Lead Specialist, Cloud Architect

Make an Impact By

• Lead the end-to-end architecture and technical governance of Singtel's 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 Singtel's 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

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field.

• 12–15 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