VP, Application Developer, Institutional Banking Group Technology, Group Technology

DBS Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

DBS Bank Asia Hub is seeking a seasoned Enterprise Architect to drive the Ecosystem Platform roadmap, working with applications teams and other architects to elevate engineering practices and delivery quality. The role focuses on decomposing monoliths into microservices and APIs, building scalable solutions in a Cloud/DevOps environment.

You will provide technical leadership across the SDLC, define standards and patterns, and guide the migration from in-house infrastructure to cloud platforms

Qualifications

• 10–12 years of design and build experience for large-scale IAM applications and integration
• Strong understanding of banking platforms, payments and regulatory constraints
• Deep knowledge of cybersecurity principles, authentication and identity management
• Experience with AWS, Google Cloud, Cloud Foundry and related security services
• Experience in designing and coding scalable microservices and APIs
• Proven track record building delivery capability with onshore/offshore teams
• Familiar with Java Spring Framework and DevOps tooling
• Experience with Agile methodologies, Jira/Confluence/Jenkins/Bitbucket

Responsibilities

• Drive the build-out of Ecosystem Platform capabilities on the roadmap
• Collaborate with applications teams and other architects to raise engineering quality
• Provide technical leadership during the SDLC and secure buy-in
• Define software standards, patterns, and practices including agile delivery
• Plan migration from on-prem to cloud-based platforms
• Translate requirements into architecture and blueprint-based solutions
• Decompose monoliths into microservices and APIs for Cloud/DevOps
• Lead architecture reviews and establish evaluation frameworks

Skills

IAM design

Security

Cloud/DevOps

Microservices

Architectural leadership

Technical guidance

POC patterns

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

Cloud Foundry

Java Spring

Jira

Confluence

Jenkins

Bitbucket

Job description

• Drive the build out of the capabilities on the Ecosystem Platform roadmap.
• Able to work closely with the applications teams and other architects to drive high quality application development, raising the bar of engineering practices and value adding to the technical delivery.
• Directing the architecture and development teams using a hands-on approach
• Establishing and owning engineering practice by improving current practices and coming up new practices were ever required
• Create strategy, guidelines to improve software development, delivery with world-class quality outcomes
• Define and own software standards, patterns, methodologies and practices including software quality, execution of agile software delivery
• Able to project manage and allocated development capacity to completing scheduled task
• Ensure agreed architecture is implemented by development team using agreed on patterns with engineering teams and architects
• Perform POC’s and come up with patterns and frameworks
• Be part of team of architects and domain experts to provide fit for purpose solutions
• Transform requirements into architecture and blueprint for the solution being created. Conversion that is based on several factors: previous, successful design patterns, reference architectures and enterprise architecture guidance.
• Understands business functions, construct a solution architecture around Microservices and APIs, and be able to decompose monolith applications into meaningful implementable Microservices and APIs in a Cloud/DevOps environment.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team, during the SDLC. Get development team’s buy-in into accepting the design to be implemented.
• Establish plan and manage the migration from an in-house infrastructure to the cloud-based platform.
• Develop the solution architecture aligns with the roadmaps established by the enterprise architecture, and that it adheres to the enterprise architecture principles. Act as the bridge between Enterprise / Application Architecture and Delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the build out of the capabilities on the Ecosystem Platform roadmap.
• Able to work closely with the applications teams and other architects to drive high quality application development, raising the bar of engineering practices and value adding to the technical delivery.
• Directing the architecture and development teams using a hands-on approach
• Establishing and owning engineering practice by improving current practices and coming up new practices were ever required
• Create strategy, guidelines to improve software development, delivery with world-class quality outcomes
• Define and own software standards, patterns, methodologies and practices including software quality, execution of agile software delivery
• Able to project manage and allocated development capacity to completing scheduled task
• Ensure agreed architecture is implemented by development team using agreed on patterns with engineering teams and architects
• Perform POC’s and come up with patterns and frameworks
• Be part of team of architects and domain experts to provide fit for purpose solutions
• Transform requirements into architecture and blueprint for the solution being created. Conversion that is based on several factors: previous, successful design patterns, reference architectures and enterprise architecture guidance.
• Understands business functions, construct a solution architecture around Microservices and APIs, and be able to decompose monolith applications into meaningful implementable Microservices and APIs in a Cloud/DevOps environment.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team, during the SDLC. Get development team’s buy-in into accepting the design to be implemented.
• Establish plan and manage the migration from an in-house infrastructure to the cloud-based platform.
• Develop the solution architecture aligns with the roadmaps established by the enterprise architecture, and that it adheres to the enterprise architecture principles. Act as the bridge between Enterprise / Application Architecture and Delivery.

Requirements

• Minimum 10-12 experience in design and build large scale applications in Identity and Access Management, integration, continuous delivery, pair programming and test-driven development
• Experience with AWS / Google Infrastructure Services (EC2, S3, CloudFront, IAM, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway) and IAM Security services.
• Experience Cybersecurity observability and SRE Framework.
• Strong understanding of banking platforms, payments systems, transaction systems, and regulatory constraints
• Deep knowledge of cybersecurity principles, Network security, Authentication, Authorization, Digital Token, Entitlement, Session Management, Digital/Hard Token / FIDO Token management functions, Cryptography, Passkeys, Mobile Security and application security.
• Good understanding of OAuth 2.0 / SAML 2.0 protocols
• Certification in AWS, Java, J2EE, Scrum is an added advantage.
• Experience with Cloud Foundry Platform and Development and Deployment.
• Certification in AWS, Java, J2EE, Scrum is an added advantage
• Experience creating delivery capability from the ground up and building talented teams including the balance of onshore and offshore model
• Good understanding of OAuth 2.0 / SAML 2.0 protocols
• Data modelling experience in both Relational and NoSQL databases
• Familiar with Java Spring Framework / Spring Cloud.
• Good understanding of infrastructure components like webservers, app servers, plugins, connection pooling, SLB, firewalls etc.
• Experience in designing and coding scalable Microservices.
• Certification in AWS, Java, J2EE, is an added advantage
• Experience on Agile Development Methodologies, JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins & bitbucket.

Location

DBS Asia Hub

Job

Technology

Schedule

Regular

Employee Status

Full time