Senior Associate – API

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 24×7 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 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:

Our main objective is to modernize and strengthen our Infrastructure, leveraging on the obsolescence management of our legacy infrastructure. Enabling Infrastructure As A Service, our team will highly contribute to create differentiated customer experience, by designing, developing, and building automated hardware and software products. By offering digital platform and services that are global, as benefits of our transformation:  

• API & SDN Platforms will be easy to use and order for our customers, simple to manage, matching their business requirements, 

• API & SDN team will adopt systematically a digital consumer-oriented approach, supported by a strong collaborative mindset 

Objectives of API & SDN Services team are to design, develop, release, and provide support for firewall, load balancing, active directory digital services in a secured digital platform. The list of Products to manage is Digital Load Balancing (AVI), Active Directory, DNS and DHCP (INFOBLOX) , Flow management (ILLUMIO), Micro service Security (AQUASEC), Orchestration (ANSIBLE TOWER), Api Platform (APIGEE), …

The mission here specifically concerns the infra API Gateway (Google APIGEE technology).

Job Title:

Sr. Associatate

Date:

16/10/2024

Department:

IT Production

Location:

Bangalore

Business Line / Function:

Reports to:

(Direct)

Grade: 

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

Provide a brief description of the overall purpose of the position, why this position exists and how it will contribute in achieving the team’s goal.

Responsibilities

 

Direct Responsibilities

•              Design the products (including UX design), taking local specificities into account

•              Prepare product specifications

•              Validate that the developed product is aligned with requirements

•             Coordinate with CIB Cloud Market Place and Robotics teams to agree on placement in marketplace CIB Cloud platform

•             Follow-up on product lifecycle, liaise with Product & Portfolio Management to maintain service catalogue

•              Serve as SPOC on product throughout its life in production

•              Prepare all documentation needed on product

•              Review customer feedback and perform regular product reviews

•              Manage all potential product evolutions and communication

•              Manage product performance based on data analytics (Aramchek)

•              Guaranty the functioning and the quality of the product

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Profound knowledge/experience:

·       API GATEWAY (Google APIGEE)

·       NETWORK PROTOCOLS HTTP 

·       APPLIED ARCHITECTURE API       

·       OPERATING SYSTEMS LINUX REDHAT 

·       IT LANGUAGES SHELL

·       Agile Methodologies

·       CLOUD and CI/CD PIPELINES

·      MICROSERVICES and Kubernetes/Openshift

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Communication skills – oral & written

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Decision Making

Choose an item.

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to develop and leverage networks

Ability to develop and adapt a process 

Analytical Ability

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Choose an item.

Education Level: 

 Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 5 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)