IT Continuity Expert

About je job

BNP PARIBAS, the leading Bank in the European Union and a leading international player, is seeking to complement and reinforce its existing teams in the areas of Cyber Security, IT Continuity and the fight against digital fraud.

Within IT Group, Informatics Directorate of BNP Paribas, the Cybersecurity & Digital Fraud Department’s mission aims to structure, strengthen and harmonize IT risk management and cybersecurity for the overall BNP Paribas Group (approximately 30 entities) and:

• Defining the vision and strategy for IT risk management and cybersecurity, and ensuring the implementation of this strategy within the Group’s operating entities,
• Monitoring the security of the Group’s information systems,
• Steering the IT Continuity and Resilience strategy and methodological framework. 

The evolving Cyberthreats landscape increases the security risk of financial sector, that leads BNP Paribas to strengthen its Cybersecurity maturity, IT risk management and Operation Resilience.

You will be part of IT Group Cybersecurity & Digital Fraud department In Portugal. 

You will play a key role to develop Portugal platform, ensuring core IT Continuity activities are performed by all the entities of the Group in compliance to the Group IT Continuity, Cyber security and IT Risk framework enabling the adequate protection of BNP Paribas.

Your main activities are

 The role of IT Continuity Expert (He/She) is supporting the ICRO in the delivery of the following activities:  

• Implementing policies, the reference framework, methods, and tools to control IT Continuity and Resilience.
  • Develop and update IT continuity policies in compliance with group requirements.
• Coordinating IT Asset classification by following IT asset managers and checking the consistency of IT asset classification and the appropriate recording in the Group IT Continuity tool (ServiceNow based).
  • Chase IT  asset managers to verify the consistency of asset classification and ensure proper recording in the group’s ServiceNow-based IT Continuity tool.
• Coordinating the maintenance of IT continuity plans aiming to describe the recovery solution for the different DR scenarios by supporting IT asset manager.
  • Support IT asset managers in describing recovery solutions for different DR scenarios.
• Improving the quality of IT Continuity plans to be compliant with all Group IT Continuity requirements.
• Coordinating the scheduling of IT continuity exercise aiming to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the various recovery solutions by following IT asset managers.
  • Plan and coordinate IT continuity exercises to demonstrate the effectiveness of recovery solutions.
• Following up of the execution of DR exercises from planning to post exercise phases. Gathering and controlling evidence of IT continuity exercise performed by following IT asset managers. Checking the consistency of exercise reports.
• Tracking and analyzing of incident report of IT continuity solution following an incident.
  • Analyze incident reports of IT continuity solutions following an incident.
• Reporting on IT Continuity and Resilience.
• Maintaining comprehensive documentation of IT continuity plans, procedures, and incident reports.
• Providing training and awareness programs to all stakeholders.
• Proposing improvement in the BAU processes.
  • Suggest improvements in IT continuity processes to optimize efficiency and compliance.

Profile and Skills to Success

Behavioral Skills

• Ability to collaborate/Teamwork: Expert
• Organisational skills: Expert

Transversal Skills

• Ability to develop others & improve their skills: Expert
• Ability to analyze, synthetize / simplify: Expert

Business Skills

• IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, andstorage systems: Expert
• Knowledge of virtualization, cloud services, and cybersecuritybest practices: Expert

Languages

• English (Fluent)
• French (Intermediate)

Experience, Academic Background & Other Qualifications

• Field of Expertise
  • IT Continuity ([3 – 5] years)
• Academic Background
  • Bachelor/Master’s degree in computer science, InformationTechnology, or a related field

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Why joining BNP Paribas? 

· Leading banking institution

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank, and key player in international banking. It operates in 63 countries and has nearly 183.000 employees, including more than 146.000 in Europe.

· Our presence in Portugal

In Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas today has more than 8.700 employees, distributed across the Group’s 10 business entities established in the country. Its presence also extends to 11 excellence centres providing value-added services to various countries where the BNP Paribas Group also operates.

· International reach 

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its different entities, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients with financing, investment, savings and protection solutions that help make their projects a success. BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three core operating divisions: 

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• Retail Banking, a division that brings together all of the Group’s retail activities and specialised business lines;
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• Investment & Protection Services that include specialised businesses offering a wide range of savings, investment and protection services;
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• Corporate & Institutional Banking division that offers tailored financial solutions for corporate and institutional clients.
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· Diversity and Inclusion commitment 

BNP Paribas is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency, which in turn increase performance and productivity. We strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.

· Commitment towards work/life balance

At BNP Paribas we care about our employees wellbeing and promote a culture of good integration between work and rest. We believe our employees have rich personal lives outside of work, being fundamental to be disconnected from work to recharge both physically and mentally. Only through this balance we may all be at our best while working.

· Remote Working Conditions

At BNP Paribas, we embrace a Smart Working framework based on trust, autonomy and collaboration. Within this framework, eligible employees can benefit from flexible remote working modalities adapted to our hybrid working environment. To guarantee a comfortable and efficient working set-up, eligible employees are provided with both the office and home equipment, are entitled to an equipment allowance and can benefit from exclusive partnerships to purchase additional equipment at reduced prices. 

To find out more on why you should join BNP Paribas visit https://bnpp.lk/why-BNP-Paribas-Portugal

* Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered. 

* In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process.