AVP, Cloud CoE

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.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE). The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure and services across AWS and/or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). You will work closely with architects, developers, security, and operations teams to enable reliable and efficient cloud-native solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy, manage, and support cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments and cloud resource provisioning.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance and availability in cloud environments.
• Ensure compliance with security and governance standards by implementing cloud security best practices.
• Collaborate with application and operations teams to support application deployment, scaling, and performance tuning.
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for cloud infrastructure-related issues.
• Manage cloud networking, VPC design, transit gateway, security groups, and firewalls.
• Support cost optimization efforts by identifying unused or underutilized resources.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience managing cloud environments, preferably in AWS and/or OCI.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, services (e.g., EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, VCN, OCI Compute), and networking concepts.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, specifically AWS CloudFormation and Terraform.
• Experience deploying and managing containers using AWS ECS and EKS.
• Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience with monitoring tools like CloudWatch, OCI Monitoring, or Grafana.
• Familiar with DevOps practices and tools (GitLab CI/CD, Nexus, Ansible, etc.).
• Working knowledge of cloud security, IAM, and encryption practices.

Qualifications:

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Certified Developer Associate or OCI Cloud Operations Associate.
• Experience with container orchestration, or serverless architectures.
• Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Able to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.