Data Backup Subject Matter Expert, Vice President

Job Description

Vice President, Data Backup SME | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, located in London, United Kingdom. MUFG is one of the world’s leading financial groups, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community they serve by building long-term relationships and fostering shared growth. This pivotal role matters because it offers the opportunity to become the technical authority for all data backup technologies across EMEA, ensuring the integrity and security of critical information assets for a globally respected financial institution.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person London, United Kingdom

• Team: Corporate Technology team, reporting to the Head of Storage.
• Mission: Become the technical authority for all data backup technologies across EMEA, safeguarding the organization’s critical information assets and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Tech Stack: Dell EMC Networker, Rubrik, EMC Unity/Isilon, Cisco SAN Switches, Linux Redhat, Kemp, EMC Elastic Cloud Storage.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Design & Implement: Oversee the design, implementation, and administration of all data backup systems, including associated software and hardware, ensuring robust protection against loss or corruption.
• Performance & Reliability: Monitor backup success rates meticulously, identifying areas for improvement and driving initiatives aimed at eliminating failures to maintain optimal system reliability.
• Risk & Compliance: Adhere strictly to IT Risk and Control requirements by developing and implementing operational controls that mitigate risks associated with storage and backup technologies.
• Service Delivery: Manage backup operations so that the storage environment consistently meets relevant Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), delivering reliable service to internal stakeholders.
• Security & Availability: Guarantee that all systems meet stringent security requirements, including privileged access control, maintaining high availability and prompt issue resolution across all platforms.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Vice President level professional with extensive hands-on experience managing enterprise backup solutions.
• Experience: Proven expertise managing enterprise backup solutions such as Dell EMC Networker & Rubrik, and across a wide range of technologies including storage platforms (EMC Unity/Isilon), databases, networking (Cisco SAN Switches), operating systems (Linux Redhat), load balancers (Kemp), and cloud storage (EMC Elastic Cloud Storage).
• Skills: Excellent communication skills, a results-driven mindset combined with accountability, strong problem-solving abilities paired with attention to detail, and the ability to manage large workloads within tight deadlines.
• Bonus: Mentoring capability, the ability to provide technical advice on system development and integration projects, and act as an SME consultant for other teams or end users.