Job Description

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 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:


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 suppliers relationships, project management.


Job Title:


CoreOS Unix Team Engineer


Date:


2024


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
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The principal objective of this position is to provide expert level support for the North American Region (NAR) UNIX environment. Provide 1st, 2nd and 3rd line support ensuring full availability of the environment during production hours. The engineer will play an active role on all Safety & Trust initiatives as well as day-to-day support activities, administration and all projects associated with LINUX infrastructures and their associated applications. Expected to establish and maintain the organizations technical standards, policies and procedures, collect, monitor and analyze systems performance data and troubleshoot LINUX servers when applicable.

Responsibilities

DIRECT RESPONSIBILITIES
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• 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.


o Ensure optimal resilience of deployed systems; and meet all disaster recovery requirements specified by the business. o Liaise with IT Production Engineers in troubleshooting complex, cross-platform issues.

• Maintain top-notch technical skills and business knowledge through proactive self-learning in addition to any formal instructor-led training provided by BNP Paribas.
• Evaluate emerging system technologies and align their benefits with the business strategy of BNPP.

CONTRIBUTING RESPONSIBILITIES
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• Degree in Information Systems
• 12+ years of experience in Linux/ UNIX environment within the financial services industry
• Expert knowledge of RedHat Enterprise 6.x, 7.x, 8.x and solid footing in Centos and Ubuntu
• Expert Knowledge of UNIX kernel and network subsystem tuning and optimization desirable.
• 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)
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP and basic networking - ability to use and understand output of tcpdump/snoop
• 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.)
• Comfortable performing system upgrades, installing layered products, and analyzing and troubleshooting complex production systems.
• Hands-on experience with various hardware including Dell and HP servers.
• Good knowledge of EMC SAN storage arrays and NetAPP Network Appliances
• Should be familiar with system administration regarding relational databases (Sybase, Oracle), Middleware (WebSphere MQ), and market data distribution (Reuters RMDS) a plus.
• Ability to interface with users at all levels of the organization and good end-user support skills.
• Must be well organized, responsible, a good project manager, have good verbal and written communication skills, and able to multitask in dynamic trading environment.


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

TECHNICAL & BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES
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Required Technical Knowledge/Skills :

• At least 12+ years of technical experience in as many of these operating systems (OS):


o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x / 8.x


o Ubuntu 18.x / 20.x


o CentOS 7.x

• Handles the product lifecycle of the Unix infrastructure to assure operational availability; designs and specifies changes for implementation.
• Candidate must be competent on how to install the OS on physical servers and virtual servers.
• Hardware and Networking Knowledge on Server Hardware Multiple Vendors, Remote Management Tools, Software & Hardware RAID, Technical understanding on network topologies & devices, Storage Devices
• Strong knowledge on governance, server build and administration of IT services in cloud based environments
• Patching through Satellite & Client-side yum configuration.
• 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.
• ITIL 4 Foundation qualification.

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS (IF REQUIRED)
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• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

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


Choose an item.


Education Level:


Bachelor Degree or equivalent


Experience Level


At least 12 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)