Production Data Engineer

POSITION PURPOSE

The ARAMCHEK team provides data services for CIB. The team is responsible for design, deploy, maintenance and support of data platforms mainly with Elasticsearch stack and Kafka, manages data quality, standardization and data treatment, as well as provides services on custom requests (dashboarding/analytics/data pipelines).

Key Responsibilities

The Production Data Engineer will be part of a multi-disciplined team defining and building data solutions working closely with the extended global team. The Production Data Engineer will work closely with a wide variety of teams to provide the following for the ARAMCHEK platform:

• Troubleshoot production issues following a ‘Follow The Sun principle’ [APAC/EMEA/NAR] support model
• Monitoring and proactive support including morning checks, etc.
• Application maintenance and upgrades
• Propose and carry out initiatives to improve efficiency, e.g. automation of BAU tasks
• When appropriate, suggest improvements and provide guidance and support to the IT Security team to help them improve their monitoring & analytics capabilities
• Produce and report data reports/dynamic data reports when required by the client

What you get

To be part of a global team with a multinational culture. There are many opportunities to experience real world tasks and develop skills in varied and largely cutting-edge technologies around Data, DevOps and Observability (ELK stack or Dynatrace).

As part of the role, you will get regular opportunities to face new challenges by contributing to Data Analytics initiatives, including support in the development of custom add-ins for data collection & analysis.

What we expect from you

As this is a production support role, focusing across a range of different technologies, candidates must possess the aptitude and strong desire to learn and adapt when required.

The Production Data Engineer will also be required to work with other teams to respond to production incidents and resolve issues promptly, often under pressure, to restore normal services to the business. Therefore, the ability to be on call and provide support out of hours may be required.

Competencies (Technical / Behavioral)

Role Specific Technical Skills

• Production experience across the following technologies:
• Good working knowledge of Elastic stack (Elasticsearch / Logstash / Kibana) including data ingestion, management, monitoring & analytics. Able to perform L2/3 ELK related tasks
• Good working knowledge of Linux (RedHat/Ubuntu)
• Experience with Kafka is a plus
• Programming skills (Python or Ruby or Java) is a plus
• Experienced production support engineer or similar experience working in production environment
• Experience & skills in automation tools (e.g. Ansible) & DevOps pipelines are appreciated

Other Attributes

• Rigorous
• Strong problem solving skills
• Positive attitude, willing to upskill and carry out in-depth troubleshooting
• Has the ability to work autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills and team player
• High energy level coupled with a desire to take on responsibility
• Able to multi-task

Specific Qualifications Required

Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years of experience of IT Production and/or BigData. The candidate must be experienced in providing multi-disciplined technical support as part of a team and have practical knowledge of performance and capacity management from a BigData perspective as well as strong aptitude for automation.

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance.

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.