Cloud SRE Engineer

Overview

Cloud Engineer

Location: Chennai (Hybrid)

About BNP Paribas India Solutions

BNP Paribas India Solutions is the technology arm of BNP Paribas SA, Europe’s leading bank with operations in 65 countries and almost 185 000 employees. From our delivery centres in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai we provide 24 × 7 support for the Group’s Corporate & Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking businesses. Our culture is built on innovation, sustainability and a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Role Purpose

The Cloud Engineer will define, co‑create, communicate and validate cloud‑native technical architectures for BNP Paribas Personal Investors (PI) Germany. Acting as the bridge between functional owners, development teams and the Group’s central IT services, you will ensure that every new or migrated application is built on a secure, scalable and maintainable cloud foundation.

Key Responsibilities

Core duties

• Design end‑to‑end technical platforms (infrastructure + application) for all PI Germany projects.
• Produce Bill‑of‑Material (BoM) documents from blue‑prints, trigger procurement and oversee infrastructure provisioning.
• Guide functional and technical teams through the architectural framework, ensuring compliance with BNP Paribas Group standards (security, cost, resiliency).
• Conduct feasibility studies, design reference architectures and prototype emerging cloud technologies (e.g., serverless, event‑driven, AI‑enhanced services).
• Validate vendor/partner solutions, run proof‑of‑concepts and support product‑selection decisions.
• Ensure platforms are secure, highly available, cost‑optimised and disaster‑recovery ready.

Supporting activities

• Maintain and enrich the PI Germany technology catalogue (reference architectures, approved services, patterns).
• Transfer knowledge on architecture standards, tooling and processes to project teams.
• Provide auditors with clear evidence of architecture compliance, risk mitigation and network design.
• Contribute to end‑to‑end automation of deployment pipelines (IaC, CI/CD, monitoring).
• Mentor junior engineers and act as the escalation point for cloud‑related incidents.
• Coordinate with global BNP Paribas IT service providers, PI Germany IT teams and local delivery centres in Nuremberg and Munich.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• Cloud platforms: Minimum 5 years of hands‑on experience with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud (public, private or hybrid).
• Application experience: Minimum 7 years maintaining Java‑based web applications (Spring, JEE, etc.).
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code & containerisation: Minimum 5 years with Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker and an artifact repository such as Artifactory.
• Design & modelling tools: Proficiency with Visio, ArchiMate, Archi, Sparx EA or comparable tools.
• Architecture patterns: Strong knowledge of micro‑services, serverless and event‑driven designs, plus scaling strategies.
• Security: Practical experience securing cloud workloads (IAM, network segmentation, secrets management, container image scanning).
• Scripting: Ability to write Bash, Python or PowerShell scripts for automation.
• Process frameworks: Familiarity with Agile (Scrum/Kanban), basic ITIL concepts and project‑management fundamentals (milestones, risk logs).

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business Informatics or equivalent.
• Minimum 7 years of progressive IT experience covering cloud, Java applications and DevOps.
• Fluent English (spoken and written).
• Nice‑to‑have: AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification; knowledge of German or French; TOGAF/Zachman or BNP Paribas Eagle Metamodel certification.