Network SRE Lead

Charterhouse Asia; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Charterhouse Asia, on behalf of a leading financial institution, is recruiting an experienced Network SRE Lead to drive network service reliability, governance, and operational excellence across the APAC region.

You will partner with Engineering, Infrastructure, Security and Ops to implement SLIs/SLOs, monitor health dashboards, lead automation and RCA initiatives, manage vendor contracts, and ensure audit, regulatory and cybersecurity requirements are met.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Network Infrastructure, Network Operations, SRE, or Service Management.
• Leadership experience managing regional or global teams.
• Strong knowledge of LAN, WAN, Data Centre, Cloud Connectivity, SD-WAN, and Network Security.
• Experience in ITSM, incident, problem, and change management, service governance, and operational excellence.
• Hands-on experience with network monitoring, observability, automation, and service reliability practices.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead network governance, operational standards, policies, and controls across APAC.
• Drive service reliability, availability, resilience, and continuous improvement across enterprise network services.
• Establish and manage service reliability metrics (SLIs/SLOs), monitoring, alerting, reporting, and service health dashboards.
• Lead automation, problem management, root cause analysis (RCA), and operational excellence initiatives to improve service quality and reduce operational risk.
• Manage network asset lifecycle, vendor performance, maintenance contracts, software subscriptions, and telecommunications services.
• Ensure compliance with audit, regulatory, cybersecurity, and risk management requirements.
• Govern network vulnerability management, patch compliance, and remediation programmes.
• Partner with Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, Operations, and business stakeholders to ensure operational readiness and successful service delivery.

Skills

Network infrastructure

Network operations

SRE

Service management

Leadership

LAN/WAN

Data centre

Cloud connectivity

SD-WAN

Network security

ITSM

Observability

Automation

Stakeholder management

Job description

Our client, a leading financial institution, is looking for an experienced Network SRE Lead to drive network service reliability, governance, and operational excellence across the APAC region.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead network governance, operational standards, policies, and controls across APAC.

• Drive service reliability, availability, resilience, and continuous improvement across enterprise network services.

• Establish and manage service reliability metrics (SLIs/SLOs), monitoring, alerting, reporting, and service health dashboards.

• Lead automation, problem management, root cause analysis (RCA), and operational excellence initiatives to improve service quality and reduce operational risk.

• Manage network asset lifecycle, vendor performance, maintenance contracts, software subscriptions, and telecommunications services.

• Ensure compliance with audit, regulatory, cybersecurity, and risk management requirements.

• Govern network vulnerability management, patch compliance, and remediation programmes.

• Partner with Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, Operations, and business stakeholders to ensure operational readiness and successful service delivery.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Network Infrastructure, Network Operations, Service Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Service Management.

• Leadership experience managing regional or global teams.

• Strong knowledge of LAN, WAN, Data Centre, Cloud Connectivity, SD-WAN, and Network Security.

• Experience in ITSM, incident, problem, and change management, service governance, and operational excellence.

• Hands-on experience with network monitoring, observability, automation, and service reliability practices.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Preferred

• Banking or financial services experience.

• ITIL certification or equivalent.

• Experience with automation and scripting.

• CCNP, CCIE, CISSP, or other relevant certifications are advantageous.

EA License no.: 16S8066 I Reg no.: R1110125

Only shortlisted applicants will be notified.