Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist, HSBC

HSBC

Location:
Mainland China, Guangzhou

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

The Internal Kubernetes Platform (IKP) team follows a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) model, this role will be working as an Engineer for IKP, the platform is based on GKE Kubernetes clusters, as well as the management of bundled services such as Istio and Prometheus. Members of the SRE team are expected to work closely with L1 support, Services Engineering, and the IKP Core team. Team members should address incidents and resolve issues, while striving to improve monitoring and build automation.

Job Responsibility:

Run the IKP clusters by monitoring availability and taking a holistic view of system health
Build tools and automation to manage platform infrastructure and service
Improve reliability, quality, and time to upgrade cluster and service versions
Measure and optimize system performance and resource utilization, and plan for future capacity
Build dashboards and visualizations to graph system health
Define system alerts and automate responses where possible
Provide operational support and engineering for multiple software development teams
Work with the senior team members on driving the platform forward to align with the Banks 2027 goals
Work closely with application teams that consume the IKP Hosting platform, however the IKP team is not responsible for the Application development of services deployed onto IKP
Gather and analyze metrics from cluster components and services to assist in performance tuning and fault finding
Partner with Core Engineering and Services Engineering teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures
Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning
Create sustainable systems and services through automation and uplifts
Balance feature development speed and reliability with well-defined service level objectives
Confirm the health of clusters to assist developers when they have issues deploying a new workload
Be proactive and identify opportunities where you and the team can provide increased customer service, reliability, and scalability of the IKP Platform

Requirements:

Strong communication skills, both verbal and written are a must
Be a team player
Ability to script in one or more shell languages, such as Bash or PowerShell
Ability to program (structured and OO) with one or more high level languages, such as Python or Go
Experience with Kubernetes, preferably GKE on-prem (Anthos)
Experience with distributed storage technologies like NFS, S3, and Software Defined storage platforms like Portworx or AstraDS
Experience with container registries, image scanning, and image signing
A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks
A high level Kubernetes certification (CKA or CKS - CKAD will be considered)
Experience with VMware and other virtualization platform technology
Experience working/partnering with Vendors as early adopters
Experience working within an agile environment
Good written and spoken communication skills in English and Chinese

What we offer:

Continuous professional development
Flexible working
Opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
July 02, 2025

Expiration:
October 02, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist

HSBC

Location:Mainland China, Guangzhou

Category:IT - Software Development

Contract Type:Not provided