Cloud Data Solutions - Team Lead

Company: SMBC Group
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: January 5, 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. The anticipated salary range for this role is between $165,000.00 and $190,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees. Role Description Design, develop, implement and maintain data resources. Design and develop database structures for applications and systems, determine relational schema and set security policies. Determine hardware needs for database requirements, including server hardware and storage resources. Review reports and perform analysis of database growth and function for future resource planning. Role Objectives: Delivery Design, develop, implement and maintain data resources. Design and develop database structures for applications and systems, determine relational schema and set security policies. Determine hardware needs for database requirements, including server hardware and storage resources. Set back-up policies and schedules, and conduct testing of back-up and restore system. Review reports and perform analysis of database growth and function for future resource planning. Develop database code to improve performance and minimize storage and resource utilization. Implement fixes for any bugs identified by users. Conduct testing for data errors, structure and consistency. Role Objectives: Interpersonal Work with business unit leads to determine database requirements and retention polices, advise on performance goals, and develop capacity need and growth projections. Partner with IT system administrators to install and configure server and storage hardware, perform maintenance and upgrades, update security lists, and troubleshoot performance and hardware issues. Collaborate with application development team to determine capacity and resource requirements, build and maintain data exchange and API structures, and create automated jobs and tools. Engage with network administrators to develop and maintain telecommunication structures, network security policy and access lists, and troubleshoot and manage any connectivity issues. Role Objectives: Expertise Possess comprehensive understanding of database standards such as SQL, Oracle and Hadoop, as well as different database and data warehouse structures. Display knowledge of data exchange interfaces, APIs, data mining tools, data standardization and cleaning processes, and application interfaces. Demonstrate expertise with database maintenance tools, back-up and testing policies, security and access polices, error correction and validation utilities, and performance monitoring tools. Show ability to analyze database performance and develop improvements to database code to improve scalability and performance. Qualifications and Skills Recommended years of experience: 10 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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