Network Architect Lead (Bank, Permanent)

Responsibilities

• Network Architecture Strategy: Lead the APAC network solution-architecture practice, defining target-state architecture, technology roadmaps, design principles, standards, and investment priorities aligned with enterprise strategy.

• Solution Design and Technical Assurance: Lead requirements analysis, solution options, high-level and low-level design reviews, architecture decisions, migration strategies, and technical approvals for complex network initiatives.

• Network and Security Architecture: Design and govern enterprise network solutions across data centres, campus and branch networks, WAN/SD-WAN, cloud connectivity, wireless, remote access, routing and switching, firewalls, segmentation, and application traffic management.

• Architecture Governance and Compliance: Establish reference architectures, engineering standards, reusable design patterns, and technical controls to ensure compliance with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, regulatory, lifecycle, and change-management requirements.

• End-to-End Project Delivery: Lead network workstreams from requirements gathering and design through procurement, implementation, testing, migration, cutover, stabilisation, and project closure across multiple APAC countries and sites.

• Implementation Planning and Readiness: Manage delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, resource requirements, implementation readiness, test strategies, rollback procedures, technical risks, and acceptance criteria to ensure controlled implementation.

• Operational Readiness and Service Handover: Ensure solutions meet availability, performance, security, monitoring, disaster recovery, documentation, support, and operational acceptance requirements, including runbooks, escalation procedures, and remediation of outstanding defects.

• Vendor and Commercial Management: Evaluate network technologies, products, proposals, and proofs of concept; validate technical scope, licensing, sizing, interoperability, supportability, lifecycle, and total cost of ownership.

• Architecture Optimisation and Automation: Drive network standardisation, technical debt reduction, resilience improvements, configuration consistency, automation, Infrastructure as Code, and integration with cloud, security, monitoring, and IT service management platforms.

• Technical Governance and Capability Development: Lead architecture and design-review forums, maintain architecture decision records and reusable documentation, mentor network architects and senior engineers, and incorporate operational lessons into architecture standards.

Requirements

• Relevant Experience: Minimum 10–15 years of enterprise networking experience, including significant experience in network solution architecture, technical design authority, or architecture leadership.

• Enterprise Network Architecture: Demonstrated experience designing large-scale, highly available network solutions across data centres, campus and branch networks, WAN/SD-WAN, Internet connectivity, wireless, cloud, and network security.

• Core Networking Expertise: Strong technical knowledge of routing and switching, BGP, OSPF, QoS, multicast, VPN, high availability, segmentation, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, load balancing, and network access control.

• Enterprise Technology Platforms: Hands-on architecture experience with technologies such as Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, F5, Meraki, Zscaler, and Cisco ISE, or equivalent enterprise platforms.

• Cloud, Security and Automation: Experience integrating networks with public cloud, SaaS, identity, security, monitoring, and ITSM platforms. Knowledge of APIs, network automation, Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, observability, and SRE principles is advantageous.

• Architecture Governance and Risk: Experience in requirements analysis, architecture methods, technical design documentation, option assessment, design assurance, risk management, security-by-design, and regulatory compliance.

• Project Delivery and Implementation: Proven experience delivering network projects across multiple countries or sites, covering planning, procurement, dependency management, change control, testing, migration, cutover, stabilisation, operational handover, and delivery tracking.

• Certifications and Industry Knowledge: CCNP, CCIE, or equivalent networking or architecture certifications are preferred. Cloud networking, vendor security, and ITIL certifications are advantageous.

• Experience in banking, financial services, or other regulated environments, including knowledge of MAS Technology Risk Management (TRM) requirements, is preferred.

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