Infrastructure and Platform Engineer

Overview:

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com

Nomura Services India, (Powai) supports Nomura’s businesses around the world. Powai’ s world class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support have played a key role in facilitating Nomura’s global operations and are an integral part of Nomura’s global expansion plans. The Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business.

Nomura is looking for Backup & Storage Engineering team member who will be part of the Nomura’s Backup & Storage systems. The said candidate will be responsible for design, engineering, & automation of Nomura Backup platform on-premises & on the Public Cloud

The role is based out of Mumbai, India and will be part of the Nomura Service India Pvt Ltd.

With an objective to ensure a highly automated, scalable & user-friendly Backup platform, the candidate will work on various projects & deliveries in the Backup & Storage work stream

Required Experience & Skills

• Automation Orchestration: Strong proficiency with Ansible Core and Ansible Tower (AWX), including job templates, workflows, and dynamic inventories.
• Programming Languages: Advanced Python scripting skills, specifically using libraries for API consumption (requests), data manipulation (pandas), and testing.
• Version Control: Hand-on experience with Git and CI/CD pipeline (Gitlab/Jenkins) to integrate automation workflows and streamline deployment.
• Cloud: Experience od backup and storage workloads on public cloud like AWS.
• Data & Reporting: Experience in reporting/dashboard tools like Power BI/Graffana and manipulating JSON, XML, and CSV data formats to generate executive-ready performance metrics (added advantage).
• Backup Architecture: Hands-on administration and knowledge of NetBackup (added advantage).
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Documenting system designs & process workflows
• Clear & precise communication

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Develop, test, and deploy Ansible playbooks and roles to automate daily NetBackup operations.
• Create reusable, secure Ansible roles/modules for backup agent deployment, policy management, and client updates.
• Manage, schedule, and orchestrate complex infrastructure workflows using Ansible Tower.
• Write clean, maintainable Python scripts to interact with NetBackup APIs (RESTful APIs).
• Build custom integrations between Ansible Tower, NetBackup/Public Cloud, and ServiceNOW ticketing/monitoring systems.
• Design and automate the generation of daily, weekly, and monthly backup reports and dashboards.
• Manage all infrastructure code and automation scripts using Git and maintain repositories within GitLab, ensuring version control standards and collaboration best practices are followed.
• Work closely with development and operations teams to define infrastructure standards, troubleshoot complex issues efficiently, and ensure seamless software releases.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all automated systems and processes and drive the adoption of DevOps and SRE best practices.

Nomura Leadership Behaviours

• Explore Insights & Vision: Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.
• Making Strategic Decisions: Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.
• Inspire Entrepreneurship in People: Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.
• Elevate Organizational Capability: Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.
• Inclusion: Respect DEI, foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Nomura is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees (including promotion, transfers, assignments and beliefs). We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, career’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age. Our objective is to attract job applications and applications for development from the best possible candidates and to retain the best people.