SBI SCO Recruitment 2026 – Apply by 27 August 2026

State Bank of India released this recruitment notification on 7 August 2026 on its official website. As per the official notification, Advertisement No. CRPD/SCO/2026-27/13, online registration and fee payment are open from 7 August 2026 to 27 August 2026. SBI SCO Recruitment 2026 is for senior IT professionals looking for a leadership-level contract role in enterprise technology architecture at one of India’s largest banks.

SBI has announced 2 vacancies under this notification — one Deputy Chief Technology Officer (Enterprise Architecture) post and one Vice President (Enterprise & Technology Architect) post. A full post-wise vacancy and eligibility breakdown is given below. Both posts carry a suggested place of posting of Navi Mumbai. Candidates should check all details in the article below.

Information verified from the official State Bank of India notification No. CRPD/SCO/2026-27/13 dated 7 August 2026. Last verified: 6 August 2026.

The State Bank of India (SBI) is recruiting for 2 Specialist Cadre Officer posts under Advertisement No. CRPD/SCO/2026-27/13 — one Deputy Chief Technology Officer (Enterprise Architecture) and one Vice President (Enterprise & Technology Architect). The last date to apply online is 27 August 2026 at SBI’s recruitment portal. Selection is through shortlisting, an interview, and CTC negotiation — there is no written exam.

Quick Summary of SBI SCO Recruitment 2026

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About the Organisation

State Bank of India (SBI) is India’s largest public sector bank, with the Government of India as its majority stakeholder. It serves individuals, businesses, and government bodies through a nationwide branch network and digital banking platforms. This recruitment is run by SBI’s Central Recruitment & Promotion Department (CRPD), which handles specialist and lateral hiring separately from the bank’s mass-recruitment exams for Probationary Officers and clerks. For a candidate, joining SBI in a technology leadership role means working inside one of the largest banking technology environments in the country.

How This Vacancy Compares

This notification sits under SBI’s Specialist Cadre Officer (SCO) track, which the bank uses through the year to hire experienced professionals directly into law, medical, technology, and other specialist domains — usually on a fixed-term contract, and typically without a written exam. That is different from SBI’s regular Probationary Officer or clerical recruitment, which draws lakhs of applicants through a written test. This particular drive is narrower: it targets senior technology leaders with 15 or more years of experience, so the realistic competition is among a smaller pool of already-senior candidates rather than a mass applicant base.

This comparison is added context, not part of the official notification. Confirm with the hiring office.

Important Dates

Candidates can use the site’s age calculator to check eligibility against the 31 July 2026 cut-off date.

Vacancy Details and Salary

Deputy Chief Technology Officer (Enterprise Architecture)

Vice President (Enterprise & Technology Architect)

Verified total across both posts: 2 vacancies (1 Deputy Chief Technology Officer + 1 Vice President). The Deputy Chief Technology Officer post carries a backlog reservation for Locomotor Disability (LD); the Vice President post carries a backlog reservation for Visually Impaired (VI) candidates. PwBD reservation is horizontal and included within the parent (UR) category, not an addition to it. Only candidates with a benchmark disability of 40% or more, certified by a competent authority and dated on or before the last date of registration, are eligible under the PwBD category.

Pay and Contract Terms

Annual CTC is negotiable and depends on the candidate’s experience and current emoluments. Suggested place of posting is indicative — SBI can post or transfer the selected officer to any of its offices in India, or depute the officer to an associate, subsidiary, or other organisation, depending on service needs.

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How the CTC Is Structured

Variable pay is not automatic. It is tied to a half-yearly performance appraisal (as on 31 March and 30 September), and drops to zero below a 90% score:

From the second year onwards, the annual increment can go up to 10% of the negotiated CTC, but only if the officer scores at least 90% in the appraisal.

A note on the contract’s notice period: the notification gives two different figures for ending the contract in two different places. The vacancy details table (Section A) states a three months’ notice period or payment in lieu. The general terms (Section G) state a one-month notice period or payment in lieu. This is a discrepancy in the source document itself, not an error on this page. Candidates should confirm the correct notice period with SBI’s Central Recruitment & Promotion Department before accepting an offer.

Eligibility for SBI SCO Recruitment 2026

Training and teaching experience is not counted toward the experience requirement for either post, and the qualifications below are the minimum — candidates must hold the required degree and relevant full-time experience as on the specified dates.

Deputy Chief Technology Officer (Enterprise Architecture)

• Age: Minimum 42 years, maximum 50 years (as on 31 July 2026)
• Qualification: Engineering Graduate or MCA from a recognised university/institution. B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech in Software Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, IT, Computer Technology, Electronics, or Electronics & Communication is preferred. TOGAF Certification is compulsory. MBA is preferred as an added advantage.
• Experience: Minimum 18 years of overall post-qualification IT experience with a regulated financial services organisation, or with a technology/software organisation building large-scale BFSI products or applications. Of this, at least 5 years must be at senior executive level, and at least 8 years must be in architectural functions and building enterprise solutions.

