GCPDevops, GKE, OpenSource /Consultant Specialist

HSBC Holdings plc; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Software Development India seeks an experienced Consultant Specialist to design, deploy and manage GCP projects, IAM hierarchies, and GKE clusters across dev, staging, UAT, and prod. You will implement CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, and install open-source stacks on GKE, including Airflow, Spark, and Kafka.

Responsibilities include building reusable templates, enforcing environment promotion gates, and ensuring secure networking with VPC and firewalls across environments.

Qualifications

• Cloud Platform: GCP – GKE, IAM, Cloud Armor, Secret Manager, etc.
• Container Orchestration: Kubernetes (GKE Standard & Autopilot).
• IaC & Automation: Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions.
• Programming: Python, Shell, YAML.
• Databases & Storage: PostgreSQL, Redis, GCS.
• Networking: NGINX Ingress, Kong.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a multi-environment GCP project structure.
• Provision and manage GCP projects, IAM hierarchies, and folders using Terraform.
• Design, provision, and manage GKE clusters across environments.
• Install and operate the open-source stack on GKE (Airflow, Spark, Flink, Kafka, etc.).
• Design and implement GCP VPC firewall rules per environment and tier.
• Design and operate CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Build reusable pipeline templates and enable squad onboarding.
• Manage environment promotion dev → staging → UAT → prod with approvals.

Skills

GCP

Kubernetes (GKE)

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Python

YAML

Network security

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub

Job description

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 Consultant Specialist

In this role, you will:

• Design and implement a multi-environment GCP project structure: dev, staging, UAT, and production — aligned with landing zone best practices
• Provision and manage GCP projects, billing accounts, IAM hierarchies, and folder structures using Terraform
• Design, provision, and manage GKE clusters (Standard and Autopilot) across all environments
• Install, configure, and operate the following open-source stack on GKE like Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Kafka Connect, Apache Iceberg, Apache Polaris, Trino, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger
• Design and implement GCP VPC firewall rules: ingress/egress policies per environment, service, and tier
• Design and operate end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for application, data, and infrastructure deployments
• - Build reusable pipeline templates and shared libraries for squad self-onboarding
• Manage environment promotion: dev → staging → UAT → prod with approval gates

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

• Cloud Platform: GCP — GKE, VPC, IAM, Cloud Armor, Artifact Registry, Secret Manager, Cloud KMS, Cloud DNS, Cloud NAT, Cloud Load Balancing, VPC Service Controls
• Container Orchestration: Kubernetes (GKE Standard & Autopilot), Helm, Operators
• Networking: NGINX Ingress, Kong
• Programming & Scripting: Python, Shell, YAML
• Databases & Storage: PostgreSQL, Redis, Firebolt, FalkorDB, GCS
• Version Control: GitHub
• IaC & Automation: Terraform, Ansible

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India