SBI specialist officer jobs: 60 security posts for military and paramilitary officers, 17 for fire engineers; apply by 23-25 November

State Bank of India is hiring 87 specialist cadre officers through four notices; 60 are security posts for officers from the armed and paramilitary forces. SBI specialist officer applications for Manager (Security) and Deputy Manager (Security) opened on Wednesday, 4 November and close on Wednesday, 25 November.

The security posts (MMGS-III and MMGS-II) are regular jobs, split SC 9, ST 4, OBC 16, EWS 6 and unreserved 25; SBI calls all the counts provisional. Candidates must be 25 to 40 on 31 October 2026, with relaxation for reserved categories, hold a degree and be in medical category SHAPE-1 or equivalent.

A Manager applicant must be at least a Major in the Army, or of matching rank in the Navy or Air Force, with at least 10 years’ commissioned service, or a paramilitary officer of Deputy Commandant rank or above with 10 years as an officer. Deputy Manager needs a Captain or equivalent with five years’ commissioned service, or an Assistant Commandant with five years as an officer.

An online test without negative marking is followed by an interview. SBI’s tentative calendar puts the test in December or January and the result in February 2027.

Fire engineers, risk and forex roles

The fire notice offers 17 Assistant Manager – Engineer (Fire) posts in JMGS-I: 16 regular (SC 2, ST 1, OBC 1, EWS 1, unreserved 11) and one ST backlog post. Applicants aged 21 to 40 need a fire engineering or fire safety degree and two years’ experience; those with the Divisional Officers course from the National Fire Service College, Nagpur, need three years in a Station Officer or comparable post. It also closes on 25 November.

Two smaller notices close earlier, on Monday, 23 November, and select through shortlisting and interview, with Mumbai as the suggested posting. Three unreserved Risk Specialist posts (MMGS-II, age 25 to 35) need a CA, CFA or relevant MBA and two years of credit-loss modelling. The forex notice has one Chief Manager post (age 30 to 40) and six Manager (Product & Research Analyst) posts (age 24 to 36, one an OBC backlog), with age counted on 30 September 2026.

Fee, pay and exam centres

The fee is Rs 750 for unreserved, EWS and OBC candidates and nil for SC and ST. Starting basic pay ranges from Rs 48,480 for the fire engineer to Rs 1,02,300 for the Chief Manager, plus allowances.

Provisional centres for the security and fire tests include Guntur/Vijayawada, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh, and Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam and Warangal in Telangana. Selected officers can be sent to any SBI office in India. Applications go in online only, on the SBI careers page.