Cloud Data Platform & Integration Architect, VP

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Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) one of the worlds leading financial groups. Across the globe were 150000 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 worlds most trusted financial group its 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.

Job Summary

The Cloud Data Platform & Integration Architect is responsible for designing scalable cloud-agnostic enterprise data platforms and reusable integration patterns. This role defines end-to-end architecture for data ingestion transformation movement and interoperability across analytical and operational ecosystems. The architect partners closely with engineering governance and domain teams to deliver secure governed and high-performing data solutions that support enterprise data strategy and AI readiness.

Major Responsibilities

• Architect cloud-native data platforms (lakehouse warehouse streaming ingestion services).
• Develop enterprise integration patterns (ETL/ELT CDC APIs event streaming virtualization).
• Create reusable reference architectures onboarding templates and platform design guidelines.
• Partner with cloud engineering to define capability roadmaps and platform guardrails.
• Enable domain teams with best practices on ingestion modeling and data product onboarding.
• Ensure platform designs meet enterprise governance metadata lineage and security standards.
• Support modernization and migration accelerators.
• Conduct architecture reviews and support delivery teams through design cycles.
• Evaluate emerging platform technologies and recommend improvements for scalability and reliability.

Mandatory Qualifications

• 812 years in data architecture platform engineering cloud engineering or integration architecture.
• Hands-on expertise in AWS/Azure/GCP data services (multi-cloud or cloud-agnostic architecture).
• Strong experience with ETL/ELT pipelines CDC API integration and event streaming systems.
• Deep understanding of batch streaming and real-time data integration patterns.
• Working knowledge of data modeling metadata patterns and lineage standards.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into data architecture designs.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with lakehouse frameworks (Databricks Snowflake).
• Container orchestration or serverless design experience.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD patterns.
• Exposure to data mesh or federated data architecture models.
• Background working with regulated business domains or compliance frameworks.

Foundational Skills

• Clear communication and facilitation.
• Requirements translation and business engagement.
• Architectural decision-making and design thinking.
• Ability to simplify complex platform concepts for non-technical teams.
• Cross-functional collaboration across engineering cloud governance and delivery.
• Agile delivery mindset.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or related field.
• Cloud certifications (AWS Azure GCP) preferred.
• Architecture certifications (TOGAF C4 etc.) are a plus.

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 between $149k - $180k depending on job-related knowledge skills experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonuses 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.

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 individuals associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal state or local law.