JAVA GCP cloud/Senior Consultant Specialist

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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 Senior Consultant Specialist.

In this role, you will:

• Design and develop distributed, highly scalable Java-based systems for complex enterprise applications, using microservices, event-driven architecture, and RESTful APIs
• Develop robust Java 11/17+ applications using Spring Boot, Java EE, Microservices, and containerized environments like Docker. Integrate with various third-party services, message brokers (e.g.,Solace, Kafka, RabbitMQ), and external APIs
• Analyse application performance bottlenecks and optimize the codebase and database queries to ensure minimal latency and high throughput. Utilize JVM tuning, Garbage Collection optimization, and Profiling tools (e.g., JProfiler, etc)
• Collaborate with stakeholders, including product managers, business analysts, and other developers, to define technical requirements.
• Implement and maintain automated unit and integration tests to ensure high-quality software.
• Implement security practices such as OAuth2, JWT, SSL/TLS, OWASP Top 10, and secure coding principles.
• Proficiency with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB) is a plus.
• Experience with cloud platforms e.g., GCP is highly desirable.
• Participate in all phases of the development lifecycle, including code reviews, debugging, and testing.
• Write comprehensive unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests using JUnit, Mockito, and Selenium. Ensure code coverage and robustness using tools like SonarQube.
• Lead and mentor junior developers in the team.
• Aligning to DevOps processes to ensure seamless integration and deployment using CI/CD pipelines, Ansible, Groovy Scripting
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies.