Lead Specialist, Cloud Architect

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Make an Impact By

• Lead the end-to-end architecture and technical governance of Singtels telco cloud infrastructure defining the target architecture across cloud platforms cloud networking and supporting infrastructure.

• Develop and maintain the technology architecture roadmap for telco cloud platforms ensuring alignment with Singtels network transformation strategy cloud-native adoption and long-term business objectives.

• Define architecture standards design principles and reference architectures covering compute storage virtualization container platforms cloud networking and infrastructure services.

• Ensure seamless integration between cloud platforms IP transport networks network security infrastructure and supporting management systems to deliver scalable resilient and secure end-to-end cloud infrastructure.

• Provide architectural leadership for major infrastructure transformation programmes including cloud platform refresh technology modernisation and migration to cloud-native platforms.

• Lead technical architecture reviews and solution governance to ensure proposed infrastructure designs comply with architecture standards security requirements and operational best practices.

• Partner with planning managers responsible for cloud platforms IP transport and cybersecurity to ensure architectural consistency across infrastructure domains.

• Lead technical evaluation of new technologies and vendor solutions providing architecture recommendations during RFP/RFQ technology sourcing and commercial evaluation activities.

• Drive infrastructure simplification standardisation and automation by identifying opportunities to optimise architecture improve operational efficiency and reduce technical debt.

• Provide architecture guidance and technical consultancy to engineering operations cybersecurity and enterprise architecture teams throughout project delivery.

• Mentor planning engineers and managers by promoting architecture best practices and strengthening technical capability across the organisation.

Skills for Success

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science / Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related field.

• 1215 years of experience in telecommunications cloud infrastructure enterprise architecture or network engineering.

• Strong expertise in telco cloud architecture including NFVi cloud-native infrastructure and distributed cloud platforms.

• Deep understanding of cloud networking including routing switching software-defined networking load balancing and network integration within cloud environments.

• Strong knowledge of virtualization technologies Kubernetes OpenShift ESXI OpenStack storage platforms and cloud infrastructure services.

• Experience developing enterprise or infrastructure architecture roadmaps and governing technical standards across multiple technology domains.

• Experience leading architecture for large-scale cloud transformation infrastructure modernisation and technology refresh programmes.

• Experience supporting vendor sourcing activities including architecture assessment technical evaluation and solution recommendation.

• Strong understanding of high availability disaster recovery geo-redundancy infrastructure security and operational resilience for mission-critical telecommunications platforms.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence architecture decisions across engineering operations cybersecurity enterprise architecture and senior leadership.

• Competence in the Following Areas

• Telco Cloud Architecture
• Cloud Platform Architecture
• Cloud Networking Architecture
• NFV / Cloud-native Infrastructure
• Infrastructure Integration Architecture
• Enterprise & Solution Architecture
• Infrastructure Lifecycle & Technology Roadmap
• High Availability & Geo-Resilient Architecture
• Infrastructure Security by Design
• Technology Evaluation & Vendor Assessment
• Infrastructure Automation & DevOps
• Architecture Governance & Standards
• Stakeholder Management