Senior Cloud Architect and Engineer

Unison Consulting Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Singapore is seeking a Cloud Architect to design cloud-native architectures and lead complex projects. You will define best practices and collaborate with various teams to ensure compliance and optimization. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience with AWS services and is proficient in Java using the Spring Boot framework. Strong problem-solving and communication skills are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud architecture and engineering roles.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS core services.
• Proficiency in Java with expertise in the Spring Boot framework.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of cloud-native architectures for complex workloads.
• Define reference architectures and best practices.
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide recommendations.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Java

AWS services

Microservices

Spring Boot

CI/CD

Scripting languages

Troubleshooting

Performance tuning

Communication skills

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitLab

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of cloud-native architectures for complex, large-scale enterprise and digital-native workloads.
• Define reference architectures, reusable patterns, and best practices for multitier, microservices, and serverless applications.
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide recommendations for scalability, resilience, performance, and cost optimization.
• Partner with business stakeholders, solution architects, and engineering teams to align architectures with organizational goals and compliance standards.
• Building and deploying cloud-native applications using Java with the Spring Boot framework and related technologies.
• Architecting and implementing GitLab CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable delivery.
• Provisioning and managing AWS services such as EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, and ELB.
• Automating infrastructure provisioning with Infrastructure-as-Code (CloudFormation, Terraform).
• Troubleshooting and resolving complex issues across applications and infrastructure in both production and non-production environments.
• Work with CloudOps, DBA, Security, and application teams to deliver compliant and cost-optimized solutions.
• Support the CCoE in driving adoption of best practices and reusable frameworks across projects.
• Contribute to technical documentation, architectural diagrams, and knowledge sharing within the team.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud architecture and engineering roles.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS core services (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, ELB, VPC, IAM).
• Proficiency in Java with expertise in the Spring Boot framework.
• Solid understanding of container-based deployments, orchestration, and lifecycle management.
• Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python, Ansible, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure architectures.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD and automation frameworks (GitLab, CloudFormation, Terraform).
• Working knowledge of cloud security, IAM, and encryption practices.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and performance tuning skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage executives, architects, and developers.