| Conducting body | State Bank of India (SBI). Official website ↗ |
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| Posts | Assistant Manager (System) — JMGS-I, Deputy Manager (Systems) — MMGS-II (Project Management & Delivery, Infra Support & Cloud Operations, Networking Operations, IT Architect, Information Security) |
| Qualification | B.Tech. / B.E. in Computer Science / Computer Science & Engineering / Software Engineering / Information Technology / Electronics / Electronics & Communications Engineering or equivalent degree in the above specified disciplines with minimum 50% score, OR MCA or equivalent, OR M.Tech. / M.Sc. in Computer Science / Computer Science & Engineering / Information Technology / Software Engineering / Electronics / Electronics & Communications Engineering or equivalent degree. For Assistant Manager (System) JMGS-I, no prior work experience is required. For Deputy Manager (Systems) MMGS-II, minimum 4 years of post-qualification IT experience is mandatory (and minimum 60% score plus CISSP/CRISC/CISM/CISA certification for the Information Security stream). |
| Age limit | 21–30 years on Cut-off date notified in the CRPD/SCO advertisement (21–30 years for JMGS-I Assistant Manager System; 25–35 years for MMGS-II Deputy Manager Systems) (general category) |
| Domicile | Not required |
| Selection stages | Stage 1 (Assistant Manager System JMGS-I): Online Written Examination of 110 questions, 150 marks in 120 minutes — General Aptitude (50Q, 50M, 45 mins, qualifying) and Professional Knowledge / General IT Knowledge (60Q, 100M, 75 mins, scored for merit) with no negative marking → Stage 2 (Assistant Manager System JMGS-I): Interaction (Interview) of 25 marks; final merit list combines Written Test (100 marks) and Interaction (25 marks) in a 70:30 weightage ratio → For Deputy Manager (Systems) MMGS-II posts: Shortlisting based on qualification and minimum 4 years post-qualification IT experience followed by a 100-mark tiered/layered Interaction |
| Latest notification | Recruitment of Specialist Cadre Officers in SBI on Regular Basis at GITC (Advt. No. CRPD/SCO/2024-25/15 & 2026 SCO IT Notices) · 1,511 vacancies |
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About SBI IT Officer
SBI recruits regular IT Specialist Cadre Officers (popularly called SBI IT Officer or SBI SO Systems) for its Global IT Centre (GITC) in Navi Mumbai and offices across India through dedicated CRPD/SCO advertisements. In the flagship regular GITC recruitment (Advertisement No. CRPD/SCO/2024-25/15), SBI notified 1,511 vacancies (1,497 regular + 14 backlog), including 798 posts of Assistant Manager (System) in JMGS-I for which fresh B.E./B.Tech and MCA graduates are eligible with zero prior experience required, and 713 posts of Deputy Manager (Systems) in MMGS-II. Selection for Assistant Manager (System) is through a 120-minute Online Written Test (50-mark qualifying General Aptitude + 100-mark merit Professional Knowledge paper with no negative marking) followed by a 25-mark Interaction weighted 70:30.
Eligibility
Age limit
General category: 21–30 years, counted on Cut-off date notified in the CRPD/SCO advertisement (21–30 years for JMGS-I Assistant Manager System; 25–35 years for MMGS-II Deputy Manager Systems).
Age relaxation
- OBC: 3 years
- SC: 5 years
- ST: 5 years
- PwBD: 10 years
- Ex-servicemen: 5 years
- Assistant Manager (System) JMGS-I: 21 to 30 years. Deputy Manager (Systems) MMGS-II: 25 to 35 years.
- SC/ST candidates get 5 years relaxation, OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) 3 years, PwBD 10 years (General/EWS), 13 years (OBC) and 15 years (SC/ST), and Ex-Servicemen/Commissioned Officers 5 years.
Qualification
B.Tech. / B.E. in Computer Science / Computer Science & Engineering / Software Engineering / Information Technology / Electronics / Electronics & Communications Engineering or equivalent degree in the above specified disciplines with minimum 50% score, OR MCA or equivalent, OR M.Tech. / M.Sc. in Computer Science / Computer Science & Engineering / Information Technology / Software Engineering / Electronics / Electronics & Communications Engineering or equivalent degree. For Assistant Manager (System) JMGS-I, no prior work experience is required. For Deputy Manager (Systems) MMGS-II, minimum 4 years of post-qualification IT experience is mandatory (and minimum 60% score plus CISSP/CRISC/CISM/CISA certification for the Information Security stream).
Other conditions
- Application fee and intimation charges: Rs 750 for General, EWS and OBC candidates; Nil for SC, ST and PwBD candidates.
- Selected Assistant Manager (System) JMGS-I officers serve a 1-year probation period and execute an indemnity bond of Rs 2.00 Lakh (plus GST) to serve the Bank for a minimum of 5 years.
