AS400 Developer

Job description

Job Description - APAC

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas Group is a leading European bank with a strong global footprint across 72 markets and more than 202,000 employees. The Group provides corporates, institutional and private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing through strategic partnerships”.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas Group, a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Mumbai and Chennai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. We partner various business lines of BNP Paribas such as Corporate and Institutional Banking, Wealth Management, Retail Banking through three verticals - Information Technology, Operations and Finance Shared Services.

About Businessline/Function :

For 150 years, BNP Paribas Wealth Management has been committed to protecting clients' wealth, developing it, and eventually passing it on to their loved ones. We deliver tailor-made experience, with outstanding attention to detail and expertise from precise local knowledge to the global know-how that we access from the Group. Our goal is to create a new wealth management experience fit for a world where digital interactions have come to enhance human ones. Wealth Management Investment Solution Hub (WMIS Hub) provides a global IT solution for BNP Paribas Wealth Management where we develop, maintain and evolve IT applications which fits to the specific needs of BNP Paribas Wealth Management business users.

Job Title:

IBM i (AS/400) Support

Date:

26-Oct-2020

Department:

Production & Engineering

Location:

Chennai

Business Line / Function:

Wealth Management Global Hub

Reports to:

(Direct)

NA

Grade:

(if applicable)

(Functional)

NA

Number of Direct Reports:

NA

Directorship / Registration:

Position Purpose

As an IBM i (AS/400) Support , expected to work on both the technical maintenance and the application support within the IBM i ecosystem. We are looking for someone who has the right balance of infrastructure knowledge, supported with a basic background on banking applications.

A strong expertise on IBM i Administration, with mid-level experience on MQ & CFT , is required for this position and to be assessed during technical interview.

Need to work closely with both Application Developers and Infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities

roles will include, but will not be limited to:

· Providing 1 st and 2 nd level technical support on IBM i production & non-prod environments.

· CL programming, to be utilized in automation and system monitoring.

· Doing regular system maintenance and health checks, and automate where possible.

· System administration and regular patching cycles.

· Manage the application deliverables and deployments.

· Enhance and test application continuity between production and DR sites.

· Assist developers with complex technical inquiries.

· Perform scheduled maintenance and release deployments after business hours.

· 1 st level technical On-call support for production jobs.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Qualification & Experience:

· Bachelor's Degree or equivalent qualification required
· 5 years of overall experience in I.T.
· At least 3 years' experience with IBM i administration and/or technical support

Mandatory

· Critical and Analytical thinker with strong problem solving aptitude
· Hands-on experience in working on both Production and Non-Production environments
· Excellent written and oral communication skills
· Good SQL skills
· Good knowledge in deployment automation tools (ARCAD, DROPS)
· Good knowledge in middleware connectivity (MQ, sFTP, or equivalent)

Good to have

· Basic understanding on project management and ITIL practices (Incident, Problem, and Change management processes)

· Basic understanding of Agile methodologies with focus on Scrum Framework

· Batch scheduling tools (Autosys or equivalent)
· Some knowledge in RPG and Cobol programming
· Experience in Wealth Management or in Banking

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills : (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Communication skills - oral & written

Attention to detail / rigor

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Ability to manage a project

Analytical Ability

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

Education Level:

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 5 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

Desired profile

Qualifications :

NA