Network Infrastructure, Director

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 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: The role is a senior network infrastructure leadership position responsible for managing a highly dynamic environment with global interactions in designing, deploying, and operating large-scale, complex enterprise networks across data centers, WAN, cloud environments, and voice environments. The position requires deep hands-on expertise in Cisco-based infrastructure, ACI, SD-WAN, AWS networking, national and global networks, advanced routing, and switching technologies, along with strong experience leading transformational network initiatives. Understanding of voice technologies including Cisco collaboration, IPC trader voice platform, Nice, telecommunication carriers, and telecom service and cost management. The role partners closely with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to drive strategic network and voice architecture, ensure high availability and security, and deliver reliable, cost-effective network solutions that support business growth and innovation. Work across the Americas MUFG business providing network service as negotiated between MUFG entities. WORK EXPERIENCE: • Significant experience leading and managing network engineering and voice teams • Senior Team management and leadership experience • Manage and maintain financial efficiency of network services and work with senior leadership on technical and financial goals for the network infrastructure. • Solid experience must include designing / deploying / operating large enterprise complex network environments managing data and voice network infrastructure • Hands-on engineering experience with knowledge in the following network technologies: Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, F5 load-balancers, virtual private network (VPN) concentrators, Cisco ACI, SD-WAN, AWS cloud services, DNS, as well as others for all data centers and branches environments, etc. • Design, deployment, and troubleshooting experience in multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), border gateway protocol (BGP), open shortest path first (OSPF), enhanced interior gateway routing protocol (EIGRP), spanning tree protocol (STP), ether channels, Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), virtual private cloud (VPC), virtual datacenter (VDC), and general knowledge around network time protocol (NTP), simple network management protocol (SNMP), NetFlow, Cisco express forwarding (CEF), security protocols, and network management tools including datacenter network manager (DCNM), SolarWinds, and Wireshark • Proven related technical experience with planning, engineering, design, and implementation of complex enterprise networks using Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, VPN, network management and monitoring systems • Deep experience with network architecture, IT infrastructure, IT application technologies, and frameworks • High level of proven expertise in QoS design and implementation required • Solid experience leading datacenter and WAN transformational network engineering efforts. ACI, SD-WAN, and AWS cloud FUNCTIONAL SKILLS • Highly proficient in managing teams designing, developing, delivering, and supporting complex data and voice environment for corporate and trading operations. • Expert in determining business requirements and providing detailed designs • Expert in designing, deploying, migrating, and troubleshooting Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and SD-WAN • High degree of confidence evaluating emerging technologies on an ongoing basis, identifying needs, and making recommendations for new technologies and vendor solutions based on network vision and strategy, leveraging latest industry developments • Proven track record of serving as a technical role model • Expertise with project delivery methodologies as related to network infrastructure • Communicates effectively • Anticipates changing business needs, adjusts priorities accordingly, and allocates necessary resources and budget to achieve objectives • Equips the business to become an effective competitor in a highly dynamic landscape • Considers stakeholder needs and input as well as best practices and insights from industry trends when making strategic decisions • Is flexible, decisive, and serves as a trusted advisor to senior leaders within the organization • Demonstrates effective negotiation and influencing skills • Prioritizes and facilitates a culture of continuous improvement and systems thinking • Sets the tone for successful collaboration with other business units and corporate entities • Creates an environment that fosters communication, transparency, and collaboration • Cultivates innovation and values learning as a lifelong professional objective • Leads by example, engaging inclusively and with intent • Always acts with integrity • Analytical thinking • Iterative problem-solving • High degree of skill driving coordination, consensus, and execution to mitigate risk, issues, and emerging threats in mission-critical environments • High degree of skill in approaching major decisions in a consultative manner with a particular emphasis on delivery • Outstanding ability to develop and maintain productive relationships with internal partners and external vendors High level responsibilities include: • Collaborate with other departments on solutions, system deployment, configuration, and testing for network operations. • Conduct site surveys to determine anticipated areas of coverage with different components. • Execute network planning to manage growth and development by monitoring network performance, exploring performance improvement opportunities, and identifying future capacity needs; develop technical standards and interface applications; recommend resources to maintain or expand networks, as needed. • Manage the procurement, installation, and maintenance of the organization's LAN, WAN, and voice networks; manage LAN and WAN security; provide guidance and technical support for LAN/WAN technologies and network systems. • Develop network configuration specifications, maintenance processes and policies, and designs for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint, tower-mounted, and mobile solutions. • Perform research to identify candidate access points and wireless bridge equipment offerings from vendors; develop, validate, and track requirements for wireless access from remote locations and mobile vehicles. • Research, evaluate, and select new products and services; recommend enhancements or improvements to existing network systems. • Monitor deployment and testing processes; troubleshoot network systems, provide technical solutions and/or recommendations for network improvements; resolve network problems. Details: • Deliver on major transformational projects including datacenter reengineering, consolidation, multi-cloud rationalization and deployments including AWS, Office 365, Cisco ACI, SD-WAN, etc. • Implement designs and deliver on operational objectives by engineering, evaluating, recommending, formulating testing, and implementing plans for current and new network technology • Propose strategic plans and reviews to leadership team; coordinate plans with senior leaders • Prepare and complete action plans • Design cost effective networks, adhere to MUFG and industry best practices • Resolve highly complex problems • Identify trends and patterns in audit results; determine network improvements; implement change • Evolve the long-term architecture in collaboration with stakeholders, partners, and customers; drive the development of the ongoing strategic vision • Drive implementation of proof-of-concepts and lab testing from concept to delivery with an emphasis and focus on emerging technologies • 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 CERTIFICATIONS • Required: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification • Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Advanced Networking is a big plus 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: $200k – $249k 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. At MUFG, our colleagues are our greatest assets. Our Culture Principles provide a roadmap for how each of our colleagues must think and act to become more client-obsessed, inclusive and innovative. They reflect who we are, who we want to be and what we expect from one another. We are excited to see you take the next step in exploring a career with us and encourage you to spend more time reviewing them! Our Culture Principles Client Centric People Focused Listen Up. Speak Up. Innovate & Simplify Own & Execute