Senior Consultant Specialist

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

Business: CTO Data Technology

Principal Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize large-scale data pipelines on Hadoop and distributed data platforms.
• Lead implementation of real-time and streaming data solutions for low-latency use cases.
• Improve platform reliability, scalability, observability, and performance across batch and streaming workloads.
• Partner with data, analytics, and product teams to translate business requirements into robust platform capabilities.
• Drive platform modernization and uplift initiatives, including architecture standards, reusable frameworks, and engineering best practices.
• Support cloud-aligned deployment patterns and integrations, with exposure to GCP and Alibaba Cloud environments.
• Mentor engineers and promote strong engineering discipline in data quality, governance, and operational excellence.

• Strong hands-on experience with Hadoop ecosystem technologies and distributed data platforms.
• Proven expertise in real-time data processing and streaming architecture (design, implementation, and operations).
• Solid software engineering fundamentals, including coding, testing, CI/CD, and production support.
• Experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure data platform components.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex data pipeline and platform issues in production environments.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills and ability to work across technical and business teams.
• Ownership mindset, with the ability to independently lead initiatives from concept to delivery.

• Practical experience with GCP data services and platform tooling.
• Exposure to Alibaba Cloud data and compute ecosystem.
• Experience with AI agent frameworks or agent-enabled automation use cases.
• Familiarity with data governance, lineage, metadata management, and platform compliance controls.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration platforms for data workloads.
• Background in performance tuning and cost optimization for large-scale data systems.

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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