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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.\nWith 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.\nJoin MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.\nPosition details\nThe Senior Database Engineer is responsible for the engineering, administration, reliability, automation, and operational support of enterprise database platforms, with primary responsibility for Microsoft SQL Server and secondary support for IBM DB2 environments.\nThe role focuses on ensuring database services are secure, highly available, resilient, performant, and compliant with MUFG technology standards. The incumbent will drive Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, operational excellence, automation, observability, and continuous service improvement while supporting critical business applications across the Bank.\nThis position works closely with Infrastructure, Application, Cyber Security, Cloud, and Service Management teams to maintain stable and reliable database services and support the Bank's operational resilience objectives.\nKey Responsibilities \nDatabase Engineering & Platform Operations\nLead the implementation, administration, maintenance, and support of Microsoft SQL Server database platforms.\n\nProvide secondary operational support for IBM DB2 database environments.\n\nManage database lifecycle activities including installation, patching, upgrades, migrations, backup, and recovery.\n\nMaintain database platform standards, operational procedures, and technical documentation.\n\nSupport database modernization and automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency and service quality.\n\nImplement and maintain enterprise database monitoring and alerting capabilities.\n\nCollaborate with infrastructure, middleware, cloud, and application teams to ensure stable platform operations.\n\nSupport cloud-hosted and hybrid database environments where applicable.\n\n2. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Service Reliability\nChampion Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to improve platform stability, scalability, and operational resilience.\n\nDefine, monitor, and improve Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and operational reliability metrics.\n\nDrive reduction of operational toil through automation and process optimization.\n\nImplement proactive monitoring, observability, capacity management, and predictive operational practices.\n\nConduct root cause analysis (RCA) for major incidents and ensure remediation actions are implemented.\n\nSupport continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service availability and reduce recurring incidents.\n\nDevelop reliability dashboards and reporting to measure platform health and service performance.\n\nParticipate in disaster recovery testing, operational resilience exercises, and recovery validation activities.\n\n3. Performance Management & Optimization\nMonitor and optimize database performance to meet business and operational requirements.\n\nConduct database health assessments, capacity planning, and performance analysis.\n\nTroubleshoot and resolve complex database performance and availability issues.\n\nOptimize database configurations, indexing strategies, query performance, and resource utilization.\n\nEnsure database platforms consistently meet availability, recovery, and performance targets.\n\nSupport implementation of high availability and disaster recovery technologies.\n\n4. Security, Risk & Compliance\nImplement and maintain database security controls in accordance with MUFG security standards and regulatory requirements.\n\nManage database access controls, encryption, authentication, and privileged access requirements.\n\nSupport remediation of database vulnerabilities and security findings.\n\nEnsure compliance with technology risk, cybersecurity, data protection, and operational resilience policies.\n\nSupport internal, external, and regulatory audits through evidence collection and remediation activities.\n\nCoordinate audit responses and closure of database-related findings.\n\nSupport major incident management and crisis recovery activities as required.\n\n5. Production Support & Service Management\nProvide Level 3 production support for critical database services.\n\nLead investigation and resolution of high-priority incidents and service disruptions.\n\nParticipate in Incident, Change, Problem, and Request Management processes.\n\nSupport production releases, maintenance activities, and platform upgrades.\n\nDrive reduction of recurring incidents through automation and preventive controls.\n\nCollaborate with application support teams to improve service stability and operational effectiveness.\n\nEnsure operational procedures are documented, maintained, and regularly reviewed.\n\n6. Automation & Continuous Improvement\nDevelop and maintain automation solutions using PowerShell, Python, Shell scripting, or approved automation platforms.\n\nImprove efficiency through automated monitoring, provisioning, patching, compliance validation, and operational reporting.\n\nIdentify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce operational risks, and enhance service quality.\n\nPromote standardization, automation, and engineering best practices across database operations.\n\nContribute to continuous service improvement initiatives aligned with infrastructure platform objectives.\n\nExperience \nMinimum 10 years of experience in database engineering, administration, and production support within enterprise environments.\n\nStrong hands-on experience supporting Microsoft SQL Server platforms in large-scale environments.\n\nWorking experience supporting IBM DB2 database environments.\n\nExperience managing mission-critical production platforms with high availability and resilience requirements.\n\nExperience implementing SRE practices, operational monitoring, automation, and disaster recovery processes.\n\nExperience supporting financial services or highly regulated environments is preferred.\n\nProven experience leading complex troubleshooting, incident management, and service recovery activities.\n\nStrong troubleshooting skills, with the ability to diagnose complex issues related to performance, connectivity, and security.\n\nStrong communication and collaboration skills.\nMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is an equal opportunity employer. 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