IT Engineer Oracle DBA (Arval BNP Paribas India Solutions)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 5+ years experience
About BNP Paribas India Solutions
A whollyowned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, we operate 24 7 delivery centres in India, supporting Corporate & Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for the Group. With 10 k+ employees, we deliver innovative, endtoend technology solutions worldwide.
About Arval Service Lease
Arval is a leading carleasing provider operating in 30 countries. Its IT Production Tribe ensures the stability, security and performance of the technology landscape that powers Arval's services.
Role Overview
The Oracle DBA will design, operate and safeguard the production databases that underpin Arval's business applications. You will guarantee data availability, integrity and security, provide secondline support to development teams, and continuously improve database processes through automation and optimisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer Oracle, MySQL and databases in a productiongrade environment.
- Ensure data availability, quality and security; define and enforce access permissions.
- Design, test and maintain backup & recovery procedures (RMAN, logical backups) in line with businessline SLAs.
- Apply security patches and version upgrades according to BNP Paribas release cadence.
- Implement monitoring and alerting (Dynatrace, Grafana, etc.) for availability, capacity and performance.
- Keep architecture diagrams, configuration records and runbooks uptodate.
- Provide 2ndline support to developers and application support teams; troubleshoot performance or accessibility issues.
- Act as the first point of contact for DBrelated production incidents and participate in postmortem reviews.
- Collaborate with the incidentmanagement team on networkrelated events that affect databases.
- Automate routine tasks (backups, patching, health checks) using scripting languages (Shell, Python, PowerShell) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Identify and implement performancetuning and costoptimisation opportunities.
- Monitor emerging database technologies and resilience practices (DRP, BCP, HA) to keep the platform futureready.
Required Skills & Experience
- Oracle (12c/19c/21c) RMAN, Data Guard, PL/SQL - 5 + years
- Backup & recovery, patch management, security hardening
- Monitoring tools (Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus)
- Scripting/automation (Shell, Python, PowerShell)
- DRP/BCP/HA concepts
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
- Proven ability to work in a global, 24 7 production environment.
- Strong written and spoken English communication skills.
Why Join Us
- Be part of a diverse, inclusive culture that values authentic contributions.
- Work on highimpact systems for a leading international leasing and banking group.
- Access continuous learning opportunitiesfrom deep technical mastery to leadership development.
- Contribute to a resilient, secure data platform that drives business success across 30 countries.
BNP Paribas is an equalopportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, age, religion, disability or veteran status.
Ready to keep Arval's data platform reliable, secure and futureready Apply now!
