Vice President, Cloud Coe

Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Department
- Cloud Centre of Excellence
- Job posted on
- Jun 14, 2025
- Employment type
- Permanent - Full Time

Singlife is a leading homegrown financial services company, offering consumers a better way to financial freedom. Through innovative, technology-enabled solutions and a wide range of products and services, Singlife provides consumers control over their financial wellbeing at every stage of their lives. In addition to a comprehensive suite of insurance plans, employee benefits, partnerships with financial adviser channels and bancassurance, Singlife offers investment and advisory solutions through its GROW with Singlife platform. It also offers the Singlife Account, a mobile-first insurance savings plan.

Singlife is the exclusive insurance provider for the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Officers Group Insurance Scheme. Singlife is also an official signatory of the United Nations Principles for Sustainable Insurance and the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, affirming its commitment to finding a better way to sustainability.

The merger of Aviva Singapore and Singlife was announced in September 2020 and created one of the largest homegrown financial services companies in Singapore in a deal valued at S$3.2 billion. It was the largest insurance deal in Singapore at the time. Singlife was subsequently acquired by Sumitomo Life in March 2024, one of Japan’s leading life insurers, which valued Singlife at S$4.6 billion, making the transaction one of the largest insurance deals in Southeast Asia.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Design, implement, and manage highly available and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS and OCI.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using AWS CloudFormation Templates and Terraform.
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitLab CI/CD and Nexus Repository for automated deployments.
- Implement and enhance cloud security controls, including PrismaCloud CSPM and CWPP, IAM, and compliance with security best practices.
- Troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure and deployment issues.
- Prepare and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance on cloud best practices across the organization.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Minimum 13 years of hands-on experience with AWS and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture, services (e.g., EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, VCN, OCI Compute), and networking concepts.
- Proficient in AWS CloudFormation Templates and Terraform for IaC.
- Experience deploying and managing containers using AWS ECS and EKS.
- Proficiency with scripting languages such as Ansible, Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
- Experience with monitoring tools like CloudWatch, OCI Monitoring, or Grafana.
- Proven experience with GitLab CI/CD and Nexus Repository.
- Hands-on experience with PrismaCloud CSPM and CWPP, and strong understanding of IAM (AWS and OCI).
- Solid knowledge of cloud security pillars and security best practices.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills for cloud infrastructure and deployment issues.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
- Must hold at least one relevant cloud certification, such as:

- AWS Solutions Architect Associate
- AWS Security Specialty
- AWS Certified Developer Associate
- OCI Cloud Operations Associate

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- AWS Solutions Architect Professional or OCI Architect Professional certification.
- Experience working in a regulated or financial services environment.
- Knowledge of cloud cost optimization strategies.
- Experience with additional DevOps tools and automation frameworks.
- Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures.