Network Security

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 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 specialised 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

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.

About Business Line/Function
The Network Infrastructure and Telecom team is responsible for supervising, monitoring and developing the Networks, Infrastructure and Telecommunication of the regional Hub of BNP Paribas in the India region, liaising with BNP Paribas Head Offices where all major banking applications are hosted. Telecom Team activities plays a major role in the structure of processes that govern decision making around IT investment, client and suppliers relationships, project management.

Job Title
Network Security - Technical Manager

Date
Oct 2025

Department
ITIP– Telecom & Datacenter

Location:

NKP, Mumbai

Reports To
Business Line / Function:

(Direct)

Head – Telecom and Datacenter

Grade
(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number Of Direct Reports
Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

The main activities of the TM iNet is to manage, maintain, implement and promote secured, robust, stable, redundant, Network Security infrastructure. Explore, evaluate and propose latest technologies in security domain. Lead BAU team for operational activities, any critical incident or task. The person will lead the team ensuring effective service management to meet service-level agreements and control costs.

Responsibilities - Technical & Behavioral Competencies
The iNet engineer acts as escalation point for technical issues regarding iNet technology platforms and works jointly with other infrastructure teams for delivering projects and implementing required changes in the iNet technology platforms as well as keeping the platform up.

• The iNet team supports the following technologies:
• Firewall Systems (Checkpoint & Fortinet)
• Global Traffic Managers (F5)
• Load Balancers (F5 & AVI networks)
• SSL Accelerators (F5)
• DNS/DHCP (Infoblox)
• Proxies (SkyHigh Web Gateway & Bluecoat)
• HSM Appliances (Entrust)

The technical environment of this position is as follows. Proven track record in at least two of these is required:

• Firewalls: Advanced knowledge of concepts relating to firewall platforms and related network environments (platform architecture, topologies, protocols...).

Operational experience of Fortinet and Checkpoint technologies appreciated.

• Proxies: Strong familiarity of http and SSL/TLSs protocols, and mastery of concepts related to proxy technology (functional scope and purpose, traffic intermediation and security stack...).

Operational experience of SkyHigh and Bluecoat technologies appreciated.

• Load-balancing: Strong familiarity of load-balancing concepts (topologies, platform architecture, load-balancing algorithms & parameters...) and DNS/GSLB load-balancing.

Experience with F5 technology appreciated.

• DNS/DHCP: Familiarity of concepts and architectures relating to DNS, DHCP and IPAM.

Operational experience of Infoblox technology appreciated.

• Remote access: Familiarity of concepts and protocols related to end-user VPNs (both IPSEC & SSL).

Operational knowledge of Cisco ASA/FTD platforms appreciated.

• Administration: Operational knowledge of monitoring software (Zabbix / solarwinds / HPOO / Dynatrace...) and protocols (mostly SNMP).

Ability to use, repurpose, troubleshoot, and possibly develop administration scripts (python, bash, perl).

Operational experience of Ansible use for automation & deployment.

The Key Responsibilities For This Role Are

• Adapt and maintain standard firewall, load-balancer, proxy and DDI architectures and ensure supporting documentation is accurate.
• Maintain platforms (software and hardware lifecycle management) for all technology described above.
• Define & deliver vision and roadmap in collaboration with the head office.
• Prioritize teams' backlogs based on objectives and work at hand.
• Leads vendor relationships with owned technologies.
• Interacts with stakeholders across the organization to understand their security needs and expectations.
• Ensure that all systems are properly monitored and manage alerts when they happen.
• Ensure that all asset referential are kept up to date, and manage remediation when reconciliation shows some gaps

Expected Profile

• 8+ years of hands-on field experience in the iNet technical scope.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure in high-stress incident situations.
• Demonstrate leadership experience with large, complex programmes, and deeply technical global expert.
• Seasoned technology leader with rich experience of leading engineering teams.
• Oral and written fluency in English.

Specific Qualifications (if Required)

• B.E or Equivalent
• CCNP (Routing & Switching)

Skills Referential
Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Communication skills - oral & written

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Attention to detail / rigor

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to manage a project

Ability to set up relevant performance indicators

Ability to develop and leverage networks

Education Level
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Experience Level

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Other/Specific Qualifications (if Required)

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent
• At least 15 years