Network Security - Assistant Manager

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 play a major role in the structure of processes that govern decision making around IT investment, client and suppliers relationships, and project management.

Position Purpose

The main activities of the Manager iNet is to manage, maintain, implement and promote secure, 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 to ensure 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

Operational experience of Fortinet and Checkpoint technologies appreciated.

Proxies

Operational experience of SkyHigh and Bluecoat technologies appreciated.

Load-balancing

Experience with F5 technology is appreciated.

DNS/DHCP

Operational experience of Infoblox technology appreciated.

Remote access

Operational knowledge of Cisco ASA/FTD platforms appreciated.

Administration

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:

• 15+ 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 programs, and deeply technical global expert.
• Seasoned technology leader with rich experience of leading engineering teams.
• Oral and written fluency in English.

B.E or Equivalent

CCNP (Routing & Switching)

Skills Referential

BehaviouralSkills:

• Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
• Communication skills - oral & written
• Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving
• Attention to detail / rigor

Transversal 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

Other/Specific Qualifications

Bachelors degree or equivalent

At least 15 years