 1400 employees in the country. In Brazil, it is among the largest international investment banks in total assets (R$ 112.5 billion, Jun/23, Prudential Conglomerate, Central Bank), offering a diversity of products and multiple solutions to its clients. 

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.