Cloud Architect

Maybank; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Maybank is seeking a Cloud Architect to shape secure, scalable cloud architectures across business, application, infrastructure, security, and risk teams. You will translate complex regulatory and operational requirements into elegant cloud solutions that enable innovation and resilience within the bank.

You’ll guide the bank’s cloud adoption journey, design for high availability, disaster recovery, and strict auditability, and ensure solutions meet RTO/RPO targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years in cloud architecture or cloud solution design within enterprise environments.
• Cloud certifications (Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud).
• Hands‑on experience in enterprise architecture, risk management, and governance aligned to financial regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and govern bank application migration of legacy on‑premises workloads to cloud platforms.
• Assess migration strategies with full consideration of regulatory, security, and operational risks.
• Define and promote cloud-native architecture patterns aligned with banking security and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with application teams, infrastructure, and operations through cloud migration and adoption.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Enterprise design

Regulatory familiarity

Security integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

Azure Solutions Architect

AWS Solutions Architect

Google Cloud Architect

Job description

As a Cloud Architect, you’ll be the visionary shaping secure, scalable, and future‑ready cloud architectures for the bank. You’ll work across business, application, infrastructure, security, and risk teams to turn complex regulatory and operational requirements into elegant, resilient cloud solutions. In this role, you won’t just design systems you’ll enable innovation.

You’ll also guide our controlled cloud adoption journey, ensuring every solution strengthens security, meets regulatory expectations, and protects customer trust. Your expertise will empower the business to move faster, smarter, and safer in the cloud.

If you’re passionate about building the next generation of compliant, high-performing cloud environments, this is your opportunity to make a real impact.

Job Description:

Cloud-Native Architecture Adoption

• Lead and govern bank application migration of legacy on‑premises workloads to cloud platforms, including application, data, and infrastructure modernization.
• Assess migration strategies (re‑host, re‑platform, re‑factor, retire) with full consideration of regulatory, security, and operational risks.
• Define and promote cloud-native architecture patterns (e.g. event‑driven, managed services, aligned with banking security and compliance standards.

Operational Resilience & Service Continuity

• Evaluate suitability of PaaS, IaaS and SaaS solutions to reduce operational overhead while maintaining resiliency, auditability, and control.
• Design for high availability, disaster recovery, and service continuity during and after migration from on‑premises environments.
• Ensure bank’s services RTO/RPO, monitoring, and incident response requirements are met for cloud-native and on‑premise workloads.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployment strategies.

Stakeholder & Change Enablement

• Collaborate with application teams, infrastructure, and operations through cloud migration and adoption, providing clear architectural direction and best practices.
• Support change management by balancing innovation with operational stability in a regulated banking environment.

Job Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or anything equivalent.
• Minimum 8years in cloud architecture or cloud solution design within enterprise environments.
• Cloud certifications (Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect).
• Hands‑on experience in enterprise architecture, risk management, and governance frameworks aligned to financial regulations.