Consultant Specialist

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

Business: CTO Data Technology

Principal responsibilities

•      Engage with the CIB Chief Data Office (CDO), business users, and relevant subject matter experts to understand, clarify, and prioritise business requirements.

•      Translate business requirements into deliverable solution approaches, functional requirements, and high-level design documentation.

•      Contribute to the technical and logical design of key components, producing required design artefacts and interface specifications.

•      Communicate functional solutions to the development team and provide ongoing support as needed.

•      Work closely with the production support team to ensure requirements and delivered solutions are well understood and readily supportable.

•      Promote solution architecture principles, best-practice techniques, standards, and tools.

•      Provide recommendations and roadmaps for proposed solutions.

•      Document and share best-practice knowledge for new solutions.

•      Advocate for process improvements and support the development of solutions.

•      Provide technical leadership to the team throughout the project lifecycle.

•      Participate in proof-of-concept (PoC) and technical validation activities to assess feasibility and risks, and recommend suitable approaches.

•      Participate in design reviews and solution/code walkthroughs, providing constructive feedback and driving issues to closure.

•      Manage design activities within own scope during agile iterations, delivering in line with product and delivery timelines.

•      Identify and document key technical risks, dependencies, and technical debt, and drive alignment with stakeholders on remediation plans.

•      Collaborate with Enterprise, Platform, and other architecture roles to align direction and continuously improve existing solutions within agreed frameworks.

•      Support delivery coordination activities as required (e.g., requirements clarification, plan alignment, and cross-team communication).

Requirements

•      Minimum 5 years’ experience working as a Solution Architect within a large organisation.

•      Strong logical thinking with the ability to abstract architectural patterns from technical solutions.

•      Strong leadership skills, with the ability to articulate, present, and drive approval of solutions at the appropriate level for both IT and business audiences.

•      Experience with streaming technologies (Kafka, Flink, Pub/Sub).

•      Knowledge of database technologies (SQL/NoSQL).

•      Knowledge of data warehousing and ETL/data integration.

•      Operating systems and scripting: Linux, shell scripting, PowerShell.

•      Experience with at least one cloud platform (GCP, Azure, AWS).

•      Experience with big data platforms (BigQuery, Hadoop, Spark, Databricks).

•      Experience in data modelling, with a solid understanding of data model design.

•      Proven analytical skills with the ability to challenge designs and decisions.

•      Experience managing and resolving complex issues using strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

•      Ability to quickly get up to speed with the current data landscape 5and apply analysis and data skills to new contexts and approaches.

•      Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong virtual communication (conference calls, video conferencing).

•      Strong planning, organisation, and time management skills, with a demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.

•      Self-aware, with the confidence to work independently.

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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