Senior Automation Engineer
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
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 80000 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. SMFGs 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 organizations extensive global network. The Groups 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.
Role Description
SMBC is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer who has a strong passion for Infrastructure Automation and is interested in building a career at a fast growing and reputable Bank. The Senior Automation Engineer will play a pivotal role in driving automation excellence with a strong focus on Ansible DevOps practices and scalable infrastructure solutions.
They will be given opportunities to be hands-on bring deep technical expertise in Ansible and a proven track record of delivering automation at scale.
This role will report to the Team Lead of Architecture and Engineering
Role Objectives: Delivery
- Drive design development and implementation of enterprise-wide automation strategies using Ansible and other modern tools.
- Architect and maintain scalable automation frameworks including Ansible.
- Automation Platform Ansible Collections and custom playbooks.
- Drive DevOps adoption across teams integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure provisioning workflows.
- Collaborate with engineering operations and security teams to ensure automation aligns with business and compliance requirements.
- Champion infrastructure-as-code (IaC) principles using tools like Terraform Cutover and n8n.
- Oversee version control and collaboration workflows using Git.
- Provide technical insight on large-scale automation projects ensuring delivery on time and within scope.
- Mentor and guide engineers fostering a culture of innovation ownership and continuous improvement.
Qualifications and Skills
- 7 years of experience in infrastructure automation DevOps or systems engineering.
Proven experience in a VP or senior engineering role within a large multinational organization. - Bachelors degree in computer science Engineering or related field (Masters preferred).
- Deep expertise in Ansible including:
- Automation Platform usage
- Playbook and role development
- Creation and management of Ansible Collections.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP).
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes).
- Strong understanding of security compliance and access control in automated environments.
- Excellent problem-solving communication and documentation skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced collaborative environment.
- Strong programming skills preferably in Python.
- Hands-on experience with Git and platforms like GitHub GitLab or Bitbucket.
- Experience with other automation tools such as Terraform Cutover n8n etc.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.
- Experience working on large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Possess a highly developed sense of personal accountability and follow-through with an ability to effectively prioritize multiple personal tasks projects and goals.
Additional Requirements
SMBCs 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
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- APIs
- Jenkins
- Junit
- Distributed Control Systems
- Testng
- GAMP
- Test Automation
- CI/CD
- Cucumber
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Selenium
