Tech Graduate Program - CIB ITO - Infrastructure Engineer M/F

Graduate Tech Program - CIB IT, Infrastructure Engineer (M/F)

The CIB ITO & Functions Graduate Tech Programme at a glance:

Overview

Looking to launch your tech career working on high impact projects within a demanding, innovative, and truly international environment? The CIB ITO Tech Graduate Program offers a permanent contract from day one and an accelerated 18‑month journey designed as a genuine fast track toward IT expertise within BNP Paribas' Corporate & Investment Bank. Throughout the program, you will work closely with expert teams on major technological challenges for CIB, with the objective to:

• Rapidly build your technical expertise
• Gain autonomy
• Lay the foundations of a solid and sustainable tech career

Day‑to‑Day

You will begin the program with an 18‑month immersion within a single department, during which you will complete two to three assignments. These roles will primarily be based in the Paris region, with occasional opportunities for international business travel.

The Graduate Tech Program is much more than a development track—it is a fully dedicated ecosystem designed to help you grow. You will benefit from:

• A buddy: a Graduate from the previous cohort who will support your onboarding at BNP Paribas
• Regular networking events with other Graduates and young talents across the Group

Continuous learning is at the heart of the Tech Graduate Program: you will have access to a broad range of training modules to strengthen your IT expertise and refine your soft skills, as well as conferences, talks, and round tables led by experts to help you anticipate the technological challenges of tomorrow's banking environment. Mentoring is a key component of the program; you will regularly meet with a mentor who will help you take a step back, structure your progression, and carve out an ambitious tech career path within CIB ITO.

Missions, Team and Working Environment

CIB ITO teams design, maintain, and evolve CIB's information systems and applications. Depending on the business line you join, you will be based in Paris, Pantin, or Montreuil.

Your Responsibilities

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will play an active role in CIB ITO activities. You will focus on operating systems, transfer tools, web or application servers, container and orchestration solutions, and telecom services such as LAN, WIFI, MAN, WAN, SD‑WAN, network security, internet infrastructure, hosting, load balancing, WAF, DNS, remote access, automation, and data visualization. Your mission will include:

• Maintaining services in operational condition and ensuring their security and performance
• Conducting studies to support transformation projects and deploying technical solutions, particularly within a cloud‑focused environment
• Participating in continuous improvement initiatives and interacting with vendors to manage technical aspects

Key activities may include:

• Defining standards, engineering rules, processes, and configuration management tools
• Building deployment infrastructures and automating recurring operational tasks
• Optimizing server environments
• Transforming current activities into orchestrated, on‑demand models
• Ensuring operational maintenance of infrastructure
• Installing and maintaining cluster environments
• Contributing to transformation projects and deploying technical solutions
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives

Rotations

Rotations give you the opportunity to explore different stacks and technologies, helping you rapidly build a strong technical portfolio early in your career.

Career Prospects

Designed as a true excellence pathway and career accelerator, the Tech Graduate Program places you at the heart of the Group's strategic priorities. You will interact with Top Management, build your network, and develop—alongside our top experts—the skills required to prepare you for key roles in the Group's technological functions.

Compensation & Benefits

• Fixed annual salary: €50,000 gross (paid over 12 months)
• Variable annual bonus: €0–€5,000 gross, based on individual and collective performance, company results and profitability (paid annually and prorated)

Additional Benefits

• Employee savings and retirement plans
• Profit sharing and incentive schemes
• Health and welfare coverage
• Social and cultural activities
• A hybrid working model, with the number of remote working days defined with your manager

Commitments

Join a committed Group and take part in our major transformation toward building a more sustainable world. Discover our commitments and actions for clients and society, and get involved during your working time through our OneMillionHoursToHelp program.

Eligibility

The Graduate Program is open to candidates with less than 2 years of professional experience (excluding internships and apprenticeships), with a maximum of 24 months of post‑graduation experience.

• A Master's degree (Bac+5) from an engineering school or equivalent university, specialized in IT.
• A strong passion for new technologies.
• The ability and willingness to work with multicultural, local and remote teams.
• An interest in corporate finance.
• Proficiency in French (B2 level or above) and fluency in English (C1 level or above).

Required Technical Skills

• Good understanding of orchestration tools such as vRO, SCCM, Ansible, Jenkins and Chef.
• Knowledge of production environments.
• Strong expertise in cross‑functional technologies related to:
• Storage: SAN, EMC, IBM, NetApp, ECS
• Cloud: Azure, IBM, Kubernetes, Docker
• Networks: Cisco, Arista
• Security: Checkpoint, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Infoblox, F5
• Excellent command of Windows, Linux and AIX environments.
• Solid understanding of hardware fundamentals, operating systems, middleware, automation, storage, DBMS, scripting languages and networks.
• Good knowledge of clusters (Geoclusters and WFC, Veritas and GPFS, PowerHA, Sysplex and GDPS), virtualization (vSphere, HCI, VMware, Citrix, HVD), and IT development languages (PowerShell, Python, Java, Ruby, PHP).
• In telecommunications, understanding of WAN/MAN/LAN/WLAN technologies, protocols and Internet technologies (Proxy, DHCP, Firewall, Load Balancer).
• Ability to work on development and automation projects (Ansible, Python, GitLab, Bitbucket).

Expected Behavioral Skills

• Rigor, team spirit, and results orientation.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Adaptability, proactivity, and creativity in problem solving.
• Ability to support change in a demanding environment.

How to Join the Program

The recruitment process includes three steps:

1. Successful completion of the initial pre‑screening stage.
2. Review of your application by our recruitment teams.
3. One or two interviews with HR and/or managers.

If you are a person with a disability, you may send your CV and cover letter to: missionhandicap (at) bnpparibas (dot) com

In a changing world, diversity, equity and inclusion are key values for team wellbeing and performance. BNP Paribas is committed to welcoming and retaining all talents without distinction—this is how we will build, together, the innovative, responsible and sustainable finance of tomorrow. We also place great importance on ethical and professional responsibility. During the recruitment process, the information provided in your CV, identity data and background may be verified.

Program start date: September 2026

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