Overview
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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 looking for an Engineering Practice Lead to join the DevOps, CI/CD Practice Group.
As an Engineering Practice Lead, you will play a pivotal role in driving digital acceleration, enhancing operational resilience and supporting the transformation of HSBC into a cutting edge, software engineering-led organisation. You will be responsible for evangelizing best practices, implementing robust SDLC processes, and supporting the development of cross-functional capabilities. Your role will involve influencing engineering standards, facilitating upskilling opportunities, and championing DevOps principles. You will also focus on fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement throughout the development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
* Evangelize and influence engineering best practices within the engineering community and foster a culture of quality throughout the development lifecycle whilst facilitating development of cross-functional capabilities to address common gaps/challenges
* Define and own the governance around some of the engineering standards across the organisation and implement and maintain robust SDLC processes aligned with industry best practices and regulatory requirements
* Support the traceability and auditability of development activities by driving the adoption of right standards and tooling
* Define metrics and monitor the efficiency of the Practice Family initiatives and help address skill gaps and technical challenges in engineering pods by providing upskilling/training opportunities
* Champion and implement DevOps principles and practices, including CI/CD and IaC and evangelize good solutions achieved within platforms/pods with the wider engineering community
Successful Candidates Have Proven Skills And Experience
* Is tech-forward in thinking, actively researching new ideas/processes and is the driving force to adopt them and takes accountability and responsibility without the need to defer to an Architect or "the process"
* Must have a breadth and depth of experience in CICD best practices and has extensive experience in the following technical areas: Software Development (e.g., Secure coding/SDLC/API development/clean code management), Testing (e.g., TDD/BDD/Automated testing/Contract testing/API testing) and Site Reliability Engineering (e.g., Endpoint management/Release engineering/Observability/Risk management)
* Can apply their thinking to many problems across multiple technical domains, can demonstrates mastery of their technical discipline and contributes to architectural discussions by asking the right questions to ensure a solution matches the business needs
* Leads/Influences other people to use or change their behaviours, including enabling others and can identify solutions which help make the bank better, faster, safer
* Can explain technology well to businesspeople or senior managers enabling them to understand and buy into a technology direction
Nice To Have
* Experience in developer advocacy or managing developer communities is a significant plus.
* Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
* Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
We Offer Hybrid working and can be based from sites including Sheffield, Birmingham and Edinburgh
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
If You Have a Need That Requires Accommodations Or Changes During The Recruitment Process, Please Get In Touch With Our Recruitment Helpdesk
Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com
Telephone: +44 207 832 8500
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales
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