Lead Enterprise Architect: Cloud & AI Banking

Talent First; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent First in Singapore seeks an experienced Principal Enterprise Architect to lead technology transformation initiatives for Banking and Financial Services clients across APAC, with a focus on Wholesale Banking. You will design scalable, secure, and modern enterprise solutions across applications, cloud, data, AI, and integration.

The role blends enterprise architecture, technology consulting, presales, and delivery, making it ideal for a senior architect who enjoys working with clients and

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, solution or enterprise architecture.
• 6+ years in senior architecture roles such as Principal Architect or Enterprise Architect.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale enterprise transformation programmes.
• Strong Wholesale Banking experience across Payments, Cash Management, Financial Markets, Trade Finance, Treasury, or Liquidity.
• Expertise in enterprise integration, APIs, banking platforms, and transaction-processing systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of enterprise and solution architectures for large-scale transformations.
• Develop architecture roadmaps, target-state designs, blueprints, and integration strategies.
• Drive application modernization, cloud migration, and platform consolidation.
• Design modern architectures using Microservices, APIs, EDA, and cloud-native tech.
• Provide technical guidance on Kubernetes, containers, DevSecOps, CI/CD, IaC, and platform engineering.
• Engage with clients on architecture workshops, discovery, RFPs/RFIs, proposals, POCs, and presentations.
• Ensure architecture governance, risk management, and non-functional quality across delivery.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Technology Consulting

Presales

Delivery Leadership

Cloud Strategy

Security & Compliance

AI/ML & Generative AI

Kubernetes

CI/CD & DevSecOps

Tools

Kubernetes

APIs

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Infrastructure-as-Code

Job description

Talent First in Singapore seeks an experienced Principal Enterprise Architect to lead technology transformation initiatives for Banking and Financial Services clients across APAC, with a focus on Wholesale Banking. You will design scalable, secure, and modern enterprise solutions across applications, cloud, data, AI, and integration.

The role blends enterprise architecture, technology consulting, presales, and delivery, making it ideal for a senior architect who enjoys working with clients and