Job Description & Scope
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 Kubernetes Platform Engineer/Consultant Specialist. In this role, you will: Build and manage the HSBC GKE Kubernetes Platform to easily let application teams deploy to Kubernetes. Mentor and guide support engineers, represent the platform technically through talks, blog posts and discussions Engineer solutions on HSBC GKE Kubernetes Platform using Coding, Automation and Infrastructure as Code methods (e. g. Python, Tekton, Flux, Helm, Terraform, ). Manage a fleet of GKE clusters from a centrally provided solution Ensure compliance with centrally defined security controls and with operational risk standards (E. g. Network, Firewall, OS, Logging, Monitoring, Availability, Resiliency and Containers). Ensure good Change management practice is implemented as specified by central standards. Provide impact assessments where requested for changes proposed on HSBC GCP core platform. Build and support continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery (CD) and continuous testing activities. Engineering activities to implement patches for VMs and containers provided centrally Support non-functional testing Update support and operational documentation as required Fault find and support Applications teams On a rotational on call basis provide out of business hours support as part of our 24 x 7 coverage Requirements To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements: Demonstrable Kubernetes and Cloud Native experience building, configuring and extending Kubernetes platforms Automation scripting (using scripting languages such as Terraform, Python etc. ) Experience of working with Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD) and continuous testing tools Experience of working with Kubernetes resource configuration tooling (Helm, Kustomize, kpt) Experience working within an Agile environment Programming experience in one or more of the following languages: Python or Go Ability to quickly acquire new skills and tools Role: DevOps Consultant / Architect Industry Type: Consumer Electronics & Appliances Department: Engineering - Software & QA Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent Role Category: DevOps Education UG: Any Graduate PG: Any Postgraduate Key Skills AutomationChange managementTesting toolsCodingFunctional testingAgileMonitoringFinancial servicesPythonFirewall
