Vice President, AWS Cloud Technical Lead

Job description

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? 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. The Cloud Team sits within Digital Engineering Services in the Corporate Technology division at MUFG Bank and Securities. We are a small, highly skilled engineering team responsible for designing, delivering, and supporting the organisation’s public cloud platforms. The team currently consists of two engineers and is led by the Cloud Team Lead. Azure is our primary cloud platform, supported alongside our Oracle Cloud implementation. AWS is being onboarded as a strategic platform, and this role will play a critical part in shaping and leading its adoption across the organisation. MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE This is a hands‑on technical leadership role requiring deep AWS engineering expertise, strong architectural capability, and solid operational support experience. You will be expected to define AWS standards, lead platform uplift activities, guide engineers, and ensure the successful and secure integration of AWS into MUFG’s broader multi‑cloud ecosystem. As part of the Cloud Team, you will be responsible for end‑to‑end ownership of public cloud services covering both IaaS and PaaS. This includes close collaboration with application and infrastructure teams, designing cloud architectures, engineering solutions, establishing best practices, and ensuring stable and secure operation of cloud resources. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Lead the design and implementation of cloud solutions on AWS as the platform is onboarded, ensuring alignment with MUFG’s security, compliance, and architectural standards. Provide operational (BAU) support for AWS services and contribute to Azure support where required. Collaborate closely with application, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable, resilient cloud solutions for business applications and services. Drive improvements in platform stability, security, automation, and cost efficiency, working alongside other cloud team members to establish best practices and reusable patterns. Produce clear and robust architectural designs based on business and technical requirements and contribute to the development of AWS governance frameworks and landing zone patterns. Act as a technical point of escalation for AWS-related issues, guiding engineering peers and promoting high standards of cloud engineering across the organisation. Support AWS onboarding activities, including service enablement, landing zone configuration, guardrail implementation, and integration with enterprise tooling. WORK EXPERIENCE Essential: Extensive hands‑on AWS engineering experience, including the design, deployment, and support of production workloads. Proficiency with Infrastructure‑as‑Code, using CloudFormation and/or Terraform to create repeatable, governed cloud patterns. Strong scripting and development experience (Python, PowerShell, or similar) for automation, tooling, and integrations. Practical experience with Git‑based workflows, including branching strategies, pull requests, and CI/CD integration. Experience producing engineering‑quality documentation, including operational runbooks, configuration specifications, and platform standards. Preferred: Azure engineering experience, including ARM/Bicep templates and Azure platform services. Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and its core services. Ability to produce architectural design documentation, such as solution diagrams, sequence flows, and patterns that align with enterprise governance. SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Essential Real world experience designing, implementing, and supporting AWS services in production environments. Ability to design scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures, following AWS best practices and Well Architected principles. Strong understanding of IAM and security best practices, including least privilege, identity patterns, network segmentation, and governance controls. Proven ability to troubleshoot complex cloud issues across networking, compute, identity, and automation layers. Experience applying automation to cloud operations, using IaC, scripting, and CI/CD tooling. Preferred Strong scripting experience (Python, PowerShell, or similar) and ability to build automation, integrations, and tooling to solve engineering problems. Knowledge of REST APIs and experience integrating applications/services with cloud-native or third-party APIs. Familiarity with multi cloud environments, especially Azure and Oracle Cloud. Key Services – Essential AWS: EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation (or Terraform equivalents). Networking & DNS, including VPC design, hybrid connectivity, routing, private endpoints, and name resolution patterns. CI/CD and automation tools, such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or equivalent platforms. Key Services – Preferred Azure Networking, App Service, Storage, Function Apps. Supporting Azure services used as part of the wider multi cloud ecosystem. Education / Qualifications: Essential: AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional) Preferred: Azure certifications (AZ-104 or higher) Bachelor’s degree PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS Excellent communication skills Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability A proactive, motivated approach. The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly Strong decision-making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement A structured and logical approach to work Strong problem-solving skills A creative and innovative approach to work Excellent interpersonal skills The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines Excellent attention to detail and accuracy A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment Strong numerical skills A confident approach, with the ability to present to both management and technical audiences We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements. MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership. We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.