Lead Platform Architect – Customer Security Platform in London

Lead Platform Architect – Customer Security Platform

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.

HSBC is developing and deploying some of the industry’s most advanced and innovative technology to make banking easier and more secure.  HSBC WPB is supporting very high customer volume across all HSBC markets globally. Channel transformation is responsible to support CIAM, customer security for all digital channels.

Purpose of the role

The Lead Platform Architect  for Customer Security platform will report in to Chief Architect, Enabler platforms, helping to shape the future of Customer security and Anti-Fraud platform (CS&AF) within WPB HSBC. 

Enterprise IAM (EIAM) and Customer IAM (CIAM) are key foundational areas of the Security Architecture portfolio that are critical to the transformation of HSBC. The head of CS&AF Architect will lead and provide support to Enabler Platform Architecture leadership on all the customer and enterprise IAM related workstreams, including Authentication (MFA, Passwordless), Risk based authentication, Authorization, privileged access PAM, identity and access governance, identity federation, secrets management, role-based access etc.  

The key tenants of the Lead Platform Architect will be to have responsibility for two key aspects:

1. Enterprise Architecture: Define, maintain and own the IAM architecture strategy and roadmap, incorporating ZeroTrust as appropriate, ensuring alignment to other HSBC technology strategies and providing Design Authority sponsorship for major IAM initiatives across the WPB. Provide assurance of the Solutions Designs produced and support the Engineering teams in production of Execution plans in executing the Strategies.
    
2. Solutions Architecture: Support WPB initiatives for any IAM related consultancies, strategies and guidance to in providing Center of Excellence (CoE) Solutions Architecture expertise in the production of Solution Designs.

This role will be responsible for:

• Supporting and Delivering strategy to the Enabler platform leadership in WPB through the production of architecture strategies for IAM and associated architecture artefacts (e.g. principles, standards, patterns and roadmaps) aligned to organisational needs and priorities.
• Lead the team of platform architects to introduce new practices, processes, operating model, techniques, products, services, technologies and standards where needed against identified use cases, via the appropriate governance bodies and in collaboration with WPB CS&AF Engineering function.
• Being influential across both HSBC’s business and technology executives to drive the realisation of our Technology strategy, whilst engaging with them to understand their business requirements, threats and risks in protecting business traffic and endpoints.
• Reporting to Chief architect, Enabler platform, this role will be working alongside the Enabler platform architecture leadership, CTO, CIO and the Cybersecurity executive team in WPB

Requirements

Essential Experience

Business

Have a high-level business understanding of, and the implications of Customer security & anti-fraud capabilities for WPB and supporting functions.  Able to translate WPB business needs into CS&AF technology need.

Technical

Have a IAM and system engineering background; and the ability to compare and contrast different solutions to meet a business requirement.  Provide technical thought leadership in evaluation of new technologies to meet business requirements and influence key stakeholders leading to adoption.  Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills – desire to solve complex problems at scale.  Provide expert knowledge & expertise in design of the following key capabilities:

• Identity and Credential Management
• Federation
• Authentication
• AuthZ / Access Control
• User, Behaviour and Biometrics Analytics
• Fraud Detection & Prevention
• Access Governance
• Secrets Management
• Privileged Access Management
• Risk based authentication and continuous compliance
• Biometric and Behavioural authentication and analytics understanding

Additional Key skills

• Broad knowledge of security across other domains including Data, App Sec, Cyber Threat Management, Infrastructure and Network security.
• Experience with any of the industry Cloud technologies (Amazon Web Service, Azure, Google Cloud), preferably one of them
• Experience with ForgeRock, Active Directory/ Azure AD, Transmit Security etc.
• Knowledge of API Security, client side applications, micro services architecture and event driven architecture.

The role will be based in London but some travel may be required. This role supports Hybrid working

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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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