GCP Cloud SQL DBA/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 Consultant Specialist

In this role, you will:

• Work with GCP services, including Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL) and BigQuery.
• Design and operate solutions across public cloud IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, primarily on GCP.
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab/GitHub, Nexus (or equivalent).
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform (with Ansible as a plus).
• Work on Unix/Linux systems, including Bash scripting/programming.
• Write and maintain SQL scripts, preferably with BigQuery knowledge.
• Work effectively in an Agile/SCRUM environment and contribute across the SDLC.
• Apply cloud solution design patterns (e.g., microservices, messaging, distributed caching, containers, IAM).
• Communicate clearly, including presenting to clients and executive leadership; exposure to Grafana/Prometheus is a plus.

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

• Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade PostgreSQL on GCP Cloud SQL.
• Optimise performance by analysing slow queries, reviewing execution plans, and improving indexing, schema design, and DB parameters for throughput/latency.
• Design and manage high availability and disaster recovery, including replication, failover strategy, backup/restore, and DR testing with defined RTO/RPO.
• Implement proactive monitoring and alerting using Cloud Monitoring, Logs Explorer, and database metrics/alerts to prevent incidents.
• Enforce security and compliance best practices across IAM/privileges, encryption, auditing, network controls, and secrets management.
• Automate routine DBA activities through scripting and IaC (Terraform/Ansible), integrating with CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead capacity planning and cost optimisation by forecasting growth, right-sizing compute/storage, and improving cost efficiency across environments.
• Provide L2/L3 production support, including incident management, RCA, performance troubleshooting, release/change support, and collaboration with application, data engineering, and platform teams..

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India