Senior Infrastructure Strategy Specialist

Great Eastern; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Eastern seeks a Senior Infrastructure Strategy Specialist to shape long-term IT infrastructure strategy across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. You will lead multi-year roadmaps, guide cloud transformation, and partner with IT, cybersecurity, finance, and business leaders to ensure cost-effective, compliant initiatives.

With 10+ years in IT infrastructure or technology strategy, you will develop business cases with ROI/TCO analyses and stay ahead of regulatory and threat

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; minimum 10 years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, architecture, or technology strategy roles.
• Proven experience leading strategic infrastructure transformation or modernization initiatives in complex, enterprise-scale environments.
• Deep knowledge of cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP), data center infrastructure, enterprise networking, and hybrid environments; analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with sustainability/green IT initiatives or infrastructure cost optimization strategies.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate complex strategies to senior stakeholders.
• Familiarity with IT frameworks such as TOGAF, COBIT, ITIL, or equivalent.
• High integrity, accountability, teamwork; proactive improvement and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic assessments of existing IT infrastructure and identify optimization opportunities across data centers, networks, servers, storage, and cloud platforms.
• Drive multi-year infrastructure roadmaps aligned with enterprise goals, best practices, and emerging technologies; provide guidance on cloud transformation and scalable hybrid infrastructure.
• Partner with IT, cybersecurity, finance, and business leaders to ensure initiatives are cost-effective and aligned with business priorities.
• Evaluate and recommend vendor platforms; oversee due diligence, RFPs, and contract negotiations; monitor regulatory developments impacting infrastructure strategy.
• Build robust business cases including ROI, TCO, and risk analyses to support strategic investments.
• Take accountability for business and regulatory compliance risks and mitigate as needed.
• Maintain awareness of industry trends in regulatory compliance, threats, and technologies to understand risk and strengthen safeguards.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial modeling

Problem-solving

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

TOGAF

COBIT

ITIL

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and strategic-minded Senior Infrastructure Strategy Specialist to lead the development and execution of long-term infrastructure strategies that support business growth, innovation, and operational resilience. You will act as a thought leader and trusted advisor, shaping the future of our technology landscape across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

About the Job

• Lead strategic assessments of existing IT infrastructure, identifying optimization opportunities across data centers, networks, servers, storage, and cloud platforms.
• Drive the formulation of multi-year infrastructure roadmaps aligned with enterprise goals, industry best practices, and emerging technologies. Provide expert guidance on cloud transformation, hybrid infrastructure design, and scalability planning.
• Partner with IT, cybersecurity, finance, and business leaders to ensure infrastructure initiatives are well-integrated, cost-effective, and aligned with business priorities.
• Evaluate and recommend vendor platforms and solutions, overseeing due diligence, RFPs, and contract negotiations as needed. Monitor technology trends and regulatory developments to assess their impact on infrastructure strategy.
• Build robust business cases, including ROI, TCO, and risk analyses, to support strategic investments.
• Takes accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.
• Maintains awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company.
• Highlights any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices.

We are looking for people who

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, with minimum 10 years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, architecture, or technology strategy roles.
• Proven experience leading strategic infrastructure transformation or modernization initiatives in complex, enterprise-scale environments
• Deep knowledge of cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP), data center infrastructure, enterprise networking, and hybrid environments. Possess analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with sustainability/green IT initiatives or infrastructure cost optimization strategies.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate complex strategies to senior stakeholders.
• Familiarity with IT frameworks such as TOGAF, COBIT, ITIL, or equivalent.
• High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork.
• Takes initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes.

How you succeed

• Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
• Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.
• Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.
• Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.
• Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.

Who we are

Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well-established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei.

The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of "AA-" by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia.

Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.

To all recruitment agencies:

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