Founded in 2015, BPCE Infogérance & Technologies is a subsidiary of Groupe BPCE, dedicated to Infrastructures, End-User Environment, Security and Production. Driven by growth, expertise, transformation and agility, this project embraces an international mindset and a diverse skill set. You’ll find yourself in a dynamic and enriching workplace or, as we like to name it, a real tech playground, where you’ll be able to explore a huge tech stack. 

The messaging team manages the backbones and service offers providing means to exchange real-time messages and events between applications. These services play a critical part of the banking services, as they provide a data exchange layer for more 240 applications in total, including the main trading and payment services, anti-fraud checks, monitoring pipelines, global collection for Theia services and more.

This team works on a mostly 60/40 ratio between MCO and projects.

As a senior Kafka administrator in this team, you will maintain and transform the Kafka clusters and offers for the BPCE-IT group as a whole, and ensure that these transformations match the objectives of the group. You will also provide support, advice and technical expertise to business projects, design and build large scale Kafka infrastructure, conceive Kafka subscriptions on the company’s internal cloud, implement automation, self-service and access security as well as API-driven management on these services.You will join a team of 6 technical experts to maintain and transform the BPCE group’s messaging offers and backbones.

The first missions of your team will be focused on the Kafka services. As a senior specialist of Kafka services, you will not only be responsible for the operational condition maintenance of the Kafka Business (Kafka platforms for 60+ business applications) and Kafka trace (Kafka platforms for Theia and Truesight services), but also take a critical role in the transformation and improvement of these services, including related automation, API and self-service developments. You will also be the product owner for the Kafka as a service offer on MyCloud (the group’s private cloud): Kafka OPS.

The messaging team also manages the IBM MQ network of the BPCE group, which is a critical backbone for 180+ applications, including all payment and critical banking services. You will acquire skills in the MQ field and help the MQ expert in maintaining the operational conditions of the MQ network and help its transformations.

In addition to Kafka and IBM MQ, you will manage and plan the transformation of other products, including IBM Transformation Extender (a real-time enterprise integration service) and active MQ.

Missions:

1. Organize advisory support for development teams, and exploitation support for production teams using Kafka services
2. Participate to the transfer of the Kafka management activity between the French legacy messaging team and Porto messaging team
3. Ensure the state-of-the-art exploitation of Kafka infrastructures and offers
4. Implement the transformation of Kafka infrastructures and offers towards increased automation and self-service
5. Improve the resiliency, security, and recovery ability, and ensure that the services are refreshed on a regular basis, and kept up-to-date

What we’re looking for: 

Qualifications and Hard Skills: 

• Solid knowledge of Kafka infrastructures’ administration (CCAAK or CCOAK certification will be a plus)
• Basic shell knowledge in Linux
• Elementary knowledge of network management concepts under Linux
• The knowledge of Python will be a plus
• Learn to know all the information systems of the group's entities
• On- call required

Soft Skills: 

• Good knowledge of English (minimum B2 level mandatory); 
• Good knowledge of French - C2 level; 
• Good communication skills; 
• Good interpersonal skills; 
• Good troubleshoot skills. 

At Natixis, we are committed to fostering a working environment where each and every one of our people is treated with dignity and respect and where every voice is heard. Our differences make us collectively stronger and are a source of fulfilment, innovation and performance.

In the framework of its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion policy, Natixis in Portugal has implemented a Blind CV Screening process, with the purpose of reducing hiring bias. A blind CV excludes any personal details which refer to the applicant’s gender, age or ethnicity. When applying for our positions, please submit a blind CV, that is, with no picture, name, gender, age, nationality, ethnicity and address. Your personal statement, work experience, courses and certifications, education, skills and contact information is what matters to us.

Candidate’s Journey: 

Following your online application, you’ll be contacted by one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists. The next steps would be to meet our business experts (Team Leaders and Team Managers), welcome and onboard you into the Team. 

Few other things you should know: 

This career opportunity is based in Porto, right in the heart of the city, and offers a hybrid working model. 

Last but not least, we invite you to discover what a day in your like could look like: 

Early morning. Campo 24 de Agosto. In 4 minutes, you are clocking in at the office. Start your day having breakfast with the Team and grab fresh fruit on the way to your seat, in one of Porto’s most typical neighborhoods. This Purple Day is going to be a busy one: daily meeting ensuring all team members are on the same page regarding work status, priorities and blockers, language class and, just after, a Talent Management meeting with your manager, discussing your career path. 

Lunch break. Today, your Team is onboarding newcomers, but also welcoming French colleagues: the perfect excuse to walk downtown and bond over a francesinha. When returning, inhale nature and peace of mind in Natixis Urban Garden (look at the crops; ready to harvest!). 

Back inside. Brainstorming session on a new, exciting project in our disruptive and immersive Manaus Village. The afternoon went flying (tasks, meetings, some jokes with your teammates). End it on a high note: celebrating cultural diversity with a Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. 

Tomorrow, you attend a conference led by influential speakers in your industry and, the day after, you will work from home, benefitting from some focus time to complete that report and soft skills course on LinkedIn Learning. Once you are done with your work for the day, strike the right note playing with Natixis band or be part of a board games session. If that is too steady for you, meet your colleagues to catch some waves or sail the Douro river during golden hour.