Vice President – Backup & Storage Engineering

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The AVP – Backup & Storage Engineering is accountable for the design, implementation, and operation of enterprise backup and storage services across a highly regulated APAC environment. The role is responsible for ensuring solutions meet enterprise standards for resiliency, auditability, and regulatory compliance, while driving automation and integration with emerging AI-enabled operational capabilities.

Key Responsibilities 

• Support design, implementation, enhancement, and lifecycle management of enterprise backup and recovery solutions, including Commvault and/or NetBackup platforms. 

• Maintain enterprise storage solutions spanning SAN, NAS, Object Storage, and Cloud-integrated storage services. 

• Ensure backup and recovery services support business continuity, disaster recovery, and operational resilience requirements. 

• Define and maintain platform roadmaps, technology standards, and engineering best practices aligned with MUFG strategic objectives. 

• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise for backup and storage technologies across the APAC infrastructure landscape. 

• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that improve resiliency, efficiency, and risk management. 

Operational Resilience & Service Reliability 

• Ensure platform services consistently meet established Recovery Time Objectives (RTO), Recovery Point Objectives (RPO), availability, and operational performance targets. 

• Lead recovery validation exercises, disaster recovery testing, and resilience assessments to verify recoverability of critical applications and infrastructure. 

• Proactively identify and remediate platform risks, technical debt, capacity constraints, and service vulnerabilities. 

• Drive platform stability, availability, and service excellence through continuous service improvement initiatives. 
• This role operates in the Singapore Time zone.

Automation & Innovation 

• Develop and implement automation solutions utilizing PowerShell, Python, APIs, and orchestration technologies. 

• Integrate intelligent operational capabilities, analytics, and AI-driven solutions to strengthen predictive maintenance, monitoring, service optimization, and operational efficiency. 

• Champion Infrastructure-as-Code, automated provisioning, and standardized operational processes where applicable. 

• Reduce manual effort and operational risk through workflow automation and process optimization. 

Governance, Risk & Compliance 

• Ensure all backup and storage services operate in compliance with MUFG policies, technology standards, cybersecurity controls, and regulatory requirements. 

• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, architectural artefacts, operational procedures, and support models. 

• Support internal, external, regulatory, and management audits through evidence preparation, control validation, and remediation tracking. 

• Partner with Risk Management, Information Security, Architecture, and Compliance teams to ensure effective control implementation and policy adherence. 

• Manage findings, risk treatments, and corrective actions in accordance with established governance processes. 

Stakeholder & Vendor Management 

• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, cloud, and business technology teams to ensure backup and recovery requirements are incorporated throughout solution lifecycles. 

• Engage with regional and global stakeholders to align technology solutions with business and regulatory needs. 

• Manage strategic vendor relationships, technology partners, and support providers to ensure service quality and contractual compliance. 

• Provide clear communication on service performance, operational risks, and improvement initiatives to management and stakeholders. 

Job Requirements:

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline. 

• Relevant industry certifications in backup, storage, cloud, or infrastructure technologies are advantageous. 

Professional Experience 

• Minimum 8 years of experience in enterprise backup, recovery, and storage engineering within large-scale enterprise environments. 

• Proven experience supporting mission-critical infrastructure in highly regulated industries such as banking, financial services, or similar sectors. 

• Demonstrated experience in enterprise solution design, implementation, and operational management. 

Technical Skills 

• Strong expertise in Commvault and/or NetBackup administration and engineering. 

• Deep understanding of SAN, NAS, Object Storage, and enterprise storage architectures. 

• Experience with Windows, Linux, virtualization, and cloud-integrated infrastructure platforms. 

• Strong scripting and automation capabilities using PowerShell, Python, REST APIs, and orchestration frameworks. 

• Working knowledge of business continuity, disaster recovery, backup governance, and operational resilience practices. 

• Familiarity with monitoring, analytics, and AI-enabled operational tooling is advantageous. 

Core Competencies 

• Strong risk and control mindset. 

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication abilities. 

• Strong documentation, governance, and audit management capabilities. 

• Ability to operate effectively in a complex, matrixed, regional environment. 

• Commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence. 

Environment

Highly regulated financial services environment with frequent audits and strong governance requirements across APAC.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is an equal opportunity employer. We view our employees as our key assets as they are fundamental to our long-term growth and success. MUFG is committed to hiring based on merit and organsational fit, regardless of race, religion or gender.