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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 Investigations Lead Solution Architect

Department : - Risk and Compliance 

In this role, you will:

• The Investigations Lead Solutions Engineer (Investigations LSE) will work with the leadership of the Investigative Tooling sub value stream, product ownership and Engineering, helping them define their technology vision and strategy. 

• This role will be one of the principal enablers in ensuring the Financial Crime Business strategy is able to be realised through identifying, designing and supporting the delivery of the key technical capabilities within the investigative tooling technology estate.

• Additionally, the Investigations LSE will ensure the architecture governance practices are followed and designs are correctly aligned and supportive of the related Compliance & HSBC strategies (Tech, Data, Cloud, Security, etc.).

• The Investigations LSE will be responsible for creating and owning architecture deliverables as part of the Risk and Compliance engineering team

• Contributing to the target architecture definition and delivery, including identification of opportunities for simplification

• Liaising with many geographically dispersed teams to coordinate solution design

• Producing both written and verbal knowledge transfer documentation in preparation for transitioning the solution to BAU ownership by the client

• Understanding the business and organizational context of Investigations and using this knowledge to reduce risks

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• You will be tenacious about doing things the right way and building efficient and ‘brilliantly simple’ business solutions. You will also be adept at working in customer facing roles within enterprise environments, helping clients to capitalise on technology for their commercial benefit. 

• The foundation experiences that will be likely to underpin future success are:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• The ability to handle aggressive timelines and juggle multiple projects and responsibilities.

• A strong technical and solution architecture background

• A track record of owning and delivering solutions across a broad spectrum of the project delivery

• The ability to communicate efficiently upwards (to business), downwards (to IT teams) and laterally (to peers, vendors, and client-side staff)

• A strong understanding of technology concepts, roles, and terminology,

• A proven ability to work closely with business, technology and architecture stakeholders

• The ability to serve as an active participant in architecture groups and forums communicating solution strategy and design in conversation, documentation, and presentations

In addition to the above, the following background experience would be highly beneficial:

• Consultancy / customer facing experiences within an enterprise scale services environment

• Financial Services domain knowledge with practical experience of mobilizing technology to meet the market dynamics effecting the financial services domain (Risk / Cost / Customer)

• A track record of successful refactoring / tech-debt remediation projects

High Level & Holistic Capabilities sought: 

• A demonstrable track record in senior Solution Architecture / Engineering roles (preferably in Financial Services)

• Strong design experience with event based architectures

• Strong design experience in service based solution patterns utilising APIs, containerisation (Docker) & container orchestration (Kubernetes).

• Experience working in a hybrid environments with on-prem and multiple cloud service providers

• Experience, knowledge and understanding of Data Architecture principles

• Ability to understand, articulate and translate customer journeys into technical design

• Experience in architectural transformation programmes

• Experience in decomposing monolithic solutions and reducing technical debt.

• Provide visionary leadership to cross-functional teams, guiding them through complex technical challenges.

• Mentor and develop talent within the IT organization, promoting a high-performance culture.

• Participate in risk assessments and mitigation strategies, ensuring that all architectural decisions align with regulatory compliance and data security requirement.

• Driving Engineering excellence and community of practices across service line.

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 Key HSBC Role Capabilities [non-technical] 

• Strong written and verbal communication (examples of solution design work would be helpful)  

• Strong presentation skills and evidence of collaborative working with senior IT specialists and business stakeholders with varying levels of technical knowledge  

• Ability to work independently and adapting to changing priorities and challenges  

• Problem Solving and critical thinking 

• Innovation & Idea Management 

• Business analysis and design 

• Leading and Improving business systems 

• Influencing and challenging stakeholders 

• Working in a dynamic environment 

• Engaging with customers/stakeholders/colleagues 

• Ways of Working Experiences sought: 

• Experience of Agile principles and processes and leading teams  

• Methods using DevOps tools and processes. 

• Understanding of and practical experience working with DevOps teams 

   

   

• Certification:
  Either GCP Professional Architect or AWS Architect or any other Architecture certifications [Optional]

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