Job description

Some careers shine brighter than others.
If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist.

In this role, you will:
•    Propose, test and support virtualization solutions on VMWare technologies. 
•    Define support process enhance and monitor them.
•    Support and maintain VMware vSphere and vCenter server environments.
•    Troubleshoot and resolve complex environmental issues to ensure the availability, reliability and scalability of virtualization infrastructure.
•    Develop Cloud based infrastructure platforms and deliver infrastructure, platform etc. “as a Service” by working with Business & other DevOps teams
•    Write development code, understand a DevOps Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery pipeline, and build automated test scripts (for infrastructure products and upgrades), and build automation interfaces between systems
•    Collaborate with the Engineering to contribute to solution designs and develop engineering standards
•    Design and develop interactive dashboards and reports
•    Collaborate with stakeholders to understand data needs
•    Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and administrators.
•    Support and implement disaster recovery and the business continuity plans for virtualization infrastructure.
•    Monitor virtualization infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and identify the opportunities for improvement deliver solutions to maintain reliability of shared platform.
•    Support processes and tools for continuous integration (CI/CD), test-driven development, and release management.
•    Maintain customer focused approach, ensuring that all solutions and services meet or exceed customer expectations.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements: 
•    15+ Years of total IT experience with 12+ years of relevant experience with VMware platform and product development 
•    Diploma/B.E/B.Tech/M.Tech/M.Sc in Computer Science/IT preferred (or any engineering field considered) or equivalent
•    Expertise in managing and maintaining VMware products (vSphere, vCenter, vROPS, vRO, vRLI, vRLCM)
•    Proven ability to design, implement and manage automation using Ansible vRO workflows in large scale virtualization infrastructure
•    Strong experience in using Python, Ansible (YAML), and Shell Scripting languages to implement Infra automations and as-a-service offerings
•    Capable of product testing and qualification.
•    Knowledge of SQL and data modeling techniques
•    Expertise in creating Power BI dashboards
•    Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills for VMware related issues
•    Strong understanding of network and storage technologies in relation to virtualization platform
•    Ability to work collaboratively in team environment and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
•    Expertise in cluster management, including configuration of High Availability(HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler(DRS), and Affinity/Anti-Affinity rules to ensure maximum service availability and system stability.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.
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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India