The role of the Application Production Support sits within the Service Delivery Team which is part of the overall IT & Change division of BNP Paribas Securities Services (BP2S). The Application Production Support is responsible for:
* Providing first and second level of support in the applications including Datawarehouse, HIPORTFOLIO, DMS and pControl, in relation to abnormal application behavior, incidents, user requests for static data setup and report creation.
* Contribute to the promotion of best practice in terms of use of Datawarehouse, HIPORTFOLIO and pControl.
Primary Role Responsibilities
– First/second level of support
* Act as an entry point for all functional queries relating to Datawarehouse, DMS, Hiportfolio and pControl, including queries from clients, troubleshooting and root cause analysis .
* Responsible for debugging the T-SQL stored procedures, fine-tuning the performances of the Stored Proc, Query optimization and troubleshooting the problems within the applications.
* Assist with transition projects (client on-boarding) in providing support on upgrading the application, implement new packages within the application DB servers,
* Maintain health of the application by regularly reviewing system and application logs and either resolving or providing guidance on resolution of errors detected.
* Ensure escalation to 3rd level support is properly handed over and stakeholders are aware of the respective incidents or change management within the application.
* Assist with level two support across all applications alongside existing teams which support Client (MIM and CSM), Problem Management and Release Management.
Contribute to overall management of Datawarehouse, DMS, Integrated Architecture and BIZTALK applications:
* Actively contribute to product development and improvement, represent the client requirement:
– Liaise with IT Change Management for change request analysis, and implementation services.
– Facilitate solution design via product knowledge or vendor consultancy.
* Advise on best practice for operating the applications within the organization.
Other contributions
Other responsibilities that Organisation may request periodically:
* Monthly Management Reporting: Preparation and Presentation of Application Service Reviews
* Risk & Vulnerability Management & Reporting
* Performance & Capacity management & Reporting
* Minor Enhancement & Process/Service Improvement
* Flexibility: May require working on Weekends, On-call to handle Major Incidents & Coordinate for the Change implementation.
What is required for you to succeed?
* Bachelor of Technology in IT.
* Experience in back-office administration for the funds management industry/Financial Organization.
* IT Service management tools – ServiceNow, Remedy, Confluence and JIRA
* ITIL Processes, Agile and Kanban Licenses/Certification required or in progress to perform the job.
* 7+ Years of Experience in Technical Application Support Role
* Efficient on ITSM, Understanding of Organization Procedures
* Working with Support Analysts and providing guidance in their tasks to ensure team adhere to the processes and meet SLAs & KPIs.
* Experience with monitoring servers, using tools like Dynatrace, SCOM.
Desired knowledge, skill, experience
* Experience with Performance & Capacity Uplift
* Vulnerability Remediation
* Problem-solving & Critical thinking
* Results focused: understands the strategic objectives of the business overall and of the client facing teams. Works with or delegates to ensure their achievement with a quality focus.
* Time management: prioritizes the tasks to ensure all project deliverables are completed in a timely manner. Able to manage workflow effectively to achieve individual team goals.
* Team delivery: contribute and participate in the team proactively. Delivers against strategy. Assist IMS and CSM teams to meet deliverables where necessary.
* Technical knowledge: being able to pick up new tasks, processes, and knowledge quickly when completing analysis.
* Maturity and judgment learns from experience, assess issues using relevant information and applies intuition where necessary.
* Communication: Expresses ideas effectively and clearly in both verbal and written, in a professional and appropriate way. Seek clarification when not clear. For example, while during training, explain the procedures and processes clearly to clients.
* Attention to detail: When testing or rolling out a new process or system – able to identify bugs, flaws, or showstopper issues. Ensure correctness and quality of work.
* Accountable: take personal responsibility for all the projects assigned, deliver quality service against personal and teamwork, also seeking way of improvement.
* Initiative: Tries to find new ways to improve current work, bring fresh ideas to problems and always open to suggestions
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.
• BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community
• BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization
• Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness
• BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds
BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to us at [1] au.nz.recruitment@asia.bnpparibas.com or +61 2 9216 8633 (and ask for the Talent Acquisition Manager in the HR Team).
[2] https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/
More information
[3] BNP Paribas – Diversity & Inclusion Journey
[4] BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes
Award Obtained
BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year