Lead Technical Architect GCP

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.

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 Lead Technical Architect role is essential to ensure the secure and effective enablement of the GCP for use by the business.  This is achieved through the creation of the GCP Foundation Platform which forms the basis of GCP adoption within the organisation.  The Lead Technical Architect is part of the technical authority of the HSBC Foundation Platform and responsible for key design decision.

What you will be doing;

• Define platform architecture and key design decisions for the GCP Foundation Platform
• Ensure all non-functional requirements for the platform meet business needs and BCP requirements
• Develop an operational Risk framework to manage business risk
• Ensure all relevant architecture governance, policy, and standards are met
• Accountable for managing engagement with Audit and all audit responses
• Develop and promote the reuse of patterns
• Provide platform specific consultancy to the GB\GF’s and Solutions Architects regarding the technical architecture & design patterns for solutions hosted on the GCP Platform
• Represent the GCP Cloud Platform in architectural discussions with internal IT partners and external vendors
• Maintain and manage all customer facing information and knowledge bases for Platform Architecture and key design decisions
• Provide Management reporting to ensure data driven discussions for continuous improvement
• Gather requirements and provide continuous feedback loops between customer and Engineering teams

Qualifications

What you will bring to the role; 

Business

• Have a high level business understanding of, and the implications of Cloud adoption for:
  • Wealth and Personal Banking (inc Private Banking)
  • Markets and Security Services
  • Commercial Banking
• Able to translate business needs into appropriate IT (and Cloud) solutions.

Technical

• Prior experience as an Architect within an enterprise organisation

• A system engineering background and the ability to compare and contrast different solutions to meet a business requirement. 
• Ability to 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. 
• 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)
  • Practical experience utilizing multiple Infrastructure as Code tools.
  • Leveraging best practise through published reference architectures

• Demonstrable Cloud service provider experience -  infrastructure build and configurations of a variety of services including Compute, Containers, Container OS and Container orchestration (E.g. Docker, COS, GKE) Storage, IAM, SDN (VPC and XPN)
• Experience of working with Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD) and continuous testing techniques and tools
• An understanding of Identity and Access management principles and tools
• An understanding of role based access controls and organisational hierarchies
• Excellent documentation and communication skills with an ability to clearly articulate complex IaaS/PaaS concepts to people new to Cloud Development

This role is based in London.

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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Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com 

Tel: +44 (0) 207 832 8500

Job Field

 : Technology

Primary Location

 : Europe-United Kingdom-Greater London-London

Schedule

 : Full-time 

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Job Posting

 : 08-Sep-2021, 16:11:03 

Unposting Date

 : 09-Dec-2021, 04:29:00