SBI Specialist Cadre Officers 2026: 38 posts close 27 August

SBI's official Current Openings page is carrying three separate Specialist Cadre Officer notices with the same online closing date: 27 August 2026. Taken together, the notices list 38 vacancies—34 in Advertisement CRPD/SCO/2026-27/11, two in Advertisement /12 and two in Advertisement /13. That headline needs context: this is not one 38-post examination or one common eligibility route. The three advertisements target different experience bands, role families, engagement terms and application pages. This morning guide is for experienced technology, cyber-security, enterprise-architecture and HR professionals who need to identify the correct notice before the deadline. It separates the vacancy pools, explains which documents the PDFs call for, and flags the application choices that can invalidate an otherwise well-prepared form. The official advertisement and SBI portal remain the final authority; AvsarIQ's current record is a research aid, not a personal eligibility decision or a promise of shortlisting.

Advertisement /11 is the broadest pool: it combines three contractual Deputy Vice President roles in cyber or innovation work with three regular Deputy Manager roles in AI and cyber-security work, for 34 posts in all. Advertisement /12 is a small regular HR intake with one Manager (Manpower Planning & Recruitment) post and one Manager (Learning & Development) post. Advertisement /13 is a senior contractual enterprise-architecture intake for one Deputy Chief Technology Officer and one Vice President. The practical implication is simple. A candidate should not start with the shared date or the SBI brand name and assume that one profile, one biodata file or one portal covers all three. Read the exact PDF, check the cut-off date of 31 July 2026 where the notice specifies it, and then use the matching application link from SBI's Current Openings page.

The /11 advertisement divides its 34 vacancies between a contractual and a regular track. The contractual side has four seats across three Deputy Vice President labels: one Cyber Innovation & Simulation Lab post, one Citizen Centric Initiatives post and two Cyber Security posts. The notice places these roles in the 35–45 age band and asks for substantial work in technology innovation, BFSI IT, information security, cyber security, cyber defence or related areas, depending on the role. The summary for the DVP roles uses a 12-year overall experience baseline with a relevant six-year component. The regular side has 25 Deputy Manager–AI Specialist posts, two Deputy Manager–IT Security Expert posts and three Deputy Manager–Cyber Security Analyst posts. The age band shown for these roles is 25–35. The educational routes are post-specific but include specified engineering or technology degrees, MCA and relevant postgraduate technology qualifications. The AI Specialist description, for example, calls for four years of post-qualification IT experience, including two years in named AI/ML, deep-learning, GenAI/RAG, secure API, cloud-ML or related tools and workflows. Applicants should not transfer that wording to the other two Deputy Manager posts without checking their individual sections.

The /12 notice is a much narrower regular recruitment: one Manager (Manpower Planning & Recruitment) post and one Manager (Learning & Development) post, both in Middle Management Grade Scale III. The stated age range is 28–40 years as on 31 July 2026. The mandatory qualification for both is an MBA, PGDM, PGDBM or equivalent with HR, HRD or HRM specialisation from a recognised institution. HR Analytics, SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP appear as preferred certifications when held by the cut-off date. The experience baseline is six years after the basic qualification. The first role emphasizes manpower planning, recruitment exercises, sourcing, selection interaction, salary negotiation and onboarding; the second emphasizes training frameworks, learning-management tools, skill-gap work and programmes for IT engineers. SBI suggests Navi Mumbai as the place of posting, but the PDF says the eventual posting may be anywhere in India at the Bank's discretion. Selection is through shortlisting and interview. The notice also says that otherwise-eligible candidates may apply for both posts, but the last valid completed application rule and fee treatment still need to be followed carefully.

The /13 notice is for two high-experience contractual posts. The Deputy Chief Technology Officer (Enterprise Architecture) role has one seat, an age range of 42–50 years and an annual CTC range up to ₹170 lakh. The Vice President (Enterprise & Technology Architect) role also has one seat, an age range of 40–48 years and an annual CTC range up to ₹96 lakh. Each contract is for three years, with the PDF describing a possible two-year extension at SBI's discretion; the CTC is negotiable and split between fixed and variable components. Both roles require an Engineering Graduate or MCA. The notice prefers specified Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Technology, Electronics or Electronics and Communication backgrounds and makes TOGAF certification compulsory. The experience test is the decisive filter: the DCTO description calls for 18 years of overall post-basic-qualification IT experience, including eight years in architectural functions and enterprise solutions; the VP description calls for 15 years overall, including five years in architecture. Experience in regulated financial services or large-scale BFSI products is central to the notice.

The /13 PDF says no hard copy of the application and documents needs to be sent. It also records shortlisting followed by interview and CTC negotiation. Government, quasi-government, public-sector and SBI Group applicants should plan for the NOC evidence requested at interview. The portal still warns that submitting the online form does not prove that the applicant satisfies every condition; later scrutiny can reject a form that does not survive document verification.

The official PDFs for /11 and /13 state a non-refundable ₹750 application fee or intimation charge for UR/EWS/OBC candidates and no fee or intimation charge for SC/ST/PwBD candidates, subject to the notice's category and certificate conditions. The /12 PDF carries the same ₹750 versus no-fee structure. Confirm the amount shown in the live matching portal before payment and remember that a completed fee transaction generally cannot be edited after the fact.

All three notices reserve SBI's right to shortlist on qualification, suitability and experience rather than call every person who appears to meet the minimum wording. The /12 route is shortlisting and interview. The /13 route is shortlisting, interview and, for the contractual roles, CTC negotiation. The /11 notice combines post-wise scrutiny with an interview path and provides separate treatment for regular and contractual posts. A called candidate still has to prove the claimed qualification, age, category, experience, NOC and other documents. That is why the best last-minute check is not simply whether the portal accepts the form. Compare the exact post name on the PDF, the age cut-off, the required experience evidence, the permitted number of applications and the fee receipt. The live portal's acceptance is only a submission event; it is not a final decision on suitability.

Start at the SBI Current Openings page. Read CRPD/SCO/2026-27/11, CRPD/SCO/2026-27/12 or CRPD/SCO/2026-27/13, then use the matching advertisement /11 portal, advertisement /12 portal or advertisement /13 portal. All three source sets were directly checked on 27 August 2026 and showed the 27-August online registration and fee-payment date.