About the role

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Senior Cloud Architect responsible for designing and adapting Digital Twin and mission-critical systems on Azure and Singapore Government Commercial Cloud using Kubernetes, DevSecOps, and compliance frameworks.

Aerospace & DefenseOnsite

Key Responsibilities

Lead the design and adaptation of Digital Twin architecture in Azure Cloud and Singapore’s Government Commercial Cloud
Architect systems of systems deployments (e.g., Air Traffic Management Solutions) using Thales flavored Kubernetes Orchestration Platform to orchestrate containers, virtual machines to support hybrid workloads
Define strategies for hybrid and multi-cloud interoperability, data movement, and workload portability (e.g., RMA analysis, data-in-transit, IAM, WAF/secrets management)
Establish binary portability / compatibility across releases, ensuring the releases are compliant to requirements and regulatory frameworks
Establish resilience, redundancy, and disaster recovery across multiple sites and cloud providers
Establish KPIs to measure systems resiliency, cloud consumption costs
Ensure cloud deployments adhere to government and industry regulations (e.g., IM8, GDPR, Data Protection Acts, NIST)
Define data classification, residency, and sovereignty models in line with jurisdictional laws
Integrate DevSecOps practices, zero-trust principles, and compliance-as-code into deployment pipelines
Implement audit, monitoring, and logging solutions aligned with regulatory requirements (e.g., CIS benchmarks)
Define standardization Architect and standardize Kubernetes clusters across multi-cloud environments (AKS, RKE2, GCC Kubernetes services)
Define golden paths for workload deployment, service mesh integration, and API interoperability across the Azure Cloud and GCC

Requirements

Bachelors in Computer Science or Information Technology
Masters degree in Computer Science or Data Science
7+ years of experience in cloud architecture, with multi-cloud exposure (Azure required, GCC preferred) and familiar with Identity Solutions, RBAC, Policies, Regions and AZs, Storage
Proven expertise in Kubernetes architecture and operations in production environments
Strong knowledge of networking, identity management, and security controls across Azure and GCC
Demonstrated experience in designing mission-critical, highly available systems-of-systems; an experience in orchestrating and scaling services at scale is considered equivalent
Understanding of cloud compliance frameworks and acts (e.g., GDPR, IM8, NIST 800-53, Cloud Act, Data Protection Acts)
Hands-on skills with IaC tools (Terraform, Helmfile, Ansible)
Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), CKA/CKAD, CISSP, CCSK
Familiarity with service meshes (Istio, Linkerd) and secure API gateways
Background in DevSecOps, SRE, or platform engineering practices
Possess learning agility, flexibility and pro-activity
Comfortable with agile teamwork and user engagement