SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

This is a hybrid role, requiring the successful candidate to attend our Tralee office.

Occasional On Call Rotation (Weekend)

Role Description

SMBC is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer who has a strong passion for Enterprise Systems and is interested in building a career at a fast growing and reputable Bank. The Senior Systems Engineer will design, development, automate, test and maintain Linux servers and Openshift container Platform both on-prem and in the cloud. They will be given opportunity to act as both an individual contributor and an integrator, working together with team members and technologies required to fulfil projects and technical requirements.  In addition, the role will require high level of skills to troubleshoot, support and maintain on-prem Enterprise Systems Infrastructure and Cloud Automation Services used by the Bank. 

This role will report to the Vice President Systems Engineer

Role Objectives: Delivery

Works closely with architecture, engineering, and security to implement new products and upgrade existing infrastructure. 
Prepares, installs, and implements operating software and associated components. 
Plans, prepares, and applies maintenance fixes to system software and firmware as required. 
Managing Red Hat OpenShift and AKS clusters to support scalable applications.
Debugs and solves problems associated with Unix and Linux servers in production and test environments. 
Works on architecture and engineering and security projects to secure Linux or AIX operating system deployment in production. 
Assists in evaluating new hardware and software and develops creative solutions to complex technological challenges. 
Develops and maintains scripts to automate tasks and deployment. 
Develops test plans for implementing new software or new releases of software. 
Tunes system software for peak performance and availability. 
Provides end users and developers with support including off shift and on call support. 
Provides technical training for information technology personnel as needed. 
Tests and implements hardware and software upgrades and if necessary works off shift to implement changes with minimal downtime. 
Maintains Linux Unix disaster recovery plan and actively participates in technology and business recovery activities. 
Discover opportunities and help facilitate a mechanism to change, evolve, improve, and simplify the infrastructure and supporting processes/procedures.

Qualifications and Skills

Install, configure, and maintain Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers, Red Hat Satellite. 
Write and maintain automation and infrastructure-as-code, leveraging Ansible and other approved corporate automation and orchestration platforms. 
Assist with migrations to cloud, ensuring best practices are followed and architecture is compliant with company standards. 
Participate in the implementation of monitoring systems, for event monitoring, alerting and metrics. 
Expert level in troubleshooting and support of Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Satellite 
Experience with writing scripts using Bash 
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or Open Shift
Experience with GitHub– for code management 
Experience with Ansible/Ansible Automation Platform 
Have strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to demonstrate a self-motivated and disciplined approach to learning and working.
Ability to work in a team environment and demonstrate leadership skills when needed.
Possess a highly developed sense of personal accountability and follow-through with an ability to effectively prioritize multiple personal tasks, projects, and goals.
3 years of experience highly desired

SMBC’s employees participate in a hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process.

SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.

Senior Linux Systems Engineer

Job Description