Description
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We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Consultant Specialist. As a Consultant Specialist, you will partner with Product Owners, business stakeholders, and delivery teams to shape requirements and create actionable product/technical backlogs. You will translate business needs into scalable technical solutions and delivery plans suitable for global rollout.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with Product Owners, business stakeholders, and delivery teams to shape requirements and create actionable product/technical backlogs
- Translate business needs into scalable technical solutions and delivery plans suitable for global rollout
- Ensure requirements are well understood and the backlog is balanced to deliver value while avoiding unnecessary technical debt
- Collect and analyse feedback from users, stakeholders, and engineering teams to refine technical requirements and the roadmap
- Drive consistent design and engineering practices across multiple projects (front end, back end, APIs, integrations, operational readiness)
- Participate in architecture and solution reviews to ensure alignment with HSBC standards (security, performance, resilience, maintainability)
- Promote reuse and standardisation (shared components, API contracts, logging/monitoring/alerting standards) to improve delivery efficiency
- Work in an agile environment with rapid iteration and release; advocate a strong DevOps culture (“you build it, you run it”)
- Establish and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines and quality gates (automated testing, scanning, artefact management, release controls)
- Strengthen observability (logs/metrics/traces) and operational readiness (runbooks, support model, on-call readiness)
- Collaborate effectively in a global, multicultural team and support delivery across time zones when required
Requirements:
- Strong analytical skills to understand and resolve complex technical problems
- Strong hands-on experience in React, C#, Java Spring Boot, and solid API design/integration experience
- Front-end engineering and cloud enablement experience (e.g., AWS) with an understanding of cloud delivery and operational practices
- Proven experience implementing engineering governance and security hygiene, including: risk and control strength (resilience, compliance, financial crime risk management) governance, dependency management and vulnerability remediation, patching execution and evergreen (technology currency) management
- Ability to learn, explore, and implement new and emerging technologies quickly to meet business needs
- Strong business awareness and stakeholder management skills; able to drive alignment across multiple teams
- Flexibility to work with colleagues across different time zones as needed
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.