IT Infrastructure Engineer

Job description

IT Infrastructure Engineer , HOST Operations

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UK Operations provides operational processes to support the Global Businesses and delivery to their customers and we employ around 5,000 employees across the UK and in our global service centres. UK Operations comprises five functions: Consumer Operations, Wholesale Operations, Operational Services, Payment Operations and Financial Crime Risk Operations which collectively deliver operational processes for our Global Businesses.

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.

We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of IT Infrastructure Engineer.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading in building and running enterprise services that enable DevOps.

This role will carry out some or all of the following activities

· Provide Enterprise Services, including platform services (mainframes, UNIX and Linux servers, iSeries (Mid-range), Windows and storage) for securely storing/analysing data as well as Developer Services which enable faster delivery of highly standardised platform services, for example, Virtualisation, ALM, Dev Engineering, GSDE, and Cloud.
· Setup automation Team(s) to take out waste
· Consolidate and reduce infrastructure complexity
· Develop Cloud based infrastructure platforms and deliver infrastructure, platform etc. “as a Service” by working with Business & other DevOps teams
· Determine the strategic direction and execute in each of the Technology areas under Enterprise Services responsibility
· Risk and Cost Management
· Ensure Service Quality Targets are met for offered platform services
· Business stakeholder management to define product roadmaps and market available capabilities
· Write development code, understand a DevOps Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery pipeline, and build automated test scripts (for infrastructure products and upgrades), and build automation interfaces between systems

Desired profile

Qualifications :

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:
·  Past working experience in a virtualisation / scripting / automation role
·  A deep technical understanding of Virtualisation and Cloud
·  Relevant product knowledge of storage technologies (EMC / NetApp)
·  Relevant product knowledge of Cloud computing services such as AWS / Azure / Google Cloud Platform etc.
·  Infrastructure as Code and automation/orchestration technologies, such as Puppet / Chef / Ansible Tower / Jenkins
·  Experience of continuous integration / continuous delivery software engineering approaches
·  Experience in Ruby, Python, Golang and/or Java programming languages
·  Knowledge of Pivotal Cloud Foundry 1.8 +
·  Understanding of networking concepts (SDN an advantage)
·  Experience working in relevant environment/s, i.e. Virtualisation and cloud in a similar function is desirable but not essential
·  Experience working in relevant market/context, i.e. IT in finance, virtualisation and cloud engineering is desirable but not essential
·  Experience in Agile methodologies and DevOps practices is desirable but not essential
·  Role relevant qualifications, i.e.VMware, CCNA, cloud related is desirable but not essential
·  A track record of constantly looking for ways to do things better and an excellent understanding of the mechanism necessary to successfully implement change.
·  Self-awareness with confidence to work independently and take responsibility for own development
·  Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences
·  Planned projects and activities systematically in line with business priorities, using a variety of analysis and problem solving techniques
·  Experience of building effective customer relationships which create customer advocacy
·  Willingness to undertake the training / study required in this role for new products and services
·  Availability to undertake the travel required for this role, i.e. Ad Hoc as needed globally
·  Knowledge of some or all the following VMware products…
·  vSphere 5.5 / 6
·  vRA
·  vRO
·  vROps
·  SRM

The base location for this role is Barnsley.


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