MUFG Bank, Ltd
Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world's leading financial groups. Across the globe, we're 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.With a vision to be the world's most trusted financial group, it's part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded. NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS Approximately 8 MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE The Head of Cloud is accountable for defining and executing a multi-cloud strategy, leading multi-cloud infrastructure platforms and driving Cloud adoption across MUFG The role holder will lead a team of 8 direct reports and establish a product management style cloud operating model to enable modernisation of ways of working and a shift to reuseable, standardised infrastructure services The role holder will work extensively and collaboratively with colleagues in EMEA and across the globe to lead Azure, Oracle Cloud, and AWS offerings to deliver next generation Cloud technological solutions to MUFG business lines to support MUFG goals and objectives The role holder will be the subject matter expert in cloud - preferably across Azure, Amazon Web Services and Oracle - having extensive experience of working with external cloud vendors and internal and external cloud solutions The role holder will lead, educate and evangelise the use of cloud across MUFG to facilitate MUFG's goals to modernise, reduce technology legacy debt, reduce technology and cyber risk, increase efficient and cost-effective adoption of AI, and rationalisation of applications and infrastructure. The role holder will be accountable and responsible for all cloud implementation and launch service offerings including communications, education and service readiness. They will own and lead the investment planning and financial governance of cloud related projects and programmes The role holder will own and manage the cost of cloud technologies and associated budget, licensing and vendor relationships to ensure cost efficiency, optimisation and Return on Investment The role holder will work with Head of Platform Engineering to deliver a reliable, robust, sustainable, scalable and efficient operating model by leveraging best practices This role is an integral part of the department's evolution and requires a blend of deep technical Cloud and engineering expertise, robust regulatory compliance knowledge alongside strong senior leadership skills. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Planning & Strategy Own and execute a comprehensive multi-cloud strategy directionally aligned to the MUFG cloud strategy at a global level. This role will be accountable for defining a technical roadmap for cloud that supports Business growth and strategy and enables modernisation of the EMEA technology stack and reduction of the physical data centre footprint Accountable for designing, developing and supporting a world class product aligned cloud service across Azure, Oracle cloud and AWS, leading strong engineering disciple to deliver secure, scalable and sustainable patterns for MUFG Owns the vision, roadmap and operations of a product aligned cloud team balancing stability, scalability, innovation, data sovereignty and regulatory requirements Provide leadership and subject matter expertise on cloud technologies and adoption of these across multiple regions and business lines to support the ongoing modernisation of the function, staying ahead of cloud technological advancements through knowledge and experience through internal and external networks Own and develop cloud vendor relationships - ensuring world class levels of service for MUFG Own and development of cloud first principles and framework - working closely with EMEA, regional and global technical architecture committees e.g. GTAG Identify and lead opportunities for innovation utilising cloud - supporting the organisational goals to modernise, reduce technology legacy debt, reduce technology and cyber risk, efficient and cost-effective adoption of AI, rationalisation of applications and infrastructure. Identify opportunities and implement strategies for efficiency enhancement, functionalities and service quality improvement, whilst adopting technology advancements Own and lead the investment planning and financial governance of cloud related projects and programmes Own and establish the engagement with the Business lines to promote and champion the use of cloud across MUFG, building trusted relationships with the Business to support them in their strategic goals inline with the cost/investment and environmental targets that they are operating within. Own and lead the implementation and launch of cloud offerings including communications, education and service readiness Identify and evangelize new cloud use cases and business opportunities enabled by the wider cloud and Platform Engineering team Accountable for building a team of cloud engineers and subject matter experts to support external and internal cloud alignment, ensuring that their technical expertise is developed in line with industry and cloud vendor strategies, relevant and up to date Establish and lead cloud product ways of working and teams to support the shift to reusable, standardised infrastructure services Work with Head of Platform Engineering to deliver a reliable, robust, sustainable, scalable and efficient operating model by leveraging best practices Own and manage the cost of cloud technologies and associated budget, licensing and vendor relationships to ensure cost efficiency, optimisation and Return on Investment Operational Excellence, Platform and Product Management and Governance Accountable for managing all aspects of the public cloud platform for Iaas, PaaS and Saas. This includes architectural design and guidance, liaising with application teams, implementing solutions for and alongside application teams, and monitoring and supporting the cloud services and resources Identify