Automation Infrastructure Lead

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 Automation Infrastructure Lead.

The Infrastructure Lead role is based within HSBC's Cybersecurity Technology and Engineering team, the role is to provide Infrastructure build and support lead for the Automation and Integration team and where required provide support to additional security domain teams particularly in Data / Crypto and Network security. This will be within a small team of cross disciplined engineers responsible for Automation and Integration user case delivery, focussing on product integration, data and user interaction.  The roles requires knowledge/understanding across Data, Network and Endpoint security domains.

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.

In this role you will:

• Manage stakeholder involvement, including management team, product SMEs and project managers/steering committees
• Support the team to scope and prioritise delivery enabling resourcing, dependencies and communications
• Provide effective backlog management using appropriate planning tooling/processes
• Oversee technical development of team and team members where required
• Provide platform lead for all infrastructure requirements, working with other senior stakeholders
• Enable discipline and improvements in areas of expertise, such as disciplined agile software delivery, production support processes and continuous DevOps pipelines development 
• Manage, monitor, and report progress, issues, dependencies and risks, including adherence to standard controls
• Ensure that all Technology practices and associated tools are being adopted and adhered to within the project 
• Support IT Service Management Tasks
• Provide leadership in initiating and fostering innovation
• Perform hands on technical tasks

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Demonstrate experience of running administration of Windows, Linux and container based solutions with experience of Kubernetes, K3S, Docker
• Automation scripting, Python, bash, PowerShell, Ansible experience
• Experience of using/consuming APIs particularly for Infrastructure Automation/Provisioning and Patching - Knowledge of HSBC IT Service Portal a bonus
• Knowledge/understanding of data, networks, Endpoint security domains
• Relevant knowledge of Software architecture, design, development, and delivery
• Demonstratable understanding of infrastructure requirements for engineering domain relating to front and back end programming skills, database design, solutions architecture, infrastructure delivery

This role is based in Sheffield.

Opening up a world of opportunity