Vulnerability Management Lead Engineer - Vice President

Company: SMBC Group
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: January 17, 2026

Job Description:

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. Role Description As a Vulnerability Management Team Lead, you will be a key part of a high performing SOC team with a desire to continually improve and advance our capabilities to protect SMBC Group. You will bring your passion for Cybersecurity to a team of dedicated professionals and leverage this passion to ensure our vulnerability remediation activities are effective and efficient and that we keep pace with a rapidly changing threat landscape. You will help protect the Bank’s networks, applications, and infrastructure by working with IT owners to identify and mitigate risks that may be targeted by threat groups. The Vulnerability Management team will lead a team of analysts and oversee the identification, analysis, and reporting of vulnerabilities across the enterprise to promote timely risk mitigation and attack surface reduction. Due to the rapidly growing technological footprint and threat landscape, this role requires a quick learner that is skilled, proactive, diligent, and organized. The role will require interaction with various teams to effectively communicate and address risk and promote the use of secure technologies in line with security standards. SMBC is committed to your growth as a Security professional and provides a myriad of training opportunities with leading training vendors. You will also have access and exposure to leading edge technologies and tools to help protect SMBC systems, offices, and data centers across the globe. Role Objectives Lead and mentor the Vulnerability Management team in daily operations Oversee the vulnerability management lifecycle to promote timely risk mitigation and attack surface reduction Collaborate with IT teams and stakeholders to implement risk reduction strategies Support the culture of continuous improvement by identifying and implementing strategies to mature program and leading / supporting projects as needed Manage exception workflow Lead zero-day incident response to ensure risks are quickly identified and mitigated Develop and maintain documentation to support delivery of control requirements Provide technical support for vulnerability management tools Provide operational and executive reports Qualifications and Skills 6 years of vulnerability management / related experience or 6 years of IT experience with demonstrated knowledge of cyber risks Demonstrated success leading teams and implementing risk reduction strategies Proficiency with vulnerability management platforms Experience securing and/or conducting security assessments of container and cloud environments In-depth knowledge of common attacks and mitigation strategies Strong data analysis, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including ability to present technical information to non-technical audiences Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or similar preferable Ability to script / automate processes is a plus 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. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required. SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

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