Lead AI & Cloud Architect — Azure, GenAI & IAM

MetLife; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

MetLife in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Lead Architect to define and govern AI, GenAI, IAM, and Cloud architectures across Asia. You will shape enterprise platforms to be secure, scalable, and compliant while accelerating cloud-first and AI-driven initiatives.

You will lead architecture governance, set reference models, own Azure deployments, and drive resilience, SRE practices, and risk management with senior stakeholders.

The role requires 10+ years in IT/architecture with Azure certifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive IT and architecture experience.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (preferred).
• Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate or Azure AI certification (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture for AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI platforms including model lifecycle management, orchestration, tooling, and integration with enterprise platforms.
• Architect Large Language Model (LLM) based solutions using commercial and open-source models, applying retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and agent‑based patterns.
• Establish standards and reference architectures for ML and GenAI tooling such as feature stores, vector databases, model registries, MLOps / LLMOps pipelines, and AI observability frameworks.
• Ensure responsible AI, explainability, data privacy, bias mitigation, and regulatory compliance are embedded by design.

Skills

Azure architecture

AI/GenAI/Agentic AI

LLMs & ML platforms

IAM/CIAM security-by-design

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure services

ML tooling & orchestration

IAM tooling

Job description

MetLife in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Lead Architect to define and govern AI, GenAI, IAM, and Cloud architectures across Asia. You will shape enterprise platforms to be secure, scalable, and compliant while accelerating cloud-first and AI-driven initiatives.

You will lead architecture governance, set reference models, own Azure deployments, and drive resilience, SRE practices, and risk management with senior stakeholders.

The role requires 10+ years in IT/architecture with Azure certifications.