HSBC Group

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We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Consultant Specialist.

Business: Markets & Sec Services IT 

Principal responsibilities

Infrastructure Automation and Configuration Management

• Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to streamline the deployment and configuration of infrastructure components.
• Implement infrastructure as code principles to ensure consistency, reliability and scalability across environments.

Capacity planning and Performance Optimisations

• Analyse system performance metrics and trends to identify potentials bottlenecks and scalability limitations.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to optimise systems performance and resource utilisation through capacity planning and performance tuning.

Reliability Engineering Best Practice

• Adhere to reliability best practices and methodologies within the organisation.
• Drive initiatives to improve system reliability, fault tolerance and disaster recovery capabilities. 

Cross Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Software Engineers, Devops engineers, other stakeholders to define and implement reliability requirements for new and existing services.
• Participate in design and code reviews and incident post-mortems to ensure continuous improvement and learning.

• 8+ Years Development Experience in IT development.
• Knowledge and experience in Agile and DevOps development practices
• Hands on experience of CICD pipeline design and implementation for on-prem and cloud environment
• Hands on experience of test automation design and implementation for front end and back-end components
• Strong proficiency in scripting and automation using languages such as Python, Unix shell or PowerShell.
• Solid experience of cloud computing platforms (GCP) including Cloud SQL/GKE/GCE is a must
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana and ELF stack or similar
• Self-motivated and willing to learn new technologies and business domain.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced collaborative environment.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross functional teams located remotely.

Essential technical skills

• Python, Java, Jenkins, Ansible, Git, Python, Shell, Groovy, terraform, Helm, Docker/k8s, Terraform
• Application monitoring and test automation best practice and tools(Grafana/influx/Prometheus)
• Working with API and micro service technologies(Spring family)
• Databases (PostgreSQL)
• Cloud technologies: (GCP)

What additional skills will be good to have?

• Background in financial mathematics / Computer Science Background.
• Experienced in application hybrid deployment(on-prem/on-cloud).
• SRE/RHEL/GCP solution architect certified.
• Fluent English oral communication.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.

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