SBI IT Officer salary
Assistant Manager (System) JMGS-I starts at a basic pay of Rs 48,480 per month in the scale Rs 48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2-67160-2680/7-85920. Deputy Manager (Systems) MMGS-II starts at a basic pay of Rs 64,820 per month in the scale Rs 64820-2340/1-67160-2680/10-93960. Officials are also eligible for DA, HRA, CCA, Provident Fund, Contributory Pension Fund (NPS), Leave Fare Concession (LFC), Medical Facility and other allowances as per SBI rules.
Source: official notice ↗
Selection process
- Stage 1 (Assistant Manager System JMGS-I): Online Written Examination of 110 questions, 150 marks in 120 minutes — General Aptitude (50Q, 50M, 45 mins, qualifying) and Professional Knowledge / General IT Knowledge (60Q, 100M, 75 mins, scored for merit) with no negative marking
- Stage 2 (Assistant Manager System JMGS-I): Interaction (Interview) of 25 marks; final merit list combines Written Test (100 marks) and Interaction (25 marks) in a 70:30 weightage ratio
- For Deputy Manager (Systems) MMGS-II posts: Shortlisting based on qualification and minimum 4 years post-qualification IT experience followed by a 100-mark tiered/layered Interaction
Exam pattern
Online Written Examination — Assistant Manager (System) JMGS-I
Mode: Online (CBT), objective · Duration: 120 minutes (45 minutes for General Aptitude + 75 minutes for Professional Knowledge) · Negative marking: No negative marking for wrong answers in the Online Written Test
| SUBJECT | QUESTIONS | MARKS |
|---|---|---|
| General Aptitude — Test of Reasoning (Qualifying, 45 mins composite) | 15 | 15 |
| General Aptitude — Quantitative Aptitude (Qualifying) | 15 | 15 |
| General Aptitude — English Language (Qualifying) | 20 | 20 |
| Professional Knowledge — Software Development (Merit, 75 mins composite) | 20 | 33 |
| Professional Knowledge — Infra Support (Merit) | 20 | 33 |
| Professional Knowledge — Networking (Merit) | 10 | 17 |
| Professional Knowledge — Cloud Operations (Merit) | 10 | 17 |
Interaction (Interview)
| SUBJECT | MARKS |
|---|---|
| Interaction for Assistant Manager (System) JMGS-I (Written Test and Interaction weighted 70:30) | 25 |
| Tiered / Layered Interaction for Deputy Manager (Systems) MMGS-II (shortlist-based posts) | 100 |
SBI IT Officer syllabus
Professional Knowledge Module 1 — Software Development (20 Questions, 33 Marks)
- Data Structures and Algorithms: Arrays, Linked List, Stacks, Queues, Binary Tree, Binary Search Tree, Heaps, Hashing, Recursion, Searching and Sorting with Space-Time Complexities, Tree Traversal (BFS and DFS) and code snippets
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Concepts: Abstraction, Association, Encapsulation, Composition, Polymorphism, Aggregation, Inheritance and Message Passing
- Web and Application Development: HTML5/CSS, JavaScript, HTTP/HTTPS, AJAX, REST APIs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE), Cookies, Git version control, Monolith vs Microservice architecture
- Software Engineering: SDLC phases, Software Testing (Black Box, White Box, Unit, Integration, Regression), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Design Patterns and SOLID principles
- Databases & SQL: RDBMS, ER Diagram, ACID Transactions, Keys (Primary, Foreign, Candidate, Alternate), Indexes, Normalization, Joins, DDL/DML/TCL commands, SQL Functions, Views, Triggers and Cursors
- Web Security & Cryptography: XSS, CSRF, Injection, DDoS, Brute Force, OWASP Top 10, Public-Private Key Encryption, Symmetric and Asymmetric Keys, Digital Signatures
Professional Knowledge Module 2 — Infra Support (20 Questions, 33 Marks)
- Operating Systems Fundamentals: System calls, processes, threads, inter-process communication (IPC), concurrency, synchronization, Deadlock, memory management and virtual memory
- CPU Scheduling Algorithms: First-Come First-Served (FCFS), Shortest Job First (SJF), Shortest Remaining Time First (SRTF) and Round Robin
- Memory Hierarchy & Paging: Cache, main memory, secondary storage, Paging and Page Replacement Algorithms (FIFO, Optimal, LRU)
- I/O Disk Scheduling Algorithms: FCFS, SSTF, SCAN, LOOK, C-SCAN and C-LOOK
- Infrastructure & System Administration: Virtual machines, storage solutions, processors, clock cycle, HDD, SSD, Backup and Recovery, security and compliance controls, Windows and Unix/Linux operating environments
Professional Knowledge Module 3 — Networking (10 Questions, 17 Marks)
- Network Types, Topologies & Devices: LAN, WAN, MAN; Ring, Mesh, Bus and Star topologies; Hub, Bridge, Switch, Router and Gateway
- Network Models & Addressing: OSI Model, TCP/IP Model, Subnets and Supernets, IPv4 vs IPv6, Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