opportunities and implement cloud solutions for efficiency enhancement, functionalities and service quality improvement Accountable for the design, execute and support cloud & hybrid cloud proof of concept deployments, based on Digital Engineering Services and Solutions strategy and/or business use cases Accountable for building and implementing cloud ecosystem that is robust, secure and resilient and supports MUFG's operational resilience requirements both for the business and regulators Accountable for complex, large scale cloud implementations, ensuring quality, security and compliance Manage successful cloud platform and product upgrades, technical debt and ensure adherence to best practice Own and oversee the health, performance and operational integrity of cloud platforms and products. managing a team of cloud professionals and engineers to oversee day-to-day operations, incident response, and automation, reducing downtime and operational bottlenecks Lead any technical escalations or cloud related incident responses with the goal of minimising any service disruption within cloud technologies. Investigate potential and actual service problems that may arise from cloud implementation and recommend solutions. Follow formal procedures to plan and test proposed solutions Accountable for ensuring that sufficient capacity is available to accommodate expected growth in all managed cloud platforms Accountable for ensuring a highly available, reliable and performant cloud infrastructure is developed, maintained
Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world's leading financial groups. Across the globe, we're 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.With a vision to be the world's most trusted financial group, it's part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded. NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS Approximately 8 MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE The Head of Cloud is accountable for defining and executing a multi-cloud strategy, leading multi-cloud infrastructure platforms and driving Cloud adoption across MUFG The role holder will lead a team of 8 direct reports and establish a product management style cloud operating model to enable modernisation of ways of working and a shift to reuseable, standardised infrastructure services The role holder will work extensively and collaboratively with colleagues in EMEA and across the globe to lead Azure, Oracle Cloud, and AWS offerings to deliver next generation Cloud technological solutions to MUFG business lines to support MUFG goals and objectives The role holder will be the subject matter expert in cloud - preferably across Azure, Amazon Web Services and Oracle - having extensive experience of working with external cloud vendors and internal and external cloud solutions The role holder will lead, educate and evangelise the use of cloud across MUFG to facilitate MUFG's goals to modernise, reduce technology legacy debt, reduce technology and cyber risk, increase efficient and cost-effective adoption of AI, and rationalisation of applications and infrastructure. The role holder will be accountable and responsible for all cloud implementation and launch service offerings including communications, education and service readiness. They will own and lead the investment planning and financial governance of cloud related projects and programmes The role holder will own and manage the cost of cloud technologies and associated budget, licensing and vendor relationships to ensure cost efficiency, optimisation and Return on Investment The role holder will work with Head of Platform Engineering to deliver a reliable, robust, sustainable, scalable and efficient operating model by leveraging best practices This role is an integral part of the department's evolution and requires a blend of deep technical Cloud and engineering expertise, robust regulatory compliance knowledge alongside strong senior leadership skills. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Planning & Strategy Own and execute a comprehensive multi-cloud strategy directionally aligned to the MUFG cloud strategy at a global level. This role will be accountable for defining a technical roadmap for cloud that supports Business growth and strategy and enables modernisation of the EMEA technology stack and reduction of the physical data centre footprint Accountable for designing, developing and supporting a world class product aligned cloud service across Azure, Oracle cloud and AWS, leading strong engineering disciple to deliver secure, scalable and sustainable patterns for MUFG Owns the vision, roadmap and operations of a product aligned cloud team balancing stability, scalability, innovation, data sovereignty and regulatory requirements Provide leadership and subject matter expertise on cloud technologies and adoption of these across multiple regions and business lines to support the ongoing modernisation of the function, staying ahead of cloud technological advancements through knowledge and experience through internal and external networks Own and develop cloud vendor relationships - ensuring world class levels of service for MUFG Own and development of cloud first principles and framework - working closely with EMEA, regional and global technical architecture committees e.g. GTAG Identify and lead opportunities for innovation utilising cloud - supporting the organisational goals to modernise, reduce technology legacy debt, reduce technology and cyber risk, efficient and cost-effective adoption of AI, rationalisation of applications and infrastructure. Identify opportunities and implement strategies for efficiency enhancement, functionalities and service quality improvement, whilst adopting technology advancements Own and lead the investment planning and financial governance of cloud related projects and programmes Own and establish the engagement with the Business lines to promote and champion the use of cloud across