Job description

Lead Enterprise Cloud Architect

Big Bank Funding. FinTech Thinking.

Our technology teams in the UK work closely with HSBC’s global businesses to help design and build digital services that allow our millions of customers around the world, to bank quickly, simply and securely. We also run and manage our IT infrastructure, data centres and core banking systems that power the world’s leading international bank.

Our multi-disciplined teams include: DevOps engineers, IT architects, front and back end developers, infrastructure specialists, cyber experts, as well as project and programme managers, we work in small, agile DevOps teams with colleagues around the world.

Following extensive investment across our Technology and Digital domains, we are currently seeking an experienced Lead Enterprise Cloud Architect to join HSBC Technology.

HSBC operates a ‘Cloud First’ strategy - we strongly believe that the future of our infrastructure is on the Cloud, both Public and Private to accelerate our business capabilities. HSBC is looking for a step change in how we can leverage approved Cloud Services in a seamless way and the establishment of the Cloud Enterprise Architecture Practise is fundamental for our success to define and share best practise.

The Enterprise Architecture Team provides engagement aligned to both specific Cloud Service Providers and technology horizontals.  Lead Enterprise Architects are expected to provide technical and non-technical leadership to their assigned areas of focus. 

What you will be doing;

• Defining & evangelising HSBC’s Cloud Strategy
• Provide Enterprise Architecture direction to Cloud Platform Teams
• Ownership of specific technology domains within the Cloud Architecture Practice
• Establishing a close partnership with our Global Business/Global Function CIOs & their Chief Architects to understand their demand through a Cloud Adoption Strategy & Adoption roadmap
• Defining best practise for Cloud adoption, through the creation of an Enterprise Cloud Pattern Framework, enabling self-service with full automation, improving speed of delivery through standardized and robust set of cloud patterns with minimal manual intervention
• Partnering and collaborating with HSBCs develoment and techology communities to define, evolve and modernise architectures and patterns
• Present to Global Cloud Services in strategic programmes
• Partnering with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Chief Security Architect to support the definition and evolution of a Cloud Security Strategy and its implementation
• Partnering with the Chief Data Officer (CDO) and Chief Data Architect to support the definition and evolution of a Cloud Data Strategy and its implementation including enabling faster applications deployment through a set of standardized and secured data paths, patterns and tools
• Partnering with IT Infrastructure Delivery (ITID) Cloud Services team to: engineer and design our Cloud common platform services; define a fully integrated Cloud Services catalogue
• Understanding appropriate Regulatory controls for Financial Institutions and the impact of material outsourcing.  Provide appropriate support for our Regulatory engagements
• Ensuring appropriate governance exists underpinning Cloud adoption, ensuring that appropriate regulatory, compliance, security and architecture controls are effectively maintained

Requirements

What you will bring to the role; 

To be successful in this role you should have proven experience within the Technology sector with knowledge of the following skills:

You will have a system engineering background and the ability to compare and contrast different solutions to meet a business requirement.  Provide technical thought leadership in evaluation of new technologies to meet business requirements and influence key stakeholders leading to adoption.  Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills – desire to solve complex problems at scale.  Provide expert knowledge & expertise in design & engineering of:

• Public IaaS/PaaS Cloud (GCP, AWS and Azure)
• Integration with Public Cloud including SaaS (eg authentication schemes, single sign on systems from an application perspective)
• Private Cloud environments (GCP Anthos, Cloud Foundry aPaaS & VMware IaaS)
• Comprehensive experience utilising multiple Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, specifically demonstrable experience of implementing Terraform Enterprise at scale within a large organisation.
• Leveraging best practise through published reference architectures
• Have in-depth conceptual functional and non-functional knowledge of: Docker Containers, Kubernetes Cluster management andorchestration and Containers-as-a-Service (CaaS),Serverless architectures and Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS)Microservice architectures and Event-driven architecture
• Cloud Industry Security Best Practice, aligned to CSA & NIST
• Multi-tenanted virtualized platforms managing mission critical workloads
• Networking principals (TCP/UDP, Routing, Broadcast/Multicast, LAN/WAN, SDN)
• Server Operating systems internals, benchmarking and performance tuning (Linux & Windows)
• CPU Microarchitectures (Intel, AMD, SPARC, ARM) & Server Virtulization
• Service Management (and implications for Enterprises of adoption Cloud computing).
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills with experience of successfully influencing others, negotiating effectively and winning over audiences with compelling and persuasive presentations

This role will primarily be based in London, other UK locations maybe considered some travel may be required.

Come Power a Business that Defines How to Power the World

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.  HSBC has in place processes in order to avoid nepotism, which means to avoid creating circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.

We want everyone to be able to fulfil their potential which is why we provide a range of flexible working arrangements and family friendly policies.

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.

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