Senior Storage & Data Protection Engineer

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 with regular attendance required at our Tralee office. This team supports EMEA and AD regions. Duties include rotational weekend on-call rota (Approx. 1 weekend every 6–8 weeks) Role Description SMBC is seeking a Senior Storage & Data Protection Engineer to join our global infrastructure team. The role will focus on the design, support and optimisation of enterprise storage and backup platforms across EMEA and Americas Division (AD) environments. You will be part of a globally distributed team, working across multiple mission critical platforms supporting high-availability and regulated workloads. This is a hybrid role with regular attendance required at our Tralee office. This team supports EMEA and AD regions. Duties include rotational weekend on-call rota (Approx. 1 weekend every 6–8 weeks) This role will report to the Director Enterprise Storage & Data Protection. Role Objectives: Delivery Provide 3rd line support for enterprise storage and data protection platforms. Manage and support: SAN/NAS storage platforms. Cloud storage and hybrid architectures. Backup, recovery, and archival solutions. Perform troubleshooting, capacity management, and performance optimisation. Support incident, problem, and change management processes. Participate in DR testing, backup validation, and recovery exercises. Collaborate with global teams to deliver standardised and resilient solutions. Contribute to automation, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives. Key Platforms / Technologies Storage: Dell PowerMax (PMAX) Dell PowerStore (PSTORE) Dell Unity Dell ECS Dell Isilon (PowerScale) NetApp Pure Storage Cloud / Hybrid: Public Cloud platforms (Azure experience preferred) Object storage and cloud archival solutions Data Protection: Rubrik Commvault Qualifications and Skills 5+ years’ experience in enterprise storage and/or data protection environments. Strong understanding of: SAN / NAS architectures. Backup and recovery concepts. Cloud-based and hybrid storage solutions. High availability and disaster recovery. Experience working with large-scale, regulated environments preferred. Hands-on experience with Azure or similar cloud platforms. Familiarity with: VMware / virtualised infrastructure. Automation and scripting (advantageous). Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills. Ability to work effectively in a global, multi-timezone team. Role requires strong collaboration with platform, network, cloud, and security teams. Exposure to cloud adoption, modernisation, and compliance-driven initiatives is highly desirable. Opportunity to work on large-scale transformation programmes and enterprise platform standardisation. Additional Requirements 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 .