Java Full Stack engineer

Job Title: Run and Change Java Full-Stack Engineer

Department: IT Functions - IT IAM Tribe

About Business Line/Function:

BNP Paribas Cardif is the insurance subsidiary of BNP Paribas. We are a worldwide leader of the Credit Protection Insurance market with strong positions in savings and protection insurance in more than 30 countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America. 

Within The IT Department, The Tribe IT IAM (Insurance Asset Management) Is Structured Into Cross-functional Squads To Drive, Accelerate, And Maximize Client-value Creation. These Squads Oversee IT Projects And Ensure The Operational Continuity Of The Asset Management Division's Business Applications. Their Core Activities Include:

• Order management & life-cycle follow-up,
• Position management,
• Valuation of investment mandates,
• Administration of financial reference data (securities, pricing, securities transactions, etc.),
• Portfolios accounting,
• Management of financial cash flows.
  
  

The ULI Squad (Unit Linked Investments) Is Part Of The IT IAM Tribe And Is Responsible For Business Applications Built On Starcust Software Edited By Cleva Solutions Vendor, And In-house Software Such As Matiass That Provides :

• Unit linked order book,
• OPCVM order management & life-cycle follow-up,
• Asset Liability Matching.
  
  

These business applications are classified as sensitive and critical because they must meet highavailability requirements and are exposed to significant financial risks.

Position Purpose:

Mission takes place within the ULI Squad, whose goal is to handle autonomously the RUN activities (morning-checks verifications, incident management, production support, user assistance, etc.) as well as the CHANGE activities. The squad shares common motivations: proximity to the business line, agility, and quality of delivered services, combining business-line skills with IT expertise.

Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

• Operations / Maintenance
• Perform daily morning checks and publish the report (as part of a rotating shift)
• Investigate and resolve technical incidents
• Implement or apply bug fixes to fix anomalies
• Remediatesecurityvulnerabilities
• Support the deployment of the latest Starcustvendor releases
• Support deployment plan executions (on-call duties and night/weekend work, 1-2 times per month)
• Proposeimprovements and action plans for recurring incidents
• Contribute to preparations for extreme application exercises
• Assist users with technical issues
• Development
• Design, develop, test and maintain Java, Angular, SQL code, Control-M jobs, KSH scripts
• Estimatecosts and timelines
• Create and update production and technical documentation as needed
• Prepare test environments and support testing phases
• Perform non-regression testing to ensure technical stability
  
  

Contributing Responsibilities

• Agile Participation
• Participate in agile rituals, including quarterly agile / sprint plannings, daily meetings,reviews and retrospectives
• Estimate tasks and commit to sprint goals with squad members
• Provide technical support to the team
• Analytical skills and business / user requirements analysis
• Understanding the functional requirements
• Analyze functional requirements and propose technical solutions
• Identify non-functional requirements and integrate them into proposals
• Estimate roughly solutions costs
• Identify and raise alerts on weak/obsolete code already implemented
  
  

Technical & Soft Skills

• Ability to combine technical and non-technical skills to address complex challenges and drive business value
• Ability to actively participate in workshops with business analysts, tech lead, and product owner to discuss business needs and identify solutions that deliver the most business value
• Ability to analyze constraints and identify alternative technical solutions to maximize delivery, while minimizing risks and ensuring compliance with budget and timeline requirements
• Ability to interpret and optimize execution plans (EXPLAIN PLAN), manage indexes, and apply best practices for databases.
• Ability to organize oneself to achieve ticket closure, track progress, follow up, and escalate to teams as needed
  
  

Specific Qualifications: Minimum 5 years of experience along with Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Technical Skills:

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

• Programming Languages:Java, Spring Framework (Boot, Batch), Angular, KSH, SQL (expert)
• Advanced Oracle SQL Development: stored procedures (PL/SQL), analytical functions (OVER, PARTITION BY, RANK), complex query optimization, execution plans (EXPLAIN PLAN)(master)
• Object-oriented programming and microservices architecture (master)  
• Web services such as REST (specifications and API management) (master) 
• Automated testing: JUnit, Selenium, Gherkin, Cucumber
• ITIL (incident, problem and change) concept: Service Now
• Knowledges as a software developer:  
• DevOps tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Argo CD, XL Release
• Database: Oracle (ExaData, ExaCC)
• Quality Lifecycle management platform:ALM Octane
• Security rules and protocols: SAML2, OAuth2
• Exchange file protocols: CFT 
• Containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift  
• Configuration management and automation: Ansible 
• Scheduling and workload automation: Control-M
• Monitoring, supervision and alerting tools: Dynatrace
• Knowledge of the functional context of asset management or previous experience with Starcust would be appreciated
• French (B2) / English (C2)  
  
  

Soft Skills:

• Results driven
• Active collaboration
• Communication skills
• Problem-solving
• Rigor
• Proactivity
• Resilience  
  
  

Transversal Skills:

• Agile Work
• Analytical Skills
• Commitment Generation   
  
  

Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Location: Mumbai / Chennai

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 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, 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.

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.

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. 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.