Systems Engineer
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15 hours 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 isseekingan experienced and drivenVMware Systems Engineerto join our Enterprise Virtualization Group. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong passion for enterprise infrastructure who is eager to build a long-term career within a fast-growing globally respected financial successful candidate will play a key role in the design deployment and ongoing operation of critical VMware and enterprise infrastructure platforms across the organisation.
The role reports to theDirector Enterprise Virtualization Group
Role Objectives: Delivery
- Install configure upgrade and maintain enterprise infrastructure including servers storage platforms networking and telecommunications equipment.
- Deploy and manage server operating systems database software file services authentication platforms email servers backup systems and firewalls.
- Perform regular hardware and platform upgrades to ensure stability performance and security.
- Monitor system performance on a daily basis proactively identifying risks and optimisation opportunities.
- Provide 2nd/3rd line support for infrastructure-related issues and act as an escalation point for major incidents.
- Participate in incident response and recovery activities for high-severity outages.
- Design implement and support VMware infrastructure solutions aligned with enterprise standards.
- Monitor maintain and optimise existing VMware environments to ensure high availability and performance.
- Troubleshoot complex performance capacity and availability issues across the virtual estate.
- Implement VMware best practices across compute storage and networking layers.
- Ensure VMware environments meet security compliance and audit requirements.
- Develop maintain and improve technical documentation operational procedures and runbooks.
- Operate monitoring and reporting tools including performance capacity availability and access auditing.
- Generate reports on key metrics such as system uptime resource utilisation storage capacity backup performance and incident trends.
- Support governance controls and compliance obligations in a regulated environment.
- Work closely with infrastructure application security and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and service delivery.
- Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders across regions and teams.
- Contribute positively to a collaborative team culture while demonstrating leadership and ownership when required.
Qualifications and Skills
- 3 years experience in VMware administration and engineering within an enterprise environment.
- Knowledge of VMware solutions:
- vSphere vCenter ESXi vSAN virtual networking vRealize/Aria Suite - Operations Automation Log Insight
- Understanding of core Operating System concepts:
- CPU Memory Storage I/O Networking
- VMware certification preferred:
- VCA VCP VCAP
- Exposure to scripting:
- PowerShell PowerCLI Ansible
- Knowledge of storage technologies:
- Fiber Chanel SAN NAS vSAN vVOLS
- Familiarity with networking fundamentals
- Familiarity with backup & recovery technologies:
- ArcServe NetBackup Tivoli Rubrik Cohesity Veeam
- Familiarity with disaster recovery tools & fundamentals:
- vSphere Replication SRM SRDF Zerto RPO vs RTO
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage effectively across technical and business audiences.
- Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage complex multi-stream workloads.
- Proven ability to prioritise effectively meet deadlines and maintain momentum in a fast-paced regulated environment.
- Self-motivated and disciplined with a strong commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
- Collaborative team player who can confidently demonstrate leadership when required.
- High level of personal accountability ownership and follow-through with a track record of delivering results.
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
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