Capgemini Has 19,000 Open Positions In India

French IT firm Capgemini has 19,000 open positions in India this year, indicating a positive hiring forecast. Sources told TOI that the funnel will feature a mix of freshers and mid-level hires. And will be hired for both operational and technology roles, the latter focusing on new digital technologies.

Capgemini Has Over 25,000 Professionals

Globally, Capgemini has over 25,000 professionals to deliver data, delivering data- and AI-infused businesses. Growing more than 20% in 2019, the company has more than 50% digital and cloud accounts. India, with 1.2 lakh employees, accounts for more than half of the global strength of the French IT services company and is its largest distribution engine. Last year, Capgemini hired more than 12,000 freshers in India.

The 19,000 open positions for this year exceeded its usual recruitment numbers. Although Capgemini did not comment on hiring numbers, Anil Kumar Singh, head of talent acquisition at Capgemini India, said that with epidemic companies forcing their employees to work from home, the emphasis is shifting to cloud-based solutions Is, remote technical services, and cybersecurity. “This has given a boost to the IT sector as there is a demand for skills in new and old technologies like digital and cloud,” Singh said.

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Capgemini, which counts Heathrow Airport, Airbus SkyWise, and Mercedes-Benz among its customers, has seen a significant ramp-up in deals and trade around hyper-scalpers. “More importantly, customers are moving beyond traditional areas for cloud-based changes such as core systems or complex back-office digitization which are large and complex programs.

The new programs require significant ramp-up and skills in technologies and domain areas that become a natural reason for hyper-scalpers to partner with IT service organizations.

One-third of Ultran’s 50,000 Employees are Based in India

ISG EMEA President and Digital Advisory Services Partner Steve Hall said Capgemini’s growth in India was a renewed focus on engineering, which was turbo-charged with the acquisition of Ultran. One-third of Ultran’s 50,000 employees are based in India.

“Engineering services, applications services are expanding across the market as enterprises accelerate their digital journey,” he said.

Hall said that engineering attachments are creating the next generation of Industry 4.0 and IoT-enabled applications. “The manufacturing sector, which is leading the charge, is a major focus and growth area for Capgemini,” he said.

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Mercedes-Benz, for example, uses an electronic product data management (EPDM) system developed by Capgemini for the development and documentation of electronic devices. However, fewer software release cycles were needed.

Therefore, Mercedes-Benz and Capgemini jointly changed the software delivery model from waterfall to mass distributed delivery. For a decade, a team of 100 Indian and German development engineers has continuously expanded it and added new functions to build a much broader system, with new releases going live twice a year.

Source: TOI