Platform Architect (AWS & Cloud)

Role: Platform Architect (AWS &CLOUD)

Location: Singapore

We are partnering with a leading telecom client to hire a Platform Architect. The right candidate defines and governs the end-to-end architecture, covering standardized infrastructure, CI/CD, cloud foundations, observability, security, and developer experience for all IS applications. The role drives cloud modernization to AWS, enforces compliance-by-design (IMDA, PDPA, CSA, MAS-TRM, ISO27001), and ensures the platform is scalable, secure, cost-efficient, and future-ready (Backstage, AI/ML observability, self-service workflows).

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the Road Architecture Blueprint (infra, IaC, CI/CD, observability, security, DevEx)

• Define and enforce technology standards, golden paths, and approved toolsets

• Design and lead AWS cloud mode

• Ensure alignment with regulatory & security frameworks (IMDA, PDPA, CSA, MAS-TRM, ISO27001)

• Drive microservices, containerization, API gateways, and cloud-native patterns

• Lead the Spotify Backstage developer portal roadmap and plugin ecosystem

• Provide architectural guidance to Shared Services, SRE, Cloud, Security, and Application teams

• Document architecture principles, guardrails, RFCs, and paved-road workflows

Requirements

• 10–15 years in enterprise architecture, platform engineering, cloud architecture, or DevOps in large-scale tech or telco environments.

• Experience designing platforms supporting >50 microservices or multi-team engineering organizations.

• Strong expertise in AWS (EKS, RDS, ElastiCache, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC).

• Strong understanding of CI/CD, IaC (Terraform), CaC (Configuration as Code), GitOps, container orchestration, cloud networking.

• Experience with internal developer platforms (Backstage, Port, OpsLevel, or similar).

• Strong security architecture understanding (IAM, secrets, compliance, audit, least privilege).

• Certifications preferred: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, CKA/CKAD, TOGAF (optional).