Manager, IT Cybersecurity Architect

1 day ago

Singapore SMRT Corporation Ltd Full-time SGD 180,000 - SGD 240,000/year

As Manager, IT Cybersecurity Architect, you will support the Head, Cybersecurity Architect Office in developing and implementing a robust cybersecurity architecture framework and strengthening organisational resilience. Your responsibilities include:

Cybersecurity IT Architecture Strategy & Governance

  • Develop and maintain SMRT’s IT cybersecurity architecture blueprint, ensuring alignment with the organisation’s technology roadmap and cybersecurity strategy.
  • Establish secure by design principles, architecture guardrails, and security design standards for all digital and operational systems.
  • Provide governance and oversight through architecture review boards, design assurance processes and solution endorsement mechanisms.
  • Ensure that architecture decisions support resilience, scalability, and compliance with emerging threats and regulatory requirements.

Security Design & Technical Advisory

  • Lead the design and evaluation of security controls for new systems, platforms, cloud solutions and major transformation programmes.
  • Provide expert advisory to project teams, solution architects, and engineering teams on system hardening, network segmentation, identity security, cloud security and application security.
  • Conduct architectural risk assessments and security design reviews, identifying design weaknesses and recommending effective mitigation measures.

Technology Standards & Reference Architectures

  • Develop, publish and maintain cybersecurity reference architectures, technology standards and integration patterns.
  • Ensure that architecture artefacts remain updated with industry best practices, emerging technologies and regulatory expectations.
  • Lead the harmonisation of cybersecurity tooling and platforms, promoting interoperability, standardisation and lifecycle optimisation.

Security Capability Development

  • Identify emerging security capabilities required to support SMRT’s cyber roadmap (e.g., Zero Trust, identity centric security, cloud-native security, advanced monitoring).
  • Evaluate new security technologies and conduct proof of concepts to validate feasibility, effectiveness and architectural fit.
  • Drive the planning and implementation of strategic cybersecurity architecture initiatives.

Cybersecurity Architecture Assurance

  • Support technical assurance activities to validate that implemented solutions meet approved security architecture requirements.
  • Review system configurations, deployment architectures and integration designs to ensure adherence to approved security design patterns.
  • Track and report on architecture compliance, deviations and remediation plans.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

  • Partner closely with technology teams, engineering groups, business units and operations to ensure cybersecurity architecture is practical, adoptable and aligned with business needs.
  • Engage senior management and provide clear architectural insights, risks and recommendations to support decision making.
  • Work with external partners, vendors and regulators to align SMRT’s architecture direction with industry norms and regulatory frameworks.