Cloud Network Engineering Lead, VP

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Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

Summary:

This role is responsible for delivering major transformational initiatives, including AWS Landing Zone deployment, application migration, and multi-cloud rationalization. The position involves designing and executing operational objectives by engineering, evaluating, recommending, testing, and implementing plans for both current and emerging network technologies. Key responsibilities include contributing to strategic planning and reviews, developing cost-effective network designs aligned with MUFG and industry best practices, resolving technical issues, conducting audits, addressing vulnerabilities, identifying trends, recommending network improvements, and driving change implementation.

As a Lead Cloud Network Engineer, you will play a critical role in developing and maintaining MUFG’s network infrastructure across cloud environments and on-premises data centers. You will collaborate closely with teams in Architecture, Cloud & Compute Engineering, Security, Risk, and Development, as well as business stakeholders, to design and build a highly scalable and resilient network infrastructure that ensures continuous availability. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strategic influence, strong collaboration skills, and deep expertise in enterprise-scale network engineering, implementation, and automation.

Major Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and support AWS multi-VPC, multi-region cloud network infrastructure, Load balancing, DNS, and IPAM
• Evaluate and implement new network infrastructure and topologies
• Leverage automation tools including Terraform, Ansible, and Python scripting to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and accelerate technology deployments
• Drive improvements in network performance to support various business services
• Must be able to leverage tools (logic-monitor, flow logs, CloudWatch, Netbrain, SolarWinds, and Wireshark, etc.) and automation/scripting (Terraform, Ansible, Python) to troubleshoot routing, load balancing, DNS, infrastructure and application performance issues, find and improve bottlenecks
• Be able to design, configure, deploy, and troubleshoot LTMs/GTMs, ALBs, NLBs, and GLBs, Route53, Infoblox DNS, and IPAM.
• Be able to support audit, vulnerability, and compliance related efforts.
• Familiar with project delivery methodologies related to network infrastructure.
• Work with the team to evolve the long-term architecture in collaboration with stakeholders, partners, and customers; participate in developing the ongoing strategic vision.
• Be able to evaluate emerging technologies on an ongoing basis, identify needs and be able to make recommendations for new technologies and vendor solutions based on network vision and strategy, leveraging latest industry developments.
• Embed Information Security and Risk Management principles within culture requiring continuous improvement to complex functions to coordinate security and compliance risks related to information systems and assets. Able to drive coordination, consensus, and execution to mitigate risk, issues, and emerging threats in mission-critical environments.
• Ability to maintain excellent network documentation using Visio, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent verbal / written communication skills a must.
• Must be able to support weekend / after-hours network deployments and escalations to troubleshoot production issues. 
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation

Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of hands-on experience in Cloud Engineering, with a focus on network engineering and troubleshooting Expert level proficiency in multiple cloud disciplines and on-premises network, covering technical architecture, network management, observability, core network infrastructure, LTMs/GTMs, ALBs, NLBs, GLBs, Route53, and Infoblox DNS, IPAM, and network security
• 5+ years of experience with large-scale multi-VPC AWS Network Architecture and IAC integration such as Terraform, Ansible for resource provisioning and management
• Experience with designing and implementing network architectures using Amazon Cloud-WAN/Transit Gateway to manage direct connect networks and inter-region routing
• Must be able to determine business requirements and provide detailed designs.
• Proficient in developing automation scripts and command-line tools using high-level programming languages such as Terraform, Ansible and Python, aimed at streamlining workflows and enhancing developer productivity.
• Experience in zero trust environments
• Experience with Network Management and Analytical tools such as Datadog, Grafana, logic-monitor, flow logs, CloudWatch, SolarWinds, Netbrain, and Wireshark
• Strong grasp of network design principles, including segmentation, load balancing, fault tolerance, application rationalization, performance optimization, and networking principles, protocols, and technologies (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, VRFs, OSPF, and BGP, etc.), with a focus on building scalable and resilient infrastructure.
• Strong collaboration skills for effective communication with cross-functional teams, including developers, platform engineers, security, risk, and business stakeholders.
• Solid organizational skills, attention to detail and excellent communication skills.

Education:

•Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely-related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience

“Visa sponsorship/support is based on business needs. We do not anticipate providing visa sponsorship/support for this position.”

The typical base pay range for this role is as follows:

• New York / New Jersey: $150k – $194k
• Non–New York / New Jersey: $140k – $174k

depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

Our hybrid work schedule is four days on-site and work remotely one day per week.

MUFG Benefits Summary

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.