- Core Networking Protocols: TCP, UDP, sockets and ports, ARP, DHCP, ICMP and Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Application Layer Protocols: DNS, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, Telnet, SNMP and POP3
- Network Security: Firewalls, Types of Firewall, Access Control and Remote Access VPN
Professional Knowledge Module 4 — Cloud Operations (10 Questions, 17 Marks)
- Cloud Computing Models: Cloud computing characteristics, Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Public Cloud vs Private Cloud, and Distributed Parallel Computing vs Cloud Computing
- Virtualization Architecture: Server-based vs Hypervisor-based virtualization, Type 1 vs Type 2 Hypervisors, and Full vs Para Virtualization
- Containers & DevOps: Containerization, Virtual Machines vs Containers, and Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
General Aptitude — Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude & English (50 Questions, 50 Marks, Qualifying)
- Test of Reasoning (15 questions, 15 marks): puzzles, seating arrangement, syllogism, coding-decoding, blood relations, inequalities and logical reasoning
- Quantitative Aptitude (15 questions, 15 marks): data interpretation, number series, simplification, percentages, ratio and proportion, profit and loss, time and work, and averages
- English Language (20 questions, 20 marks): reading comprehension, cloze test, spotting errors, sentence correction, para jumbles and vocabulary
What they ask
In SBI's Online Written Test for Assistant Manager (System) JMGS-I, the 120-minute paper is split into a 45-minute qualifying General Aptitude test (15 Reasoning, 15 Quant and 20 English questions for 50 marks) and a 75-minute Professional Knowledge test of 60 questions for 100 marks. Unlike IBPS SO, SBI explicitly splits the 60 Professional Knowledge questions across four weighted modules in the official notification: Software Development (20 questions, 33 marks), Infra Support (20 questions, 33 marks), Networking (10 questions, 17 marks) and Cloud Operations (10 questions, 17 marks). There is no negative marking for wrong answers in the written exam, and final merit combines your 100-mark Professional Knowledge score and 25-mark Interaction score in a 70:30 ratio.
How to prepare
- Focus 65% of your technical revision on Software Development (33 marks) and Infra Support (33 marks), which together carry 40 of the 60 Professional Knowledge questions.
- Attempt all 110 questions in the online written exam—the official SBI GITC notification specifies that there is no negative marking for wrong answers.
- Study the exact OS and disk/CPU scheduling numericals named in the official syllabus: FCFS, SJF, SRTF, Round Robin, FIFO/Optimal/LRU paging and SSTF/SCAN/C-SCAN/LOOK disk scheduling.
- Revise modern software and cloud topics that SBI tests directly: REST API HTTP methods, Git, SOLID principles, OWASP Top 10, Type 1 vs Type 2 hypervisors, VMs vs Containers and CI/CD.
- Clear the 45-minute General Aptitude qualifying cutoff comfortably by practising Reasoning, Quant and English quizzes daily on the free Improvam app.
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Open in the Improvam appHow to apply
- Visit sbi.bank.in/web/careers/current-openings and open the Specialist Cadre Officers (Regular) GITC recruitment advertisement (such as CRPD/SCO/2024-25/15 or active SCO IT notices).
- Register on the online IBPS/SBI application portal, upload your photograph, signature, brief resume (PDF), educational certificates (minimum 50% in B.E./B.Tech or MCA/M.Tech/M.Sc.) and experience certificates (for MMGS-II posts).
- Pay the Rs 750 application fee online (General/OBC/EWS; SC/ST/PwBD exempt) and save the submitted registration confirmation.
Photo and signature
- Photo: 200 x 230 pixels preferred, file size 20 KB to 50 KB in JPG/JPEG format
- Signature: 140 x 60 pixels preferred, file size 10 KB to 20 KB on white paper with black ink
Source: official instructions ↗
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SBI IT Officer FAQs
For Assistant Manager (System) JMGS-I, the 100-mark Professional Knowledge paper (60 questions in 75 minutes) is divided into four modules: Software Development (20 questions, 33 marks), Infra Support (20 questions, 33 marks), Networking (10 questions, 17 marks) and Cloud Operations (10 questions, 17 marks), alongside a 50-mark qualifying General Aptitude section (Reasoning 15M, Quant 15M, English 20M in 45 minutes).
Sources
- SBI Detailed Advertisement CRPD/SCO/2024-25/15: Regular Specialist Cadre Officers (Assistant Manager System & Deputy Manager Systems) at GITC, with Official Syllabus ↗ (official, checked )
- SBI Specialist Cadre Officers IT Risk Notification (CRPD/SCO/2026-27/22) ↗ (official, checked )
- SBI Careers: Current Openings and Specialist Cadre Officer Notifications ↗ (official, checked )
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