C++ & Database/Senior Consultant Specialist

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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 Senior Consultant Specialist.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and support solutions on the Sophis platform for Equity Derivatives IT
• Deliver high quality software by meeting timelines and following quality and integration processes
• Translate technical and functional requirements through regular collaboration with project managers, business analysts and developers
• Provide production platform support as part of a team rota with occasional weekend coverage
• Embed an agile mindset across delivery and contribute to accelerated release practices
• Implement automated tools and practices as part of DevOps transformation
• Design and propose solutions for new functionality, enhancements and ongoing maintenance across applications and services
• Partner within a global and diverse development team to deliver projects across multiple locations

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

• Demonstrate strong programming capability in C++
• Apply sound knowledge of data structures, algorithms and design patterns
• Use deep understanding of C++ internals including memory management, STL/collections and transaction management
• Build and tune Oracle PL/SQL solutions including performance tuning and query optimisation
• Create and maintain database objects and designs including functions, triggers, materialised views, schema design and DB management
• Work effectively with agile delivery methods and DevOps tooling such as GIT, JIRA, Jenkins, Maven and Ansible
• Apply working knowledge of MQ, XML and web services in enterprise integrations
• Support enterprise production systems with awareness of incident time criticality and structured problem-solving approaches