Senior Consultant Specialist

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We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Consultant Specialist.

Business: IWPB Technology

Principal responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery for core systems (Mainframe/COBOL) and distributed (Java) applications: requirements clarification, solution design, development, testing support, release, and production run/support.
• Contribute to or lead legacy modernisation and capability evolution: while ensuring stability and compliance, drive service enablement / API enablement of COBOL capabilities and integration/decoupling with Java middle-tier or microservices.
• Design and deliver high-quality, highly available services and batch capabilities, including interfaces, batch jobs, data processing, and reconciliation across critical processing chains.
• Partner closely with Product, Business, QA, Operations, Architecture, Information Security, and Risk/Compliance teams to deliver cross-team dependencies and ensure delivery is predictable, auditable, and traceable.
• Implement engineering standards and quality gates: code reviews, automated testing, release and change governance, defect management; improve observability (logging/monitoring/alerting) and runbook quality.
• Participate in production support and incident response: diagnose issues quickly, drive root-cause analysis (RCA) and permanent fixes, and continuously reduce incident rates and improve recovery efficiency.

Requirements

• Strong backend engineering capability with deep experience in COBOL/Mainframe or Java (ideally both), able to independently design and deliver complex modules.
• Solid understanding of enterprise delivery and production operating models: change management, release processes, batch scheduling, data consistency, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Strong quality and risk mindset: able to deliver in a regulated environment; understands secure coding, access control, sensitive data protection, and audit requirements.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills: able to work effectively with Business, QA, Ops, and cross-location teams; articulate solutions, risks, and trade-offs clearly and drive decisions.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.

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***Issued By HSBC Software Development (GuangDong) Limited Shanghai Branch***