DevOps Engineer / Senior Consultant Specialist

• Develop and manage the professionalism, foster collaboration, adopt best practices, and ensure on-time and top quality deliveries.
• Design and build solutions by increasing customer satisfaction and align solutions to the business and IT Initiatives.
• Build solutions with an engineering mindset that not just achieve functional objectives but also cater to non-functional requirements with consistent performance that help our business to grow revenue.
• Contribute as multi-disciplinary Software Engineer in an Agile driven global team.
• Champion agile ways of working with empathy focusing on continuous delivery, DevSecOps, process optimization etc while adding business value.
• Communicate effectively, build consensus and across multiple workstreams reflecting proficiency in solving complex business and technology problems, while keeping pace with planned delivery timelines.
• Work with developers, analysts & global project managers to determine the size, scope, impact, estimates and risks for milestones.
• Demonstrate accountability with end-to-end ownership including production stability, ensuring successful deliveries according to agreed requirements, timescales and budgets.
• Maintain - HSBC Internal control standards, including the timely implementation of internal and external audit actions, issues raised by external regulators etc
• Be aware of the operational risk scenarios associated with your role and raise them in a timely manner, including potential solutions to mitigate the same.

Essentials

• Design, implement, and maintain Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Manage and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and Ansible to provision and configure infrastructure resources reliably.
• Automate repetitive tasks and system administration functions through scripting using Bash, Python, and Ansible.
• Manage containerized applications and orchestrate deployments using Kubernetes to ensure scalability and high availability.
• Implement and manage monitoring and logging solutions (Grafana with Prometheus/InfluxDB, Elastic stack etc ) to track system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure proactive incident response.
• DevSecOps: Integrate security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle, including vulnerability management, automated security testing, and compliance checks.
• Collaborate closely with development, QA, and operations teams to optimize workflows, improve communication, and ensure smooth integration and delivery.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of existing DevOps processes and advocate for the adoption of new technologies and methodologies.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of infrastructure, processes, and deployments

Technical Skills

• Strong experience with Unix/Linux environments and administration.
• Expertise in Bash scripting for automation and system management.
• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools like Ansible.
• In-depth knowledge of CI/CD tools, particularly Jenkins, for building automated pipelines.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for managing and provisioning infrastructure.
• Strong experience with container orchestration platforms, including Kubernetes, for deploying and managing applications.
• Understanding of Maven for build automation, especially within Java-based projects.
• Practical experience with security vulnerability management and implementing DevSecOps best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities, with a keen eye for detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to foster teamwork and effectively interact with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new tools, technologies, and methodologies in a fast-paced environment.

Good to have

• Familiarity with Cloud fundamentals (Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with Docker for containerization.
• Experience in administration of Elasticsearch, Kafka and/or Redis clusters.