DevOps Specialist / DevOps Engineer

Job Description

hackajob is collaborating with HSBC to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application.

If you're looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential - whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or an exciting new direction, we offer opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

We're one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with a network that covers more than 50 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We're currently seeking a DevOps Specialist, based in London.

You will be responsible for supporting Fixed Income Cash trading businesses' use of Bloomberg and associated trading workflows within the FICC space in MSS IT. The successful candidate will be a senior individual contributor and will act as a hands-on DevOps and application Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Order Management and Primary Trading Systems, specifically Bloomberg TOMS.

A core expectation of this role is to leverage modern engineering practices and AI tooling (including GitHub Copilot and approved/available GenAI tooling) to materially improve productivity and accelerate delivery of enhancements and internal process improvements (automation, diagnostics, documentation, testing and operational readiness), in line with applicable security and data handling requirements.

In this role, you will:

• Act as the application SME for Order Management and Primary Trading Systems, specifically Bloomberg TOMS, providing functional and technical support to Front Office users and partner teams

Provide L2/L3 supports, development, maintenance and production stability of Front Office trading applications and workflows, including Bloomberg TOMSProvide SME support across the trade lifecycle for Fixed Income products, particularly cash bonds, futures and IRS, including investigation of processing and data issuesOwn and continuously improve CI/CD, DevOps practices and tooling to increase delivery throughput and operational resilienceParticipate in platform improvement initiatives (e.g., performance, monitoring/alerting, production stability, automation and operational readiness)Contribute to requirements gathering and delivery planning to meet business needs with high quality and on-time deliveryConsult closely with business stakeholders to understand objectives and requirements, developing user stories in association with Product Owners, Business Analysts and technical leadsLeverage GitHub Copilot and approved GenAI tooling to accelerate engineering and support outcomes (e.g., automation, code quality improvements, test generation, incident analysis, runbook and knowledge-base creation), ensuring appropriate controls for confidentiality and data usage

To be successful in this role you should have the following skills:

• Experience in banking/financial services technology, with a strong focus on Front Office trading systems and platforms

Must have knowledge of Trade Life Cycle, in particular for Fixed Income Products. xxuwjjq Specifically in-depth understanding of price contributions, Profit & Loss attributes and Profit & Loss calculations for intra-day and end of day valuationsIT experience working with Primary Trading applications, specifically Bloomberg TOMSHighly experienced working within Agile projects and DevOps methodologiesPractical experience using AI-assisted engineering tools (including GitHub Copilot and approved/available GenAI tooling) to improve productivity and delivery outcomes

Opening up a world of opportunity.