Associate Director, IT, Platform Engineering

Company Description

About MUFG Investor Services:

Experience something Brilliantly Different with a career at MUFG Investor Services.

Who are we? In a nutshell, MUFG Investor Services is part of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and we partner with over 480 loyal global investment firms to provide them with administration, asset services, banking and fund financing.

We’re in 14 global locations and provide an exceptional hub of Brilliantly Different talent to thrive.

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Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer (DevOps) to join our team and play a key role in building and maintaining our cloud-native platform infrastructure on AWS. You will be responsible for designing, automating, and optimizing our AWS-based platform using Terraform, Kubernetes, and scripting. You will ensure the platform is secure, scalable, and optimized to meet the demands of a fast-paced financial services environment.

Collaborating with software and data engineering, security, and product teams, you will define and execute a strategic vision for platform engineering while driving operational excellence and innovation.

You Will:

Infrastructure & Automation:

• Design, implement and manage AWS infrastructure
• Deploy scale and maintain Kubernetes clusters
• Automate infrastructure and operations to improve efficiency

Performance & Reliability:

• Optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability
• Monitor and analyse AWS resources to proactively resolve issues
• Improve observability

Collaboration & Compliance:

• Work with development and security teams to enhance platform resilience and security posture
• Collaborate with application developers to build CI/CD pipelines and workflows
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and security standards in the financial industry

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Qualifications

You Have:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience:
• 10+ years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, or cloud architecture roles.
• Proven expertise in designing and managing AWS cloud-native architectures.
• Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries will be considered an advantage

Technical skills:

• Infrastructure as code: Hands-on experience with Terraform
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Ci/CD & Automation: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
• Cloud architecture: understanding of cloud best practises for highly available, elastic, and scalable solutions
• AWS Services: Proficiency with IAM, Lambda, S3 and other core AWS services
• Scripting experience: python or similar

Leadership & Collaboration skills:

• Ability to work cross-functionally with development and security teams
• Ability to drive change

Additional Information

Experience something Brilliantly Different with a career with MUFG Investor Services.

Who are we? In a nutshell, MUFG Investor Services is part of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group family, and we partner with over 480 loyal global investment firms to provide them with administration, asset services, banking, and fund financing.

We’re in 14 global locations and provide an exceptional hub of Brilliantly Different talent to thrive.

MUFG is an equal opportunity employer.