Cloud Engineer, VP

Who we are

Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Dublin Limited (SMFD) is a wholly owned subsidiary of SMBC and is growing rapidly as a Centre of Excellence for the bank’s universal banking business across EMEA.  It provides a range of technology and operational support services, aligned to SMBC’s growth, innovation, and transformation strategies

Role Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Architecture & Engineering function at a pivotal stage in SMBC EMEA's technology transformation journey.  

The Cloud Engineering Team is responsible for designing, building, and operating a secure, resilient, and compliant Azure cloud platform to support SMBC’s EMEA technology strategy within a regulated banking environment. The team plays a central role in enabling cloud adoption, platform modernisation, automation, and engineering best practices, while delivering scalable, reliable, and secure technology capabilities that support strategic business and technology objectives across the region. 

This hands-on role will help shape the best-in-class cloud foundation that enables both cloud-native development and the migration and modernisation of existing applications, while adhering to regulatory expectations, internal risk frameworks, and enterprise governance standards. 

The role will ensure that security, control, and operational resilience are embedded by design through an “everything-as-code” approach, delivering a platform that meets the highest standards of auditability, reliability, and regulatory compliance. 

Background and Organizational Context

The EMEA Architecture & Engineering domain provides the core technology foundations and architectural oversight that enable the wider organization to adopt to operate effectively and achieve its strategic objectives. By defining standards, governing solution design, and promoting best practices, the department ensures a consistent, scalable, and resilient technology landscape. It works closely with regional and global stakeholders to support the successful delivery of business outcomes, requiring strong cross-functional and cross-regional collaboration.  

This role is well suited to individuals with a strong understanding of technology concepts, who can balance strategic awareness with practical technical delivery, and who are comfortable working across teams to influence and enable successful technology outcomes. It will appeal to those focused on delivering technology-driven initiatives who can collaborate effectively across functions and regions, including engineering solutions that can reduce the barrier to entry to cloud platforms. 

Scale and Scope

Regional responsibility for the EMEA cloud platform, supporting banking operations and regulated workloads across multiple jurisdictions 

Ownership of the Azure cloud platform underpinning critical business services and customer-facing applications 

Supports both: 

     Cloud-native platforms and digital innovation initiatives 

     Migration and modernisation of legacy and on-premises banking systems 

Accountability for central cloud services including identity, access control, network security, shared hosting platforms, observability, and resilience 

Operating within a regulated environment aligned to regulatory requirements, operational resilience frameworks, and internal risk policies 

Working closely with Architecture, Infrastructure, Data, Information Security, Risk, Compliance, and Audit functions 

Acting as a senior technical contributor with hands-on engineering responsibility while influencing broader platform strategy

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Deep hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, particularly in building enterprise-scale, regulated environments 

Strong understanding of Azure landing zones, management groups, policy frameworks, and governance models 

Experience with cloud platform engineering technologies, especially Kubernetes, OpenShift and the broader K8S ecosystem 

Exposure to multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP) advantageous 

Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools with Terraform of particular interest 

Experience implementing fully automated, auditable deployment pipelines in regulated environments 

Strong knowledge of cloud security principles, including zero-trust, identity-first security models, and encryption 

Experience operating within regulated environments (e.g. FCA or equivalent), including audits, controls, and compliance processes 

Experience designing highly available, resilient cloud architectures supporting critical services 

Knowledge of disaster recovery, backup strategies, and operational resilience frameworks 

Experience integrating on-premises systems with cloud platforms, including networking and identity federation 

Strong understanding of Azure networking and secure connectivity models (e.g. VPN, ExpressRoute) 

Strong hands-on engineering background with a focus on building and running platforms 

Commitment to automation, repeatability, and eliminating manual processes 

Azure certifications beneficial