Job description
Platform Engineer
Join a digital first bank that’s powered by people.
Our technology team builds innovative digital solutions rapidly and at scale to deliver the next generation of banking services for our customers around the world.
In our cybersecurity team you’ll be helping to safeguard the financial system on which millions of people depend.
You’ll be making banking more secure by designing, implementing, and operating controls to manage cybersecurity risk. You’ll help define HSBC Group cyber security standards, deliver Global Security Operations ad Threat management services, provide round-the-clock monitoring and security incident response services, and oversee Network/Application/Infrastructure Security. The work you do will provid3e assurance of the adequacy and effectiveness of security controls to Business Risk Owners.
The role will report to the Global Head of CSAT Engineering and will be responsible for reviewing requests for change to the existing estate to ensure that any solution design concerns, gaps to business requirements are identified and that the Secure development strategy and control principle are adhered to when designing new solutions. The Platform Engineer will support the engineering team in delivering changes to services and ensure that the design documentation is approved at the necessary governance forums, taking on feedback and adapting the designs as appropriate.
As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
In this role you will:
• Leading the technical design of systems and services in the CSAT space
• Developing and supporting all architectural artefacts for the projects that will implement these changes, including but not limited to: Architecture Impact Assessments; External Hosting Considerations to support Enterprise Architecture sign off to host the service in a cloud; Solution Design documents; Design authority sign off of appropriate documentation,
• Driving Tech/Arch requirements to meet business requirements for the technologies being deployed, which must be aligned to Sec Arch strategy.
• Advising on important security-related technologies and assessing the risk associated with proposed changes.
• Delivering architectural patterns and support quality assurance initiatives in the Engineering team.
• Interacting with and influencing senior stakeholders across departments.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to align the security data management system with overall business objectives.
• Staying abreast of emerging technologies and security trends to continually enhance the system's capabilities and apply innovative security architecture solutions to new or existing problems to able to justify and communicate design decisions.
Requisitos
To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:
• Extensive experience in information security and/or IT risk management with a focus on security, performance, and reliability.
• Strong expertise in cloud technologies and integration with on-prem data centres, particularly Kubernetes and GCP.
• Experience owning and developing application and service architectures including the processes, infrastructure layers and application layers and how to integrate through SDLC build services such as CI and CD pipelines.
• Extensive experience with microservice architecture in Kubernetes
• Good experience on developing and maintaining requirements, Non-functional and functional in collaboration with a Business Analyst.
• Solid understanding of security protocols, cryptography, authentication, authorisation, and security.
• Good understanding of the foundation of SDLC and software delivery including DevOps and DevSecOps culture.
• Good working knowledge of current IT risks and experience implementing security solutions.
• Ability to interact with a broad cross-section of personnel to explain and enforce security measures.
This role is based in Sheffield.
Opening up a world of opportunity
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