Technical Architect/Solution Architect

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 71 countries and has almost 199 000 employees. The Group ranks highly in its three core areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking networks and financial services are grouped together under Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, centred on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all of its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporates and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas enjoys leading positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and has a solid and fast-growing network in the Asia/Pacific region.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, a leading bank in Europe 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 6000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About Businessline/Function :

CIB Client Engagement and Protection IT having focus on applications servicing Client Lifecycle management, Due Diligence /KYC , Customer Relation Management,  Service Request Management, Referential and Data Quality, PreTrade Transaction Screening and Anti-Money Laundering.  Technologies being used include Java, .NET, Angular, Informatica, PowerBI, Fenergo, Siebel, Actimize, Camunda, Drools on private cloud infrastructure. Agile and DevSecOps practices are widely used. Landscape includes projects that are a mix of established and some under transition to new platforms.

Job Title:

Senior Technical-Functional  Lead / Specialist

Date:

26-Jul-23

Department:

Transversal IT

Location:

Bangalore 

Business Line / Function:

Client Engagement and Protection IT

Reports to:

(Direct)

Head of CRM & SRM

Grade:

(if applicable)

VP 1 / VP2

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

N/A

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

Provide Technical Leadership for the Client Engagement and Protection platform. Challenge the technology status quo, propose practical improvements to architecture & design and bring about meaningful discussions for the improvement of platform. Run technical projects in the vertical which will include providing direction, project planning and tracking, reporting. Unblock technical challenges. Bring oversight and ownership. Understand priorities of different domains and provide strategic inputs. Work in globally distributed setup as a first among equals in the technology space.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Propose / Review/ Challenge Application Architecture and Design.
• Guide/Review Technology Obsolescence Management plan.
• Lead automation and guide teams to align with shift left and shift right strategy by encouraging a mindset for automation first and reduce recursive manual efforts
• Goto person to find solutions to any technical challenges in the domain.
• Hands on and lead by example.
• Resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Review Performance test reports and propose preventive measures to be undertaken.
• Take ownership of POCs and technical feasibility studies.
• Keep up-to-date with latest technologies, trends and provide inputs, expertise and recommendations.
• Owner for few technical improvement projects including planning, tracking and implementation.

Contributing Responsibilities

• Contribute towards innovation; suggest new technical practices for efficiency improvement.
• Level-up of members in the vertical.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Provide technical Leadership. Ability to communicate his/her ideas to the team and management. Inspire commitment of team members to deliver.
• Resourceful to quickly understand complexities involved and provide the way forward.
• Good experience in technical analysis of n-tier applications with multiple integrations using object oriented, APIs & Microservices approaches.
• Strong knowledge about design patterns and development principles.
• Inclination and prior experience of working across Java stack.
• Strong hands-on experience Core Java, J2EE, Spring framework, Spring Boot, SQL or Oracle
• Strong hands-on experience on Java-Angular Stack
• Experience in Security topics such as IDP, SSO, IAM and related technologies.
• Good knowledge on Linux/Unix environment (basic commands, shell scripting, etc.)
• Some experience of working with build tools like Maven & DevOps tools like Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, SonarQube.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, DevOps.
• Development experience of MVC Architecture based web applications, including creation of Web Services (RESTful APIs/ SOAP Services).
• Ability & willingness to learn & work on diverse technologies (languages, frameworks, and tools).
• Self-motivated, good interpersonal skills and inclination to constantly upgrade on new technologies and frameworks.
• Good communication and co-ordination skills.

Nice to have Skills:

• Good to have any CRM Knowledge
• Experience in Cloud Architectures.
• Knowledge/experience on dynatrace

·         Knowledge/experience on No SQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra), Kafka.

• Some exposure to Caching technologies like Redis or Apache Ignite.

·         Experience in Agile – SCRUM and DevSecOps

·         Exposure to Client Management or financial domain.

