Kubernates and Kafka Engineer/Senior Consultant Specialist

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

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

In this role, you will:

• Manage and optimize Kubernetes-based infrastructure, supporting Pega CDH, including external components, ensuring seamless integration and operational efficiency in cloud-native environments.
• Lead or support the migration of MQ systems to Kafka, ensuring seamless transition, minimal downtime, and optimized performance
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across Kubernetes clusters, cloud services, and data pipelines, ensuring optimal resource utilization.
• Optimize Kubernetes configurations, cloud-native service performance, and data modeling for improved scalability and efficiency.
• Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery design, and performance tuning for Kubernetes and cloud-native systems.
• Automate infrastructure operations using Kubernetes-native tools and industry best practices.
• Troubleshoot issues across the stack (storage, network, OS, application, etc.) and provide deep diagnostics.
• Maintain high standards of documentation and knowledge sharing within the team.

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• 10+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Cassandra and Kafka in production environments.
• Strong knowledge of data replication, partitioning, schema design, and Kafka consumers/producers.
• Experience in cloud-native deployments, ideally on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Solid experience managing and deploying services using Kubernetes (GKE or equivalent).
• Experience with Elasticsearch – building and managing clusters, indexing strategies, and integration with data pipelines.
• Familiarity with Pega CDH and its external component ecosystem is a significant plus.
• Strong scripting or automation experience (e.g., Terraform, Helm, Ansible, Bash, Python).
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a global, distributed team environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Preferred Qualifications - Experience with observability tools such as AppDynamics, Prometheus, Grafana, or GCP Operations Suite.
•  Exposure to DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of data governance, privacy, and compliance in financial or regulated environments.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC

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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India