SBI Security Officer Recruitment 2026: 60 Posts, Apply by 25 Nov

SBI Security Officer Recruitment 2026 opens 60 posts of Manager (Security) and Deputy Manager (Security) on a regular basis. Applications run from 4 to 25 November 2026 on sbi.bank.in, the fee is Rs 750 for UR, EWS and OBC candidates and nothing for SC and ST candidates, and the age limit is 25 to 40 years as on 31 October 2026. The online test is tentatively set for December 2026 or January 2027.

One condition decides whether this form is even open to you. These posts are for officers who have served in the Army, Navy, Air Force or paramilitary forces. A graduate with no service record cannot apply, however strong the rest of the profile looks. If you do hold the rank and the years of service the notification asks for, the rest of the form is straightforward.

SBI Security Officer Recruitment 2026 at a glance

The rank and service rule decides everything

A degree is the smallest part of the eligibility. Any graduate from a government recognised university or institution can apply, but the service record is what the bank actually screens on.

For Manager (Security), you need to be an officer not below the rank of Major in the Indian Army, or the equivalent rank in the Navy or Air Force, with at least 10 years of commissioned service. The paramilitary route is an officer not below Deputy Commandant with at least 10 years of service as an officer in the force.

For Deputy Manager (Security), the bar is lower but still specific. You need to be an officer not below Captain, or the equivalent rank, with at least 5 years of commissioned service, or an officer not below Assistant Commandant in a paramilitary force with at least 5 years of service as an officer.

Both the rank and the years of service count as on 31 October 2026. If you are still in service, the notification asks you to upload the latest medical board document showing your medical category, and serving officers upload their discharge book or service record details with the form.

Two things in the notification are easy to misread. First, the 60 vacancies are one combined figure for both posts. SBI has not split the number between Manager and Deputy Manager, and the notification says the figure is provisional and may change with the bank's requirement.

Second, the upper age limit of 40 years is for unreserved candidates. Relaxation applies to reserved categories under Government of India guidelines, and the notification warns that cumulative age relaxation is not available.

The job itself is a security desk, not a branch counter. The notification lists security audits at branches and offices, periodic security drills and lectures, branch visits to review arrangements and suggest upgrades, and liaison with government agencies. Posting is anywhere in India, and the probation period is 6 months.

Pay, and why the two grades matter

Manager (Security) sits in MMGS-III on a pay scale of Rs 85,920 to Rs 1,05,820. Deputy Manager (Security) sits in MMGS-II on Rs 64,820 to Rs 93,960. Those are the starting basic figures in the notification, and the two grades carry different seniority and responsibility from day one.

Which grade you land in follows your rank and service, not your preference alone. A Major with 10 years of commissioned service fits the Manager post. A Captain with 5 years fits the Deputy Manager post. Apply for the grade your service record actually supports, because the documents go up with the form and the bank checks them before shortlisting.

The exam: only one paper counts for merit

The online written test has 200 objective questions for 200 marks and runs for 2 hours. It is split into four papers. Reasoning Ability has 50 questions for 25 marks in 30 minutes. English Language has 50 questions for 50 marks in 30 minutes.

General Awareness has 50 questions for 25 marks in 25 minutes. Professional Knowledge has 50 questions for 100 marks in 35 minutes.

Here is the part most candidates get wrong. Only the Professional Knowledge paper counts toward the merit list. The other three papers are qualifying in nature, so you must clear the minimum qualifying marks the bank sets in each, but those marks do not add to your merit score. There is no penalty for wrong answers in the objective tests.

Shortlisted candidates go to an interview worth 100 marks. The final merit list is drawn on a normalised score out of 100, with the Professional Knowledge paper carrying 70 and the interview carrying 30. If two candidates land on the same cut off marks, the older candidate ranks higher.

The schedule in the notification is tentative. Call letters for the written test should be available for download in December 2026, the online examination falls in December 2026 or January 2027, interviews run in January or February 2027, and SBI expects the final result in February 2027. Call letters come by email only, and the bank puts every later notice on its careers page.

Fee, photo and how to apply

The fee is Rs 750 for UR, EWS and OBC candidates. SC and ST candidates pay nothing. The fee is non refundable, and your registration counts as complete only after you pay the fee online through the payment gateway, by debit card, credit card, internet banking or UPI. If you submit more than one application, the bank keeps only the last valid completed application, and you lose the fee paid on the others.

The form asks for a scanned photograph, signature, left hand thumb impression, a handwritten declaration and documents such as caste certificate, brief resume, ID proof, date of birth proof and experience certificate. The photograph must be a recent passport style colour picture in jpg format, 20 to 50 KB and 200 by 230 pixels. The signature must be 10 to 20 KB and 140 by 60 pixels. On top of the uploaded photo, the form also asks you to capture a live photograph through your webcam or your phone, so keep both ready before you start.

If your photo or signature is the wrong size, the site's exam photo resizer fixes the dimensions and the signature resizer handles the signature file. And since the age limit is counted on 31 October 2026, not on the day you apply, run your exact age through the age calculator before you pay the fee.

To apply, open sbi.bank.in, go to the careers page, find Advertisement No. CRPD/SCO/2026-27/28 for Manager (Security) and Deputy Manager (Security), register, upload the documents, pay the fee and submit before 25 November 2026. Read the full 16 page notification before you register, because the annexures carry the Professional Knowledge syllabus and the formats for the declaration and the certificates. The Supreme Court Junior Court Attendant recruitment closes on the same day, 25 November, and the details sit in the Supreme Court Junior Court Attendant Recruitment 2026 post on this site if that one fits you better.

Sources & verification: State Bank of India, Advertisement No. CRPD/SCO/2026-27/28, Recruitment of Specialist Cadre Officer on Regular Basis, read 6 November 2026 from the official PDF on sbi.bank.in. Apply only through sbi.bank.in. Every figure in this article comes from that notification, including the 60 post vacancy table, the category split, the age limit as on 31 October 2026, the pay scales, the Rs 750 fee, the test structure with 200 questions in 2 hours and the 70 to 30 merit split.