Who We Are
SMBC Group is a universal banking platform in EMEA delivering corporate finance products, investment banking, and capital market solutions. We are committed to an inclusive culture and supporting sustainable growth.
Role Summary
We are establishing an Infrastructure Security Operations function within Technology Infrastructure to respond to regulatory, security, and operational demands. This role leads the creation and execution of a dedicated infrastructure security capability, including vulnerability management, patching, platform hardening, and reporting across all platforms.
Position Description
The role is accountable for establishing and leading the Infrastructure Security Operations function, executing security controls in line with CISO policies and regulatory expectations. Key responsibilities include ownership of end‑to‑end vulnerability management, defining a risk‑based patching strategy, improving remediation cadence, working with architecture and engineering teams, operating core security technologies, building reporting frameworks, driving automation, ensuring compliance with DORA, ECB, PRA, acting as the interface into security, and contributing to incident response.
* Proven experience in infrastructure security, vulnerability management, or infrastructure engineering within a complex enterprise environment
* Strong understanding of infrastructure platforms including compute, virtualisation, storage and networking
* Experience designing and implementing patch management and vulnerability remediation frameworks at scale
* Demonstrated ability to operate in regulated environments, ideally within financial services
* Experience working in alignment with a central security/CISO function, executing against defined policies and controls
* Track record of improving security posture through measurable reduction in vulnerabilities and improved compliance metrics
* Experience building or maturing operational functions, including defining processes, governance and reporting
Competencies
* Customer Focus
* Driving Change
* Driving Results
* Embraces Diversity
* Enterprise Leadership
* Judgement and Decision Making
* Risk Management
* Strategic and Visionary
* Trust and Integrity
What We Offer
* Hybrid and flexible working
* Competitive paid leave days
* Benefits to support physical wellbeing, including private medical insurance and life and invalidity insurance
* Various policies to support mental wellbeing, including behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
* Access a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression opportunities
* Ambitious remuneration package
We recognise our role as a bank to support social change and welcome all applications, including those from groups often under‑represented in financial services. We value the uniqueness of professional and personal backgrounds and perspectives. We’ll ensure reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process are offered due to a disability or long‑term condition whenever requested.
About SMBC
A trusted partner for the long term, SMBC delivers a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers, including corporate, structured and trade finance, leveraged finance, loan market and treasury products. We also provide investment banking and advisory services and innovative solutions in global capital markets. Find out more at https://www.smbcgroup.com/emea/careers
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