Technical Lead - AWS Data Platform & Master Data Management

3 CUBED BUSINESS CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

3 CUBED BUSINESS CONSULTING PTE. LTD. is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to shape the data platform strategy for a public sector program hosted on GCC.

You will lead end-to-end architecture, data governance, and integration across AWS-native services, COTS products, and reporting layers. The role requires deep GovTech exposure, hands-on data engineering, and strong collaboration with government stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant solutions in the Singapore public sector

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Data Engineering and Solution Architecture.
• 5+ years of AWS Cloud experience.
• Strong public sector experience and GovTech frameworks knowledge.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale data solutions on GCC with AWS-native services.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and implementation of enterprise data platforms on AWS GCC.
• Define target-state architecture for data ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, and reporting.
• Drive cloud-native modernization initiatives and technology roadmap.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, GovTech teams, and infrastructure teams.
• Oversee ETL/ELT development and migration toward AWS-native services.
• Ensure data quality, reliability, scalability, and performance.

Skills

Data Engineering

Solution Architecture

AWS Cloud

Public Sector Experience

Governance

API Integration

ETL

Tools

Talend Data Catalog

Talend ETL

AWS Glue

AWS Lambda

Amazon Redshift

Neo4j

Tableau

TIBCO EBX

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to lead the design, development, and delivery of a large-scale data platform hosted on the Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) using AWS Cloud services. The candidate will be responsible for end-to-end data architecture, ETL modernization, master data management, governance, and reporting solutions for a public sector program.

The ideal candidate should possess strong public sector experience, deep knowledge of GovTech frameworks, Government cloud governance requirements, and proven experience delivering enterprise-scale data solutions using AWS-native services and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.

Key Responsibilities

Data Platform Leadership

• Lead the technical design and implementation of enterprise data platforms on AWS GCC.
• Define target-state architecture for data ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, and reporting.
• Drive cloud-native modernization initiatives and technology roadmap.
• Work closely with enterprise architects, business stakeholders, GovTech teams, and infrastructure teams.

Data Engineering & ETL

• Design and implement large-scale data pipelines using: AWS Glue / AWS Lambda / Amazon S3 / AWS Step Functions / AWS EMR / Amazon Redshift / Amazon Athena / Amazon Event Bridge
• Lead Talend ETL development and migration strategy toward AWS-native services.
• Experience working with Graph DB applications using Neo4j
• Ensure data quality, reliability, scalability, and performance optimization.

Data Governance & Catalog

• Implement enterprise data governance frameworks.
• Manage metadata, lineage, and catalogue solutions.
• Experience with Talend Data Catalog / AWS Glue Data Catalog / Data Governance frameworks / Data Stewardship processes

Master Data Management (MDM)

• Lead administration and enhancement of TIBCO EBX MDM platform.
• Define migration roadmap from TIBCO EBX to AWS-native MDM architecture.
• Implement master data management, golden record management, hierarchy management, and data quality frameworks.
• Collaborate with business data owners and governance councils.

Application Integration

• Lead the design, development, and support of enterprise application integrations across government and external systems.
• Design and implement API-first architectures following GovTech and WOG integration standards.
• Develop and manage secure integrations between data platforms, MDM systems, COTS products, and downstream applications.
• Ensure scalability, performance, security, and monitoring of integration services.
• Support real-time, near real-time, and batch integration patterns.

Security & Compliance

Ensure solution compliance with:

• Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) requirements
• GOVTECH standards and guidelines
• IM8 governance controls
• WOG security requirements
• Data protection and access management policies

Implement secure cloud architecture and governance controls.

Required Skills & Experience

Cloud Technologies

• 8+ years in Data Engineering and Solution Architecture.
• 5+ years of AWS Cloud experience.

ETL / Data Integration

• Strong experience with: Talend Data Integration / Talend Data Catalog / ETL/ELT architecture / Data Migration Projects / Data Warehousing

Master Data Management

• Hands-on experience with: TIBCO EBX / Master Data Governance / Reference Data Management / Data Quality Management

Application Integration

• Strong experience in Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and System Integration projects.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing: REST APIs / SOAP Web Services / OpenAPI / Swagger specifications / API Gateway solutions / Event-driven architectures / Message-based integrations
• Experience integrating: AWS-native services / Talend ETL and Data Catalog / TIBCO EBX MDM / Tableau reporting platforms / Third-party COTS applications / Government shared services and WOG platforms
• Strong understanding of: OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect (OIDC) / SAML / JWT / Mutual TLS (mTLS) / API Security and Governance
• Experience with: AWS API Gateway / AWS Lambda / Amazon EventBridge / Amazon SQS / Amazon SNS / Apache Kafka (preferred)
• Experience designing canonical data models and integration patterns for enterprise-scale systems.
• Strong knowledge of API lifecycle management, versioning, documentation, testing, and monitoring.

Architecture & Governance

• Enterprise Architecture
• Data Governance Frameworks
• Cloud Governance
• Security Architecture
• API Integration
• Microservices Architecture

AWS Infrastructure skills

• Understanding on Amazon EC2, Amazon VPC, Subnets, Route Tables, Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway, Transit Gateway, Security Groups, Network ACLs (NACL), IAM, AWS KMS, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Config, AWS Backup, AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies (SCP), VPC Endpoints, AWS Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPN, Elastic Load Balancer (ALB/NLB), Amazon EBS, Amazon EFS, CloudFormation, Multi-AZ Architecture, Disaster Recovery (DR), High Availability (HA), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Encryption at Rest, Encryption in Transit, S3 Lifecycle Management

Public Sector Experience (Mandatory)

Candidate must have proven experience delivering projects within:

• Singapore Government Agencies
• Statutory Boards
• GovTech-led initiatives
• Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) environments

Strong understanding of:

• GovTech delivery methodology
• WOG (Whole-of-Government) technology standards
• IM8 policies and compliance requirements
• Government procurement and security review processes
• Ship-HATS / SHIP-HATS procurement framework
• Government architecture review and governance processes

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• AWS Data Analytics Specialty
• TOGAF Certification
• Talend Certification
• Tableau Certification
• PMP / Scrum Master Certification

Key Attributes

• Strong stakeholder management across Government agencies and vendors.
• Experience leading distributed technical teams.
• Ability to engage senior management and architecture review boards.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Proven experience delivering mission-critical public sector platforms.

Nice-to-Have Experience

• GovTech GCC onboarding projects
• OneGov or WOG integrations
• DataHub implementations
• Data Governance Programs
• AI/ML and GenAI on AWS
• AWS Lakehouse Architecture
• Public Sector Cloud Migration Projects

Target Profile:

Technical Lead / Solution Architect / Data Platform Lead with 10-15+ years of experience, strong AWS Data Engineering background, Talend and Tableau expertise, TIBCO EBX MDM experience, and prior Singapore Government/GOVTECH project delivery experience.