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Cyber Security Engineer, VP

SMBC

Job Location:

Charlotte, NC - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 22 August 2026 (22 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 19 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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.

JOB SUMMARY

Join SMBC Groups Cyber Security Operations team as a Cyber Security Engineer this hands-on role you will design and maintain security data pipelines that support monitoring threat detection incident response compliance and cyber risk visibility across cloud and on-premises environments.

You will work closely with application infrastructure cloud and security teams to ensure critical security telemetry is collected validated and made available for operational and analytical use. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving data quality challenges improving data reliability and building scalable security data solutions in a regulated financial services environment.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Design build and maintain scalable data ingestion pipelines for security log onboarding into SIEM platforms and cloud data services including Azure Data Explorer and Log Analytics.
Parse transform normalize enrich and validate structured and unstructured log data using methods such as JSON parsing regular expressions and schema mapping.
Partner with application infrastructure cloud and security teams to onboard new telemetry sources and verify end-to-end data collection.
Monitor and validate data quality including log completeness integrity timeliness and consistency across onboarded sources.
Troubleshoot ingestion parsing transformation and pipeline issues across cloud and on-premises environments.
Conduct telemetry gap assessments and recommend new data sources to improve security monitoring and detection coverage.
Develop and maintain documentation including onboarding procedures data mappings source requirements pipeline configurations and operational processes.
Improve automation ingestion frameworks and deployment processes to increase scalability reliability efficiency and cost effectiveness.

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS

5 years of experience in cybersecurity data engineering security operations log management or a related technology discipline.
Experience onboarding managing and validating security log sources within SIEM security analytics or cloud data platforms.
Experience coordinating data onboarding efforts across technical teams vendors and business partners.
Strong knowledge of data parsing normalization transformation and validation techniques.
Experience working with structured and unstructured data formats including JSON XML CSV and log-based telemetry.
Ability to identify and resolve data quality schema and pipeline performance issues.
Familiarity with cloud platforms and related logging monitoring and analytics services.
Understanding of common security telemetry sources including network endpoint identity application cloud and infrastructure logs.
Knowledge of logging retention auditability and data integrity requirements in regulated environments.
Experience with scripting or automation using Python PowerShell or similar technologies.
Familiarity with query languages used to investigate validate and analyze ingested security data.
Strong communication collaboration and documentation skills.
Strong attention to detail sound judgment and accountability for outcomes.
Ability to balance operational support project delivery and continuous improvement initiatives.

NICE TO HAVE

Experience with threat detection incident response vulnerability management or cloud security.
Experience supporting infrastructure-as-code or automated deployment practices.
Knowledge of cybersecurity data engineering trends telemetry standards and security analytics platforms.
Experience working within a global organization or highly regulated financial services environment.

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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