Director of Platform Engineering

Company Profile

MIZUHO BANK, SINGAPORE

Job Responsibilities

1. Strategic Leadership & Roadmap

• Define the 5-year platform engineering and operations roadmap covering datacenter modernization, hybrid cloud integration, and infrastructure automation.
• Drive standardization, consolidation, and cost optimization across global platforms.
• Establish platform engineering as a product function with clear SLAs, service catalogues, and self-service models.
• Influence and guide C-level executives on infrastructure investment and technology adoption decisions.

2. Engineering & Modernization

• Architect and deliver compute and virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere, OCP-v, Hyper-V)

• Oversee storage and backup platforms (SAN/NAS, Object, enterprise backup/DR) with tiering, replication, and RPO/RTO compliance.

• Oversee creation and enforcement of SDD, HLD, LLD, SI, HDD documentation for platform services.

• Establish governance boards and design review councils for all platform-related projects.
• Lead platform automation using Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI, Python, CI/CD integration.

3. Technology & Innovation

• Lead evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies such as hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), container-native storage, and multi-cloud orchestration.
• Define strategy for platform automation (Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI, Python, GitOps).
• Build capabilities for DevSecOps, observability, and SRE practices across all infrastructure platforms.

4. Reliability, Patching & Operations

• Own infrastructure operations ensuring platform uptime and SLA adherence.

• Oversee incident, problem, and change management processes aligned with ITIL and SRE principles.

• Lead enterprise patching and lifecycle management frameworks (SCCM, Satellite, VMware Lifecycle Manager).

• Ensure platform resiliency through cluster designs, DR drills, and RPO/RTO compliance.
• Establish proactive monitoring and observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, vROps).
• Drive continuous improvement, incident reduction, and root cause elimination in platform operations.

5. Security & Compliance

• Embed Zero Trust and DevSecOps principles in engineering and operations.
• Automate compliance monitoring and audit reporting.
• Integrate data governance, retention, and sovereignty frameworks across storage and backup solutions.
• Automate compliance checks and reporting into CI/CD and infra pipelines.
• Lead remediation for operational vulnerabilities and ensure secure patching practices.

6. People Leadership & Vendor Management

• Lead a global team of platform engineers and operations.
• Build talent strategy for platform engineering and operations (L2/L3/SRE).
• Manage vendor SLA for compute, storage, backup, monitoring and operations outsourcing partners.
• Negotiate enterprise contracts and licensing models to maximize ROI.

Foster a culture of automation-first, security-first, and service ownership.

Job Requirements

Key Competencies, Experiences, and Qualifications:

Educational Background:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• VMware VCDX or advanced VCAP certifications, Cloud Architect.
• TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture.
• ITIL Expert, PMP/Prince2.
• CISSP, CISM (security governance).

kills and Experience:

• Experience: 20+ years in infrastructure/platform engineering, with at least 8-10 years in global leadership roles.
• Strategic Leadership: Proven track record in defining multi-year infrastructure strategies and driving transformation at scale.
• Technical Breadth:
• Virtualization (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Azure Stack).
• Storage (SAN, NAS, object storage, HCI platforms).
• Backup/DR (Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, PowerProtect).
• Automation (Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI, Python, CI/CD).
• Monitoring & Observability (vROps, Prometheus, ELK, Splunk).
• Cloud & Containers (Azure, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Security & Governance: Strong knowledge of CIS, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS, GDPR, MAS-TRM.
• Soft Skills:
• Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to influence at C-level and translate infra strategy into business outcomes.
• Leadership in cross-functional, multi-country teams.

Strong vendor management and negotiation skills.

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