·         Industry related certifications e.g. TOGAF

Specific Qualifications (if required)

                                                           

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to synthetize / simplify

Personal Impact / Ability to influence

Attention to detail / rigor

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…

Ability to inspire others & generate people’s commitment

Ability to develop and leverage networks

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Education Level:

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 12 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

               

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 71 countries and has almost 199 000 employees. The Group ranks highly in its three core areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking networks and financial services are grouped together under Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, centred on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all of its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporates and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas enjoys leading positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and has a solid and fast-growing network in the Asia/Pacific region.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, a leading bank in Europe 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 6000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About Businessline/Function :

CIB Client Engagement and Protection IT having focus on applications servicing Client Lifecycle management, Due Diligence /KYC , Customer Relation Management,  Service Request Management, Referential and Data Quality, PreTrade Transaction Screening and Anti-Money Laundering.  Technologies being used include Java, .NET, Angular, Informatica, PowerBI, Fenergo, Siebel, Actimize, Camunda, Drools on private cloud infrastructure. Agile and DevSecOps practices are widely used. Landscape includes projects that are a mix of established and some under transition to new platforms.

Job Title:

Senior Technical-Functional  Lead / Specialist

Date:

26-Jul-23

Department:

Transversal IT

Location:

Bangalore 

Business Line / Function:

Client Engagement and Protection IT

Reports to:

(Direct)

Head of CRM & SRM

Grade:

(if applicable)

VP 1 / VP2

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

N/A

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

Provide Technical Leadership for the Client Engagement and Protection platform. Challenge the technology status quo, propose practical improvements to architecture & design and bring about meaningful discussions for the improvement of platform. Run technical projects in the vertical which will include providing direction, project planning and tracking, reporting. Unblock technical challenges. Bring oversight and ownership. Understand priorities of different domains and provide strategic inputs. Work in globally distributed setup as a first among equals in the technology space.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Propose / Review/ Challenge Application Architecture and Design.
• Guide/Review Technology Obsolescence Management plan.
• Lead automation and guide teams to align with shift left and shift right strategy by encouraging a mindset for automation first and reduce recursive manual efforts
• Goto person to find solutions to any technical challenges in the domain.
• Hands on and lead by example.
• Resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Review Performance test reports and propose preventive measures to be undertaken.
• Take ownership of POCs and technical feasibility studies.
• Keep up-to-date with latest technologies, trends and provide inputs, expertise and recommendations.
• Owner for few technical improvement projects including planning, tracking and implementation.

Contributing Responsibilities

• Contribute towards innovation; suggest new technical practices for efficiency improvement.
• Level-up of members in the vertical.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Provide technical Leadership. Ability to communicate his/her ideas to the team and management. Inspire commitment of team members to deliver.
• Resourceful to quickly understand complexities involved and provide the way forward.
• Good experience in technical analysis of n-tier applications with multiple integrations using object oriented, APIs & Microservices approaches.
• Strong knowledge about design patterns and development principles.
• Inclination and prior experience of working across Java stack.
• Strong hands-on experience Core Java, J2EE, Spring framework, Spring Boot, SQL or Oracle
• Strong hands-on experience on Java-Angular Stack
• Experience in Security topics such as IDP, SSO, IAM and related technologies.
• Good knowledge on Linux/Unix environment (basic commands, shell scripting, etc.)
• Some experience of working with build tools like Maven & DevOps tools like Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, SonarQube.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, DevOps.
• Development experience of MVC Architecture based web applications, including creation of Web Services (RESTful APIs/ SOAP Services).
• Ability & willingness to learn & work on diverse technologies (languages, frameworks, and tools).
• Self-motivated, good interpersonal skills and inclination to constantly upgrade on new technologies and frameworks.
• Good communication and co-ordination skills.

Nice to have Skills:

• Good to have any CRM Knowledge
• Experience in Cloud Architectures.
• Knowledge/experience on dynatrace

·         Knowledge/experience on No SQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra), Kafka.

• Some exposure to Caching technologies like Redis or Apache Ignite.

·         Experience in Agile – SCRUM and DevSecOps

·         Exposure to Client Management or financial domain.

·         Industry related certifications e.g. TOGAF

Specific Qualifications (if required)

                                                           

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to synthetize / simplify

Personal Impact / Ability to influence

Attention to detail / rigor

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…

Ability to inspire others & generate people’s commitment

Ability to develop and leverage networks

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Education Level:

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 12 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)