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 Senior Consultant Specialist.
- Engineer infrastructure solutions for configuring, delivering, and supporting Linux environments and services.
- Implement new technologies and provide on-going support on hardware and software solutions across both live and non-live environments.
- Build efficient and high-quality reusable services that have cross organisational use.
- Develop automation processes for provisioning, configuring, and managing bare metal servers in a large-scale environment.
- Collaborate with internal teams to design and improve tools that automate and streamline infrastructure deployment and operations.
- Partner with software development teams to engineer and enhance solutions. Advise on design, development, and best practice for Infrastructure deliveries.
- Provide operational support on incident and perform root cause analysis to prevent problems happening. Ensure appropriate measures are taken to improve and sustain high quality and prevent recurrence.
- Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience of Linux administration and architecture, including knowledge of volume managers, multi-pathing and kernel parameter tuning.
- Experience of managing server lifecycle including provisioning, configuring patching, upgrading and demise.
- Solid understanding of x86 hardware and virtualisation technologies preferably KVM or similar, IaaS / PaaS private or public solutions.
- Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or have the willingness to learn
- Proven hands-on experience with any of Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
- Knowledge of infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines including secrets management
- Knowledge of storage infrastructure with experience of configuring file systems on NAS storage and SAN solutions, both standalone and clustered, including replication.
- Knowledge of network components and services such as Load balancers, Routers, Proxies, Firewalls.
- Exposure to Cloud and containerization technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, etc, is a plus
- Familiarity with observability framework and toolkits such as Open Telemetry, Grafana or similar
- Experience working in a major enterprise environment or experience operating in highly regulated industry, e.g., Financial Services, preferred
- Effective communication skills, capable of building strong relationships with team members, and stakeholders.
- A track record of continuous improvement and an excellent understanding of the mechanism necessary to successfully implement change.
- Experience of planning and prioritising their own time effectively, aware of their responsibilities and committed to delivering these efficiently.
- Experience of complying with IT / business processes, compliance, and regulations.
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