Vice President (Enterprise & Technology Architect)

• Age: Minimum 40 years, maximum 48 years (as on 31 July 2026)
• Qualification: Engineering Graduate or MCA from a recognised university/institution. B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering, IT, Computer Technology, Electronics, or Electronics & Communication is preferred. TOGAF Certification is compulsory. MBA is preferred as an added advantage.
• Experience: Minimum 15 years of overall post-qualification IT experience. Of this, at least 3 years must be at senior executive level, and at least 5 years in architectural functions is mandatory. Experience in Enterprise Architecture within the BFSI sector is preferred.

TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) is a widely used enterprise-architecture certification. This explanation is added context, not part of the official notification.

Age relaxation beyond the stated limits is available only to PwBD candidates, as per Government of India guidelines. No other category relaxation is mentioned in this notification.

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Selection Process

Selection for both posts follows the same three stages, ending in a negotiated offer rather than a fixed pay scale.

1. Shortlisting — Provisional, based on the details in the application. Documents are not verified at this stage; verification happens only if the candidate is called for interview.
2. Interview — Carries 100 marks. The qualifying marks are decided by the Bank.
3. CTC Negotiation — Conducted with shortlisted candidates in merit order, one at a time. If a candidate does not accept the negotiated CTC, the Bank treats this as a Voluntary Exit, and moves to the next candidate in the merit list.
4. Final Selection — The top-most candidates in the merit list with whom CTC negotiation succeeds are finally selected.

If more than one candidate scores the same marks at the cut-off point, the older candidate is ranked higher in the merit list.

Practical note: outstation candidates called for interview are reimbursed travel fare for the shortest route in India, or the actual travel cost, whichever is lower. Local conveyance such as taxi, cab, or personal vehicle expenses is not paid. A candidate found ineligible at the interview stage is not permitted to appear and is not reimbursed any fare.

Candidates serving in Government, quasi-Government, PSU, nationalised bank, financial institution, or SBI Group roles must submit a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from their employer at the time of interview. Without it, the candidature may not be considered, and travel expenses will not be paid.

Application Fee

• UR / EWS / OBC: ₹750 (non-refundable, includes intimation charges)
• SC / ST / PwBD: No fee

The fee, once paid, is not refunded on any account, and cannot be adjusted against any other exam or selection.

How to Apply

1. Go to the SBI careers page and open Advertisement No. CRPD/SCO/2026-27/13.
2. Register online and scan a recent photograph and signature in the specified format before starting the form.
3. Fill in the application carefully. It can be saved and reopened up to three times before final submission.
4. Pay the application fee, where applicable, online through the integrated payment gateway.
5. Submit the final application — no changes are allowed after submission.
6. Download and print the system-generated application form and e-receipt for your records.

Apply online at the SBI Specialist Cadre Officer recruitment portal.

Documents to Keep Ready

• Recent passport-style colour photograph (20–50 KB, 200×230 pixels)
• Signature in black ink on white paper (10–20 KB, 140×60 pixels; not in capital letters)
• Brief resume (PDF)
• ID proof (PDF)
• PAN card (PDF)
• Educational certificates / mark-sheets / degree certificates (PDF)
• Experience certificates (PDF)
• Form-16, offer letter, or latest salary slip from the current employer (PDF)
• PwBD certificate, if applicable (PDF)
• No Objection Certificate, if applicable (PDF)
• Bio-data and CTC format (PDF)

All PDF documents must be A4-sized and under 500 KB each; the photograph and signature must be JPG or JPEG. Candidates can use the site’s photo and signature resizer tool to match the required dimensions, and the PDF compressor tool to keep each document under the size limit.

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Should You Apply?

This notification suits senior IT professionals who already hold a TOGAF certification and have spent a decade or more inside enterprise architecture, especially in banking or financial services technology. It does not suit early or mid-career IT officers, fresh graduates, or candidates without the compulsory TOGAF certification — the experience bar rules them out regardless of other qualifications. Because both posts have just one seat each, the competition is narrow but concentrated among a small field of similarly senior candidates who clear the same experience bar.

The role can lead to senior technology leadership exposure at India’s largest bank, working on enterprise-scale BFSI technology. The honest trade-off is that this is a fixed-term contract, not a permanent bank position — three years, extendable by two more years only at the Bank’s discretion — and the CTC is negotiated individually rather than fixed on a pay scale, with variable pay dependent on hitting a 90% performance-appraisal score.

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