Cloud Solution Architect

NETS; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial services sector is seeking a Cloud Architect with extensive experience in AWS. The individual will oversee cloud-native solutions, develop scalable architectures, and drive technology strategy. This role demands strong leadership and a proven track record in cloud operations, paving the way for innovation in cloud computing.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in cloud operations.
• At least 5 years in AWS or similar cloud operations.
• Professional level AWS certification is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Act as a SME for cloud-native end-to-end architecture.
• Develop solutions architecture for private, public, hybrid cloud.
• Provide technical expertise and support for cloud architectures.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

AWS Services

DevSecOps

Microservices

Programming

Cloud Computing

Programming - PoC Development

Event-driven/Reactive Programming

Strong Communication Skills

Cloud Security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Good knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability).

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert to the organization for cloud-native end-to-end architecture, including AWS and future providers, networking, provisioning and management.

• Develop a library of deployable and documented cloud design patterns, based on the organization application portfolio, as a basis for deploying services to the cloud

• Demonstrate leadership ability to back decisions with research and the “why” and articulate several options, the pros and cons for each, and a recommendation.

• Maintain overall industry knowledge on latest trends and technology.

• Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives for private, public and hybrid cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services.

• Proven hands-on experience in designing, deploying in AWS cloud.

• Contribute to DevSecOps development activities and complex development tasks.

• Define optimal design patterns and solutions for high availability and disaster recovery for applications.

• Drive scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, application build, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment.

• Ensure delivered solutions meet technical and functional/non-functional requirements.

• Provide technical expertise and ownership in the diagnosis and resolution of an issue, including the determination and provision of workaround solution or escalation to service owners.

• Ensure delivered solutions are realized in time frame committed; work in conjunction with project sponsors to size and manage scope and risk.

• Provide support and technical governance, expertise related to cloud architectures, deployment, and operations.

• Review and approve corporate application architectural standards and processes change request representing their development organization.

• Drive the business and technology direction and strategy.

• Identify the top cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of the business.

• Provide designs for engineers on the project on how to deliver programmatic elements of the implementation. Architect cloud-native, hybrid, or multi-cloud solutions to meet client’s needs.

Requirement:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in cloud operations, infrastructure engineering, and automation, with at least 5 years in AWS or similar cloud operations (Azure, GCP), preferably within the payment or financial services industry

• Possess practical expertise in AWS services

• Experience in designing and developing platform components or monitoring tools in AWS or any of the cloud computing platforms

Skills and Knowledge

• Strong knowledge on AWS architecture and design, professional level certification is mandatory

• Cloud Expert with proven contributions in Amazon AWS

• Quick in understanding business direction from products/solutions/market/technology in the Cloud domain

• Ability to carry out industry trends and competitor product/solution analysis effectively

• Good expertise in programming- able to develop and demonstrate technologies in PoC

• Excellent knowledge of cloud computing technologies and current computing trends

• Experience in configuring and tuning cloud-hosted solutions and platforms

• Experience with microservices, functions, event-driven/reactive programming or other cloud-native architectures

• Good knowledge of DevSecOps tool chains and processes

• Strong communication skills and able to articulate complicated cloud reports to management team and other stakeholders

• Experience developing cloud fitment models, cloud business cases, cloud architecture and design, cloud security, cloud infrastructure, network and storage design

Professional Certifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or any professional / specialty level certification