Lead Analyst, Architecture Services

Job Title: Lead Analyst, Architecture Services

Big Bank Funding. FinTech Thinking.

Our technology teams in the UK work closely with HSBC’s global businesses to help design and build digital services that allow our millions of customers around the world, to bank quickly, simply and securely. We also run and manage our IT infrastructure, data centres and core banking systems that power the world’s leading international bank.

Our multi-disciplined teams include: DevOps engineers, IT architects, front and back end developers, infrastructure specialists, cyber experts, as well as project and programme managers.

Role Description:

We are seeking an Analyst to join our specialist Security Architecture Services (‘Desk’) team. We harness both internal and external information to increase the velocity and impact of security architecture at HSBC. Our mission is to make knowledge accessible, searchable and shareable so that we make it easy for architects, and the business functions they support, to do the right thing. We apply design thinking to redefine problems and create iterative, innovative solutions. We are constantly exploring, analysing and listening to both gather intelligence and create net new knowledge that our customers really need.

Responsibilities:

• Investigative journalism – gathering intelligence both internally and externally on people, impact, tech stacks, processes, industry insights, best practise;
• Data analysis – applying programming skills to correlate, join, and analyse different data sources to generate accurate knowledge and answer questions with data; and producing these outputs in a way that is accessible, searchable, shareable and repeatable
• Data storytelling – writing narratives targeted to the intended audience(s) to ensure the knowledge we share is compelling, understandable and actionable
• Engaging with technical and non-technical stakeholders to build our knowledge of controls and systems within the bank;
• Applying active listening and problem solving techniques during workshops with field architects, consultants and directors to both pre-empt and identify their knowledge requirements;
• Establishing playbooks, running prototypes and PoCs (proofs of concept) for existing and new knowledge;
• Analysing data in order to answer specific problems, and building towards common data models that make knowledge searchable and repeatable;
• Visualising and narrating data in order to produce and disseminate high quality information products, such as dashboards and reports;
• Attending daily team stand-ups and updating the Desk JIRA board.

Essential Skillset/Experience:

• Data analysis:
  • Ability to programme to perform data analysis e.g. SQL, Python, Spark, R;
  • A broad understanding of different analytics techniques (e.g. NLP, Optimisation, Classification, regression) and data types (structured, unstructured, semi-structured) and their utilisation;
  • Ideally backed up by a quantitative background e.g. Mathematics, Statistics and Probability
  • Experience working within Data Lakes and Analytics workspaces (in this role you will leverage a Databricks Delta Lake) is a plus.
• Experience in Data Visualisation and reporting using tools such as PowerBI, SQL dashboards or similar.
• Excellent listening, written and spoken communication;
• Able to grow relationships between teams and groups, foster trust, and support others
• Able to really understand customer needs;
• Able to take initiative steps towards delivering swift results to ensure they have impact, e.g. experiments, prototypes, MVPs
• Comfortable working effectively as part of a team as well as independently on specific tasks

The role will be based in Sheffield.

HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme, and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 2078328500.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism. This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process

We want everyone to be able to fulfil their potential which is why we provide a range of flexible working arrangements and family friendly policies.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

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