MUFG, building trusted relationships with the Business to support them in their strategic goals inline with the cost/investment and environmental targets that they are operating within. Own and lead the implementation and launch of cloud offerings including communications, education and service readiness Identify and evangelize new cloud use cases and business opportunities enabled by the wider cloud and Platform Engineering team Accountable for building a team of cloud engineers and subject matter experts to support external and internal cloud alignment, ensuring that their technical expertise is developed in line with industry and cloud vendor strategies, relevant and up to date Establish and lead cloud product ways of working and teams to support the shift to reusable, standardised infrastructure services Work with Head of Platform Engineering to deliver a reliable, robust, sustainable, scalable and efficient operating model by leveraging best practices Own and manage the cost of cloud technologies and associated budget, licensing and vendor relationships to ensure cost efficiency, optimisation and Return on Investment Operational Excellence, Platform and Product Management and Governance Accountable for managing all aspects of the public cloud platform for Iaas, PaaS and Saas. This includes architectural design and guidance, liaising with application teams, implementing solutions for and alongside application teams, and monitoring and supporting the cloud services and resources Identify opportunities and implement cloud solutions for efficiency enhancement, functionalities and service quality improvement Accountable for the design, execute and support cloud & hybrid cloud proof of concept deployments, based on Digital Engineering Services and Solutions strategy and/or business use cases Accountable for building and implementing cloud ecosystem that is robust, secure and resilient and supports MUFG's operational resilience requirements both for the business and regulators Accountable for complex, large scale cloud implementations, ensuring quality, security and compliance Manage successful cloud platform and product upgrades, technical debt and ensure adherence to best practice Own and oversee the health, performance and operational integrity of cloud platforms and products. managing a team of cloud professionals and engineers to oversee day-to-day operations, incident response, and automation, reducing downtime and operational bottlenecks Lead any technical escalations or cloud related incident responses with the goal of minimising any service disruption within cloud technologies. Investigate potential and actual service problems that may arise from cloud implementation and recommend solutions. Follow formal procedures to plan and test proposed solutions Accountable for ensuring that sufficient capacity is available to accommodate expected growth in all managed cloud platforms Accountable for ensuring a highly available, reliable and performant cloud infrastructure is developed, maintained
MUFG Bank, Ltd
Vice President - Infrastructure Architecture Engineer page is loaded Vice President - Infrastructure Architecture Engineerlocations: Londontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: -WDDiscover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world's leading financial groups. Across the globe, we're 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.With a vision to be the world's most trusted financial group, it's part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.Vice President - Infrastructure Architecture EngineerThe Platform, Cloud and Database department is responsible for delivering, operating and continuously improving the core technology foundations that support all enterprise applications and services. The function brings together platform engineering, cloud services and database operations to provide secure, resilient and scalable infrastructure across the organisation.The department ensures that compute, storage, operating systems, cloud environments and database platforms are designed, maintained and governed to high standards of availability, performance, compliance and operational excellence. It plays a critical role in maintaining technology stability, enabling modernisation and supporting strategic transformation initiatives. NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS 0 MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE The Platform, Cloud and Database Technical Delivery Lead is responsible for management and technical delivery on large, strategic, high profile and complex Infrastructure projects. The role manages the planning and execution of technical elements across cross-portfolio programs and services. You will work in close collaboration with relevant Programme / Project Manager for change initiatives. Planning and execution include working with multiple Security, IT, Change Management and other leadership / stakeholders and a variety of Architects and Engineering technical SMEs to identify, plan, impact analyse and deliver initiatives.Deliverables include, but are not limited to: Coordinate technical requirements and manage the technical delivery of Infrastructure projects within the Project Manager's agreed scope, cost and timescale Support the project portfolio providing architecture, design, engineering and implementation support Ensure the solution design and delivery aligns to strategy, roadmaps, standards, security policies and best practices of the organisation To provide the Project Manager with the creation of work breakdown structures (WBS), cost estimation for new projects, technical recommendations, impact assessments, feasibility studies and status reports KEY RESPONSIBILITIES In this role, you will be responsible for Platform, Cloud and Database technical delivery across MUFG's banking arm and Securities business under a dual-hat arrangement. Under this arrangement, you will act and make decisions on behalf