Overview

WHO WE ARE:

As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.

 Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.

 We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.

Your Opportunity Starts Here.

Senior Platform Architect (Hybrid Platform: Kubernetes, Middleware & Databases) 

Role summary

Lead architecture and hands-on technical oversight of our enterprise Platform across on-prem datacenters and public cloud, covering Kubernetes, middleware, and database platforms. Define standards and reference architectures, oversee adoption with engineering teams, and align Infrastructure, Security, Operations and application stakeholders on consistent platform direction.

Key responsibilities

  • Define platform target architecture, standards, and roadmap; maintain reference architectures and deprecation plans.

  • Architect and design

    • Kubernetes platform capabilities (multi-tenancy, guardrails/policies, upgrades, day-2 ops patterns) and oversee implementation with platform teams.

    • Middleware platforms and integration patterns with HA/scaling/capacity/observability standards.

    • Database platform capabilities; define HA/replication, backup/restore, patching, encryption, DR (RPO/RTO), onboarding guardrails, monitoring/runbooks.

  • Lead technical deep-dives for complex incidents/performance issues and translate learnings into standards and design improvements.

  • Provide hands-on technical leadership: lead PoCs when needed, review key configurations and design artefacts, guide troubleshooting war rooms, and validate production readiness with engineering teams.

  • Drive cross-team decisions and ensure adoption (Infrastructure, Security/Risk, Operations, application teams).

Requirements

  • 10+ years in platform/cloud/infrastructure with hands-on architecture oversight in production (design + guide build + operate).

  • Strong and proven experience across various paltforms – Kubernetes ( OpenShift / EKS Anywhere ) middleware stack (Kafka, Spring Cloud Gateway, IBM MQ, AMQ) and  databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, and/or distributed)

  • Strong stakeholder management and decision-making and comfortable working across infra dependencies (LB/Firewall/ Storage/ Virtualization)

Certifications (plus)

  • Kubernetes: CKA / CKAD / CKS

  • Red Hat / VMware: OpenShift certification (e.g., EX280) and/or VMware VCP

  • Security / Cloud (optional): CCSP (or equivalent), plus any major public-cloud certifications

  • Messaging / Integration / DB (optional): vendor certifications or formal training related to Kafka, IBM MQ, PostgreSQ, OracleL, CockroachDB

What we offer:

Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.

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About OCBC Bank

OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.

OCBC and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of commercial banking, specialist financial and wealth management services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services.

OCBC’s key markets are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has more than 570 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include about 300 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 90 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR under OCBC Wing Hang.

OCBC’s private banking services are provided by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals.

OCBC's insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southeast Asia.