Senior Associate - Network Engineer

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 a 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 specialized 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, corporate 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, color, 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: ARVAL Service Lease

Arval is a car renting company with Services, for professional entities and more recently, opened to retail market. Serving 30 countries worldwide with the goal of being the best in class both for customer satisfaction and innovation (Partnership, new technologies, etc.)

Arval IT Is The IT Department Of The Company. The IT Production Tribe Is a Key Component Of The Arval IT Department, Focusing On Several Critical Areas To Support The Company's Operations. This Tribe Is Structured Into 4 Domains

• Production security domain: Manage the security on Production : Security Monitoring, Advanced Malware Protection, Secure network, Secure Hosting, Security Data Warehouse / Dashboards, DLP Technical, Service Design Validation, Privileged Access Control, Vulnerability Management, Production Security project management, Production Resilience
• Application Production domain: This domain operates daily over 200 business applications that make up Arval's information system. The main goal is to ensure the smooth functioning and support of these applications, addressing any issues that arise and implementing improvements as needed.
• Infrastructure Domain: Manage, Deploy and support Arval infrastructure hosted in BNPP Datacenter. Define and Enrich Infrastructure service catalog, anticipate infrastructure capacity planning and integrate security and compliance requirements. The infrastructure domain consists of 4 teams : Network, Digital Working, Windows, Linux&Storage&Virtualisation
• Technical Office Domain: contributes to the preparation and validation of Project Architecture Overview (PAO), drives obsolescence, manage Production Cloud competency center and provide technology expertise (ExaCC, Secure Transport…).
  
  

Job Title

Network Engineer

Date

01/05/2025

Department

Arval IT/Production/Infra

Location:

Offshore

Business Line / Function

IT ARVAL Network Engineer

Reports To

(Direct)

ISPL Production manager

Grade

(if applicable)

N/A

(Functional)

Network Manager

Number Of Direct Reports

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

The engineer/developer is working closely with his team members and business teams to develop features according to a requirement.

He must also ensure that developments are aligned with best practices and monitor what has been promoted on higher environments.

Production or tests environments supports activities are also part of the position (job monitoring, issues solving, …)

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Firewalling -- Apply modification on ARVAL Firewall policies (add/remove/edit Firewall policies, Manage NAT rules). Apply modification on ARVAL Firewalls (add L3 interfaces, Vlans, manage routes). Patch ARVAL Firewalls (deploy security Hotfixes) in non business Hour. Ensure L2 support in case of incident and assist ARVAL users to identify flow related blocking points. Technologies (Checkpoint, Fortinet)
• Load-Balancing – Deploy VIPS according to Arval standard. Deploy or renew certificate (public/internal) on a monthly basis to avoid certificate incident. Ensure L2 support in case of incident and assist ARVAL users to identify VIP related blocking points. Technology F5 and Citrix Netscaler
• Proxy – Deploy whitelist and blacklist according to Security requirement. Ensure L2 support in case of incident and assist ARVAL users to identify Proxy related blocking points. Technology Trellix Webgateways
• Routing/switching – Implement routes if required. Provide and configure switchports if required.
  
  

Ensure L2 support in case of incident and assist ARVAL users to identify routing/switching blocking points. Technology Cisco Nexus 9K (VPC)

Contributing Responsibilities

• Incident contribution. Assist the incident management team and be first point of contact for Arval network related incident.
  
  

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Be autonomous on his asset (Senior to expert level) and motivated on the daily tasks.

Be an active member of the squad (often multi-technologies).

Be proactive by raising alerts when it’s flagged, try to understand the global context and suggest how to solve an issue (without focusing only on his subpart). it will also help to understand better the rest of the team (who will not necessarily work on the same tool)

Be able to provide proofs that developments are matching to the requirement (tests cases)

Have proper communication with the Business. (English language)

Have some knowledge regarding deployment/versioning tools (Ansible, Refapp …)

Have some knowledge on project tracking software (Jira, Snow, Tufin…)

Have some knowledge regarding monitoring tools (Dynatrace, …)

Provide his technical expertise to suggest optimization and technical enhancements

Specific Technical Skills Required For This Role

Ø Past experiences managing Checkpoint Firewall (VSX, R81.20)

Ø Past experiences managing F5 load balancers (LTM module). Experience in Citrix netscaler is a plus

Ø Past experiences managing Proxy (Mcafee/trellix web gateways)

Ø Past experiences managing Cisco switchs(Vlan management VPC configuration). Experiences in HP/Comware switchs is a plus

Skills Referential

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Attention to detail / rigor

Adaptability

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Education Level

Ability to develop others & improve their skills

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 5 years