of both the Bank and the Securities business, subject to the same remit and level of authority, and irrespective of the entity which employs you. Key responsibilities include, but not limited to: To provide specialized technical guidance, establish technical delivery goals and set reasonable delivery timeframes Interpret relevant regulatory, requirements and security, design and technical best practices and translate these to business aligned Infrastructure programme requirements Provides SME technical escalation for core Platform, Cloud and Database technologies Responsible for the definition, documentation and safe technical execution of projects, working closely with the allocated Programme / Project Manager. Actively participating in all phases of the project Provides technical expertise to Project Managers to ensure that requirements and quality plans are prepared and maintained and tracked accordingly Analyse accuracy of technical demands, work in progress, take action to ensure targets are met within safety and quality procedures, including hand-over to business and operational supports teams where appropriate Work with Level 3 to define strategies and plans, ensuring plans are aligned to the strategic goals of both the Business and Technology Provide effective investigation and technical resolutions for any issues that may occur as part of the project lifecycle Investigate potential and actual service problems that may arise from implementation and recommend solutions. Follow formal procedures to plan and test proposed solutions Manage the technical delivery of projects within the agreed technical scope, cost and timescale across Bank and Securities WORK EXPERIENCE Essential: Highly skilled architect / engineer with a comprehensive background in Platform, Cloud and Database technologies Strong Infrastructure delivery background with evidence of successful technical delivery across multiple workstreams within the Infrastructure Platform, Cloud and Database space Experience in managing the technical delivery for multiple workstreams with broad scope, ambiguity, and high degree of difficulty Possessing high level of analytical ability where problems are typically unusual and difficult Ability to maintain a working knowledge of Platform, Cloud and Database principles and elements Demonstrable experience of senior stakeholder management and relevant management reporting Ability to coach team members and stakeholders through technical knowledge transfer and constructive feedback to address issues ranging from maintenance and Platform, Cloud and Database performance to high visibility issues impacting manage users Experience in working in a high-pressure environment to deliver first class services Familiar with the specific standards associated with an IT practitioner's current role: e.g. Health and safety standards; change management; incident management and problem management standards; and common service focused frameworks such as ITIL Version 3 SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Functional / Technical Competencies: Essential Experience in leading technical and non-technical SMEs Understanding of various project management frameworks, methodologies and principles e.g. Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban etc. Wide range of Platform, Cloud and Database Infrastructure technical skills to be able to bring together technical teams in the production of a clear, achievable, cost-effective and supportable design Must be able to represent Infrastructure with credibility whilst guiding on the best technical solutions, tailoring business requirements to meet best practice and our technical standards Experience in project and development methodologies Experience planning and prioritising multiple work streams in response to rapidly developing and changing portfolios Planning own work and the work of others (including third parties) to ensure delivery to time and cost Can create agreed technical plans for others to follow, documenting actions required for simple to complex problems, confirms correct functionality, supervising other SME's where required Turning business problems into optimal technical designs, aligning user needs with systems requirements and organisational goals Experience of supplier and third-party risk management Solid analytical/problem-solving skills with capability to identify solutions to unusual and complex problems Experience of designing and implementing solutions with one or more of the following
Vice President - Infrastructure Architecture Engineer page is loaded Vice President - Infrastructure Architecture Engineerlocations: Londontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: -WDDiscover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world's leading financial groups. Across the globe, we're 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.With a vision to be the world's most trusted financial group, it's part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.Vice President - Infrastructure Architecture EngineerThe Platform, Cloud and Database department is responsible for delivering, operating and continuously improving the core technology foundations that support all enterprise applications and services. The function brings together platform engineering, cloud services and database operations to provide secure, resilient and scalable infrastructure across the organisation.The department ensures that compute, storage, operating systems, cloud environments and database platforms are designed, maintained and governed to high standards of availability, performance, compliance and operational excellence. It plays a critical role in maintaining technology stability, enabling modernisation and supporting strategic transformation initiatives. NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS 0 MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE The Platform, Cloud and Database Technical Delivery Lead is responsible