Overview

Lead Specialist, Cloud Architect

Date: 16 Jul 2026

Location:

Singapore, Singapore

Company:
Singtel Group

An empowering career at Singtel begins with a Hello. Our purpose, to Empower Every Generation, connects people to the possibilities they need to excel. Every “hello” at Singtel opens doors to new initiatives, growth, and BIG possibilities that takes your career to new heights. So, when you say hello to us, you are really empowered to say…“Hello BIG Possibilities”.

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

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.