Associate Director (Cloud Platform Engineer with Kubernetes), Software Engineering

HSBC Holdings plc; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 4,200,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Software Development India is seeking an Associate Director of Software Engineering focused on Cloud Platform with Kubernetes. The role is based in Pune and operates in a hybrid model with global collaboration across engineers and stakeholders.

You will lead DevOps/Cloud pods, advance Kubernetes platforms, and own IaC driven solutions while ensuring governance, security, and operations are aligned with HSBC standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading global engineering teams with cloud platforms.
• Proven proficiency in Kubernetes, AWS, and DevOps practices.
• Strong governance, architecture and IaC delivery experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global team of engineers across initiatives.
• Drive governance, project delivery and architecture compliance.
• Lead DevOps/Cloud pods and advance Kubernetes platforms.
• Build and manage cloud environments for deployments.
• Develop solutions using Infrastructure as Code methods.
• Ensure security, compliance and operational excellence.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

DevOps

Cloud platforms

Infrastructure as Code

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile/Scrum

Jira

Governance

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Jenkins

CI/CD

Job description

Associate Director (Cloud Platform Engineer with Kubernetes), Software Engineering

Location: Pune, MH, IN, 411006

Brand: HSBC

Area of Interest: Technology

Role Workstyle: Hybrid Worker

Date: 27 Sept 2026

Some careers shine brighter than others.

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 simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

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 Associate Director, Software Engineering

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead a variety of different initiatives with a global team of Engineers.
• Work closely with the stakeholders to ensure governance, project delivery and Architecture requirements are met.
• Work across one or more DevOps 'pods' as the Lead DevOps/Cloud Engineer
• Help to drive the Kubernetes platform forward to keep up with growing business demand.
• Build and manage Cloud environments to enable application deployments.
• Lead the engineering of solutions using Infrastructure As Code methods
• Ensure Operational and compliance activities are undertaken, and remediation actions planned for services.
• Provide quality assurance for engineering delivery and ensure best practice is followed throughout development and operations.
• Support continuous improvement processes and contribute to engineering best practice working with other Infrastructure Lead DevOps/Cloud Engineers
• Making sure the platform is highly available at all times.
• Understand the complexities of moving to the cloud and how to overcome them and build at scale
• Advanced Kubernetes and Cloud knowledge (AWS)
• Familiarisation of how to run large scale platforms from build, test, deploy, monitor, and alerting.
• Customer/stakeholder focus. Ability to build strong relationships with Cloud Services, Application DevOps, cross functional IT and global/local IT teams.
• Good leadership and teamwork skills - Works collaboratively with DevOps Application 'pods' to provide the digital Cloud capability/skills required to deliver the service.
• Operational effectiveness - delivers solutions that align to approved design patterns and security standards.
• Experience of operating in a highly regulated industry (e.g. financial services)
• Experience of working in an Agile Scrum & DevOps environment including knowledge of scrum management tools (e.g. Jira)

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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India