7 Years of experience
Key responsibilities will include:
- Build, deploy and manage components of the HSBC GCP foundation platform using Google Cloud services (e.g., GKE, BigOuery, Cloud Build, Cloud Run) and automation-first engineering practices.
- Engineer repeatable platform and security capabilities using Infrastructure as Code (laC), such as Terraform and/or Config Connector, following established engineering standards.
- Implement and enhance preventive security controls and guardrails centrally to improve overall cloud security posture and reduce operational risk.
- Integrate, configure, deploy and manage common cloud services across 1AM, networking, logging/monitoring, operating systems and container platforms.
- Embed security into delivery pipelines by building and supporting Cl/CD and continuous testing capabilities (e.g., Cloud Build, GitOps tooling such as FluxCD, Helm).
- Ensure alignment and compliance with centrally defined Cloud Security Standards and contribute to auditability through evidence, controls mapping and documentation.
- Operate within agreed change management practices, producing impact assessments where required and ensuring controlled, traceable deployments.
- Maintain high-quality operational documentation, runbooks and support procedures to enable sustainable operations and effective handover.
What you need to have to succeed in this role
The ideal candidate for this role will have the following experience and capabilities:
- Hands-on, demonstrable experience on Google Cloud Platform building and operating cloud services in production (hands-on GCP experience is essential).
- Strong experience with core GCP services; exposure to GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Build and/or Cloud Run is highly desirable.
- Expert understanding of cloud security principles and GCP-specific best practices, including 1AM design, logging/monitoring, network security controls and workload security.
- Strong understanding of DevOps/SRE principles, including reliability, observability, incident response supportability and engineering for resilience.
- Proven experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (and/or Config Connector), including module design, environments, policy-driven controls and automated deployment patterns.
- Experience building and operating Cl/CD and related tooling (e.g., Cloud Build, GitOps, FluxCD, Helm) with security controls embedded into delivery workflows.
- Good programming/scripting skills in at least one of: Python, Go, Bash, with a practical mindset for automation and operational tooling.
- Security and compliance experience, including auditability, control evidence, configuration management and the ability to work with compliance/auditing/monitoring tooling.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly to engineers and non-engineers.
- A solid understanding of risk management and proven experience ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory and internal control requirements.
Essential skills
- Building secure and compliant GCP capabilities using automation-first approaches.
- Implementing and operating preventive controls and guardrails at scale.
- Strong troubleshooting capability across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes/container platforms and Cl/CD pipelines.
- Ability to drive continuous improvement, simplify operational processes and reduce toil through automation.
Desirable skills
- GCP certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud Security Engineer, Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect).
- Experience operating regulated workloads in a large enterprise environment.
- Experience with container security patterns and Kubernetes hardening approaches.
- Familiarity integrating security findings and policy checks into DevSecOps workflows and reporting.