for management and technical delivery on large, strategic, high profile and complex Infrastructure projects. The role manages the planning and execution of technical elements across cross-portfolio programs and services. You will work in close collaboration with relevant Programme / Project Manager for change initiatives. Planning and execution include working with multiple Security, IT, Change Management and other leadership / stakeholders and a variety of Architects and Engineering technical SMEs to identify, plan, impact analyse and deliver initiatives.Deliverables include, but are not limited to: Coordinate technical requirements and manage the technical delivery of Infrastructure projects within the Project Manager's agreed scope, cost and timescale Support the project portfolio providing architecture, design, engineering and implementation support Ensure the solution design and delivery aligns to strategy, roadmaps, standards, security policies and best practices of the organisation To provide the Project Manager with the creation of work breakdown structures (WBS), cost estimation for new projects, technical recommendations, impact assessments, feasibility studies and status reports KEY RESPONSIBILITIES In this role, you will be responsible for Platform, Cloud and Database technical delivery across MUFG's banking arm and Securities business under a dual-hat arrangement. Under this arrangement, you will act and make decisions on behalf of both the Bank and the Securities business, subject to the same remit and level of authority, and irrespective of the entity which employs you. Key responsibilities include, but not limited to: To provide specialized technical guidance, establish technical delivery goals and set reasonable delivery timeframes Interpret relevant regulatory, requirements and security, design and technical best practices and translate these to business aligned Infrastructure programme requirements Provides SME technical escalation for core Platform, Cloud and Database technologies Responsible for the definition, documentation and safe technical execution of projects, working closely with the allocated Programme / Project Manager. Actively participating in all phases of the project Provides technical expertise to Project Managers to ensure that requirements and quality plans are prepared and maintained and tracked accordingly Analyse accuracy of technical demands, work in progress, take action to ensure targets are met within safety and quality procedures, including hand-over to business and operational supports teams where appropriate Work with Level 3 to define strategies and plans, ensuring plans are aligned to the strategic goals of both the Business and Technology Provide effective investigation and technical resolutions for any issues that may occur as part of the project lifecycle Investigate potential and actual service problems that may arise from implementation and recommend solutions. Follow formal procedures to plan and test proposed solutions Manage the technical delivery of projects within the agreed technical scope, cost and timescale across Bank and Securities WORK EXPERIENCE Essential: Highly skilled architect / engineer with a comprehensive background in Platform, Cloud and Database technologies Strong Infrastructure delivery background with evidence of successful technical delivery across multiple workstreams within the Infrastructure Platform, Cloud and Database space Experience in managing the technical delivery for multiple workstreams with broad scope, ambiguity, and high degree of difficulty Possessing high level of analytical ability where problems are typically unusual and difficult Ability to maintain a working knowledge of Platform, Cloud and Database principles and elements Demonstrable experience of senior stakeholder management and relevant management reporting Ability to coach team members and stakeholders through technical knowledge transfer and constructive feedback to address issues ranging from maintenance and Platform, Cloud and Database performance to high visibility issues impacting manage users Experience in working in a high-pressure environment to deliver first class services Familiar with the specific standards associated with an IT practitioner's current role: e.g. Health and safety standards; change management; incident management and problem management standards; and common service focused frameworks such as ITIL Version 3 SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Functional / Technical Competencies: Essential Experience in leading technical and non-technical SMEs Understanding of various project management frameworks, methodologies and principles e.g. Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban etc. Wide range of Platform, Cloud and Database Infrastructure technical skills to be able to bring together technical teams in the production of a clear, achievable, cost-effective and supportable design Must be able to represent Infrastructure with credibility whilst guiding on the best technical solutions, tailoring business requirements to meet best practice and our technical standards Experience in project and development methodologies Experience planning and prioritising multiple work streams in response to rapidly developing and changing portfolios Planning own work and the work of others (including third parties) to ensure delivery to time and cost Can create agreed technical plans for others to follow, documenting actions required for simple to complex problems, confirms correct functionality, supervising other SME's where required Turning business problems into optimal technical designs, aligning user needs with systems requirements and organisational goals Experience of supplier and third-party risk management Solid analytical/problem-solving skills with capability to identify solutions to unusual and complex problems Experience of designing and implementing solutions with one or more of the following