Senior Enterprise Architect

Singtel Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Singtel is seeking an experienced IT Architect to shape technology strategy for large enterprise accounts in Singapore. You will lead architecture discussions, define requirements, and guide cross-functional teams to deliver robust solutions.

You will evaluate emerging technologies (AI, big data, cloud, APIs) and craft reference models and standards, ensuring alignment with go-to-market plans and cost-effective delivery.

Qualifications

• Five years of IT architecture experience in telecom or large enterprises.
• Expertise in networking, digital platforms, or Managed Services.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication.
• Certifications such as ITIL, CCNA, TOGAF are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Qualify customer needs and perform presales with account sales teams.
• Define business and technical requirements including regulations and drivers.
• Lead architecture proposals and solution blueprints for RFI/RFPs.
• Develop architecture specifications and ensure adoption across projects.
• Evaluate emerging tech and recommend adoption or deprecation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align solutions with go-to-market plans.

Skills

IT architecture experience

Stakeholder management

Networking expertise

Digital platforms knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

ITIL Certification

CCNA Certification

TOGAF Certification

Job description

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Make an impact by:

• Partner the account sales team in the qualification of customer needs and performing presales engagement to assigned sectors and accounts.


• Responsible for understanding, defining business and technical requirements including regulations, business drivers, ecosystem factors etc.


• Accountable in influencing and leading all technical and RFI/RFP opportunities generated from assigned accounts with clear solutioning ownership.


• Develop and document architecture specifications, blueprints, reference models and standards; ensure they are adopted across projects.


• Evaluate new and emerging technologies & platforms, tools, frameworks (e.g. quantum, AI/ML, big data, integration, APIs) and recommend adoption / deprecation of existing technologies.


• Drive standardisation, reusability, and simplification across the architecture landscape (e.g. reducing duplication, rationalizing applications, aligning data models) including best-practices, guidelines & operating models.


• Support proof-of-concepts / pilot initiatives when required, to validate approaches or technologies.


• Staying current on competitive analyses and understanding differentiators between the company and its competitors.


• Identify business value opportunities through technology / data / integration, and ensure architectures support cost-efficient, robust and future-proof solutions.


• Taking lead in strategic accounts and industry planning with account team to ensure technical competencies alignment to key go to market planning.


• Taking lead in solution that could involve more than one business units (BU) or cross functional requirement from design, build, optimize, presentation leading to solution blueprint briefing hand over to operational team.


• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product owners, solution architects, infrastructure teams, operations, vendors etc. to ensure alignment, resolve trade-offs, and support solution delivery


• Support marketing and industry events – participating in technology and industry conferences, trade shows, webinars etc

Skills for Success:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.


• Experience of 5 years in IT architecture roles, including experience within telco or large enterprise settings.


• Expertise in networking, digital platforms, or Managed Services.


• Strong stakeholder management, communication, influencing skills; ability to explain complex technical ideas to non-technical or executive stakeholders.


• Professional certifications such as ITIL, CCNA, TOGAF are an added advantage.

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