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.This role has been created to ensure the operational stability, resilience, and lifecycle management of the organisation's enterprise storage and data protection infrastructure. It plays a critical part in supporting business continuity, disaster recovery, and secure data management across a global IT estate. The role will engage with stakeholders including infrastructure and platform teams, application owners, IT operations, and external vendors.This role will enable you to:Manage and maintain enterprise storage and backup systems, ensuring high availability and performance.Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise storage and data protection environments, including proactive incident response and lifecycle management.Support business continuity and disaster recovery readiness across global data centres.Collaborate with global IT teams and vendors to implement new solutions and maintain operational standards.Maintain technical documentation and integrate automation where appropriate.What will you bring to the role?Strong experience with enterprise storage and backup technologies (e.g. NetApp, Dell PowerMax/PowerStore, Rubrik).Solid understanding of networking, virtualisation, and data centre operations.Hands-on experience in managing hardware/software lifecycles and patching schedules.Excellent communication and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to work across global teams.Desirable:Knowledge of scripting or automation tools (e.g. PowerShell, APIs).Experience working in regulated, process-driven environments.Familiarity with enterprise server/storage hardware and cloud-based backup solutions.All third-party applications will be managed by Robert Walters.If the above role is of interest please apply to this ad or call me on or email me on for more info.