Platform Architect (AWS & Cloud)

Cygnify Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Singapore is seeking a Platform Architect with extensive AWS and cloud architecture expertise. The role requires overseeing architectural frameworks, ensuring compliance, and guiding technical standards to support microservices and secure design practices. Ideal candidates will have 10–15 years in tech or telco environments, a strong grasp of DevOps, CI/CD, and relevant certifications. This is an excellent opportunity to drive innovative cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years in enterprise architecture, platform engineering, or cloud architecture in large tech environments.
• Experience with platforms supporting over 50 microservices.
• Expertise in AWS services like EKS, RDS, and CloudWatch.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the Road Architecture Blueprint.
• Define and enforce technology standards and toolsets.
• Design and lead AWS cloud models.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud architecture

DevOps practices

AWS services

CI/CD processes

Microservices design

Security architecture

Education

AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification

TOGAF certification

Tools

Terraform

GitOps

Container orchestration tools

Job description

Role: Platform Architect (AWS & Cloud)

Location: Singapore

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the Road Architecture Blueprint (infra, IaC, CI/CD, observability, security, DevEx)
• Define and enforce technology standards, golden paths, and approved toolsets
• Design and lead AWS cloud mode
• Ensure alignment with regulatory & security frameworks (IMDA, PDPA, CSA, MAS-TRM, ISO27001)
• Drive microservices, containerization, API gateways, and cloud-native patterns
• Lead the Spotify Backstage developer portal roadmap and plugin ecosystem
• Provide architectural guidance to Shared Services, SRE, Cloud, Security, and Application teams
• Document architecture principles, guardrails, RFCs, and paved-road workflows

Qualifications

• 10–15 years in enterprise architecture, platform engineering, cloud architecture, or DevOps in large-scale tech or telco environments.
• Experience designing platforms supporting >50 microservices or multi-team engineering organizations.
• Strong expertise in AWS (EKS, RDS, ElastiCache, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, IaC (Terraform), CaC (Configuration as Code), GitOps, container orchestration, cloud networking.
• Experience with internal developer platforms (Backstage, Port, OpsLevel, or similar).
• Strong security architecture understanding (IAM, secrets, compliance, audit, least privilege).
• Certifications preferred: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, CKA/CKAD, TOGAF (optional).