Infrastructure Specialist

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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, 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.

We are seeking an Associate-level Infrastructure & Engineering Specialist to support mission-critical Global Markets Sales & Trading platforms within a global financial institution. This role combines hands-on infrastructure engineering, environment management, production support, and project delivery responsibilities. The successful candidate will work closely with Global Markets Sales & Trading teams in the Americas while collaborating with Tokyo-based development teams and local technology teams to ensure the stability, security, and availability of business-critical platforms.

The position requires active participation throughout the application lifecycle, including infrastructure delivery, testing support, production deployment, post-release maintenance, incident response, and operational support.
Candidates must be based in New York or New Jersey and possess business-level proficiency in both Japanese and English.

• Support infrastructure and environment delivery for mission-critical Global Markets Sales & Trading platforms.
• Manage and maintain Development, QA, UAT, Disaster Recovery, and Production environments.
• Assist with infrastructure planning, implementation, and operational readiness activities.
• Support platform scalability, reliability, security, and performance requirements.

Operations & Production Support

• Provide production and BAU support for business-critical systems.
• Investigate and troubleshoot infrastructure and environment-related incidents.
• Coordinate issue resolution across development, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams.
• Support post-release maintenance activities and production stabilization efforts.
• Participate in operational monitoring and proactive problem management.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a technical liaison between business users, local technology teams, and Tokyo-based development teams.
• Support Global Markets Sales & Trading users by facilitating issue resolution and infrastructure-related requests.
• Communicate technical issues, risks, and remediation plans to stakeholders across multiple regions.

Release & Change Management

• Support release planning, production deployments, and go-live activities.
• Assist in validating infrastructure readiness for new releases and enhancements.
• Participate in disaster recovery testing and business continuity exercises.
• Support smooth transition of projects into ongoing production support.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure controls aligned with security, regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements.
• Support access management processes and environment governance activities.
• Assist with audit inquiries, risk remediation activities, and regulatory reviews as required.

This role includes support responsibilities outside standard business hours.

The successful…