Network Architect Lead (CCIE, Permanent)

GMP Technologies; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

GMP Technologies (S) Pte Ltd in Singapore is seeking a senior Enterprise Network Architect to lead the APAC network strategy, target architecture, standards, and roadmap initiatives. The role focuses on driving standardisation, resilience, automation, and reduction of technical debt.

You will oversee design reviews, security, cloud connectivity, governance, and end-to-end project delivery while mentoring engineers and ensuring regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/IT/Engineering, Telecommunications or related.
• CCIE certification with extensive experience in large-scale networks across data centres, campus, WAN/SD-WAN and cloud.
• Experience leading architecture reviews, governance, risk management, and design documentation.

Responsibilities

• Define APAC network strategy, target architecture, standards and roadmaps.
• Lead network solution design, architecture reviews, approvals, and risk assessments.

Skills

Leadership

Networking strategy

Stakeholder management

Automation

Cloud connectivity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

CCIE Certification

Tools

Cisco

Palo Alto Networks

Fortinet

F5

Meraki

Zscaler

Cisco ISE

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Technical Leadership: Define the APAC network strategy, target architecture, standards, and roadmap while driving standardisation, resilience, automation, and technical debt reduction.
• Solution Design & Architecture Assurance: Lead network solution design, architecture reviews, technical approvals, and risk assessments, ensuring security, scalability, resilience, and operational readiness.
• Network & Security Architecture: Oversee enterprise network, cloud connectivity, network security, and application traffic-management architecture across APAC.
• Governance, Risk & Compliance: Establish architecture standards and design principles, ensuring alignment with enterprise policies, security controls, audit requirements, and regional regulations.
• Project Delivery & Implementation: Lead end-to-end network project delivery, managing plans, resources, dependencies, vendors, risks, testing, migration, cutover, and operational handover.
• Commercial & Technology Management: Evaluate technologies and vendors, validate technical and commercial requirements, and drive cost efficiency, standardisation, and reduced vendor dependency.
• Operational Readiness & Continuous Improvement: Ensure implementation readiness, testing, rollback, monitoring, support, and operational acceptance while driving continuous improvement through lessons learned.
• Team & Stakeholder Leadership: Lead and mentor architects and senior engineers, govern design decisions, promote knowledge sharing, and foster collaboration and engineering excellence.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related discipline.
• 10 to15 years of enterprise networking experience, including substantial architecture, technical design authority, or leadership responsibilities.
• CCIE Certification with proven experience designing large-scale, highly available networks across data centres, campus, branch, WAN/SD-WAN, Internet, cloud, wireless, and security domains.
• Deep knowledge of BGP, OSPF, routing and switching, QoS, multicast, VPN, high availability, segmentation, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, load balancing, and NAC.
• Hands-on architectural experience with Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, F5, Meraki, Zscaler, Cisco ISE, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience integrating networks with cloud, SaaS, identity, security, monitoring, ITSM, and automation platforms.
• Strong capabilities in architecture methodology, requirements analysis, option assessment, technical governance, risk management, and design documentation.
• Working knowledge of automation, APIs, Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, observability, and Site Reliability Engineering principles.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams, influence senior stakeholders, resolve technical conflicts, and communicate complex matters clearly.
• Experience in banking, financial services, or other regulated industries preferred; familiarity with MAS TRM and regional regulations is advantageous.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

GMP Technologies (S) Pte Ltd | EA Licence: 11C3793 | Tang Lee Ling | Registration No: R1106845