Senior Network Architect | Enterprise & Cloud Security Lead

GMP TECHNOLOGIES (S) PTE LTD

Singapore

On-site

SGD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

GMP Technologies (S) Pte Ltd in Singapore seeks a senior network architect to lead the APAC enterprise network strategy and design. You will drive resilience, automation, and architectural governance across data centres, cloud connectivity, and security.

The role demands extensive leadership, hands-on design, and vendor collaboration. You will mentor engineers, align with regulatory requirements, and ensure go-live readiness with rigorous testing and rollout plans.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field.
10–15 years of enterprise networking experience, including significant architecture, design authority, or leadership roles.
CCIE certified, with a track record of designing large-scale, highly available networks spanning data centre, campus, branch, WAN/SD-WAN, Internet, cloud, wireless, and security.
Strong expertise in BGP, OSPF, routing and switching, QoS, multicast, VPN, high availability, segmentation, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, load balancing, and NAC.
Hands‑on architecture experience with Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, F5, Meraki, Zscaler, Cisco ISE, or comparable platforms.
Experience integrating networks with cloud, SaaS, identity, security, monitoring, ITSM, and automation platforms.
Solid grounding in architecture methodology, requirements analysis, options assessment, technical governance, risk management, and design documentation.
Working knowledge of automation, APIs, Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, observability, and SRE principles.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, influence senior stakeholders, resolve technical disagreements, and explain complex topics clearly.
Background in banking, financial services, or other regulated sectors preferred; familiarity with MAS TRM and regional regulations is an advantage.

Responsibilities

Set the APAC network vision, target architecture, standards, and roadmap, while driving standardisation, resilience, automation, and reduction of technical debt.
Own network solution design, architecture reviews, technical sign-off, and risk assessment to ensure security, scalability, resilience, and operational readiness.
Provide oversight of the regional enterprise network, cloud connectivity, network security, and application traffic management.
Define architecture standards and design principles that align with enterprise policy, security controls, audit expectations, and local regulatory requirements.
Lead network projects from inception to handover, covering planning, resourcing, dependencies, vendors, risks, testing, migration, and cutover.
Assess technologies and vendors, validate technical and commercial requirements, and drive cost efficiency, standardisation, and lower vendor dependency.
Confirm readiness for go-live through testing, rollback planning, monitoring, support arrangements, and operational acceptance, and apply lessons learned to improve continuously.
Mentor architects and senior engineers, govern design decisions, encourage knowledge sharing, and build a culture of engineering excellence and collaboration.