Overview

Lead IT Architect, Security Systems

Date: 25 Aug 2025

Location:

Singapore, Singapore

Company:
Singtel Group

NCS is a leading technology services firm that operates across the Asia Pacific region in over 20 cities, providing consulting, digital services, technology solutions, and more. We believe in harnessing the power of technology to achieve extraordinary things, creating lasting value and impact for our communities, partners, and people. Our diverse workforce of 13,000 has delivered large-scale, mission-critical, and multi-platform projects for governments and enterprises in Singapore and the APAC region.

Senior technical leader responsible for designing and delivering comprehensive technology solutions to ensures alignment of technology architecture with business goals and stakeholder expectations

Responsibilities:

Pre-Sales & Solutionin

  • Engage clients to assess requirements and demonstrate technology capabilities.
  • Tailor solution architectures to support business growth and value creation.
  • Lead technical aspects of bids, proposals, and cost estimates.

Architecture, Design & Standards

  • Design end-to-end IT solutions, encompassing applications, infrastructure (cloud/on-prem), security, and integration.
  • Ensure designs comply with industry standards, regulations, and best practices.
  • Lead evaluations and Proof of Concepts (POCs) to validate feasibility.

Project Delivery

  • Oversee full project lifecycle: planning, development, implementation, integration, testing, and deployment.
  • Guide agile or traditional delivery processes, focusing on quality and continuous improvement.
    Provide ongoing technical support and optimization throughout solution lifecycle.

Technical Thought Leadership

  • Stay abreast of current and emerging technologies relevant to the organization.
  • Introduce innovations and best practices into solution designs and delivery.
  • Act as subject matter expert and quality assurer for technical solutions.

Stakeholder Engagement & Team Leadership

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, partners, and clients to ensure solution success.
  • Communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Mentor, coach, and develop junior team members.

The ideal profile should have:

  • 10+ years’ experience in solution design, enterprise architecture, and technical leadership.
  • Proven success delivering large-scale, integrated, scalable, and secure systems.
  • Expertise in areas such as software architecture, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), security, data analytics, and system integration.
  • Strong grasp of software development lifecycle and project management methodologies (Agile/Waterfall).
  • Effective stakeholder manager, able to build trust and articulate value.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience mentoring technical talent and fostering collaborative environments.

We are driven by our AEIOU beliefs—Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity—and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.  

Together, we make the extraordinary happen.   

Learn more about us at ncs.co and visit our LinkedIn career site. 


About Singtel

Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel has 140 years of operating experience and played a pivotal role in the country’s development as a major communications hub. Optus, our subsidiary in Australia, is a leader in integrated telecommunications, constantly raising the bar in innovative products and services.

We are also strategically invested in leading companies in Asia and Africa, including Bharti Airtel (India, South Asia and Africa), Telkomsel (Indonesia), Globe Telecom (the Philippines) and Advanced Info Service (Thailand). We work closely with our associates, leveraging our scale in networks, customer reach and extensive operational experience to lead and shape the communications industry.

Together, the Group serves over 700 million mobile customers around world. Singtel is one of the largest listed Singapore companies on the Singapore Exchange by market capitalisation.

The Group has a vast network of offices throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the USA, and employs more than 23,000 staff worldwide.