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You will provide deep technical leadership across platform design, build, migration, and optimisation initiatives, ensuring alignment with government accreditation and regulatory requirements.\nWhat will you do?\nPlatform Architecture & Design\nDesign and govern enterprise data platform architectures, covering cloud infrastructure, data services, security, and integration layers.\n\nDefine platform standards, reference architectures, and reusable components aligned to government accreditation needs.\n\nEnsure architectural consistency and long-term sustainability across multiple agency platforms.\n\nSecurity, Compliance & Governance\nEnsure compliance with IM8 and other government security standards, including system hardening, access control, encryption, and audit requirements.\n\nReview and approve platform designs to ensure security-by-design and compliance-by-default principles.\n\nPartner with security and governance teams to address risk, audit findings, and accreditation requirements.\n\nTechnical Leadership & Delivery\nProvide deep technical leadership on platform build, migration, and optimisation initiatives across cloud and hybrid environments.\n\nReview and approve low-level designs, configurations, and technical implementations.\n\nGuide engineering teams on best practices for reliability, performance, scalability, and cost optimisation.\n\nAct as a trusted technical authority, resolving complex platform and infrastructure challenges.\n\nArchitecture-to-Execution Bridge\nTranslate high-level architecture into actionable technical guidance for engineering teams.\n\nSupport hands-on troubleshooting, performance tuning, and platform stabilisation when required.\n\nMentor engineers and uplift platform engineering capability across teams\n\n The ideal candidate should possess:\nExperience: 8-12+ years in platform architecture, infrastructure engineering, or data engineering roles.\n\nCloud & Data Platforms: Strong hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure, and modern data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or Hadoop ecosystems.\n\nRegulated Environments: Experience working in government or highly regulated environments is strongly preferred.\n\nTechnical Depth: Strong understanding of cloud security, networking, IAM, data services, and enterprise integration patterns.\n\nLeadership: Proven ability to bridge architecture intent with real-world engineering execution.\n\n Why Join NCS \nLead high-impact Data & AI advisory programs for major enterprises and public sector clients.\n\nShape enterprise strategies and governance frameworks that drive real transformation.\n\nWork with a talented, multidisciplinary team in a collaborative environment.\n\nCompetitive compensation and strong professional development support.\n\nWe are driven by our AEIOU beliefs-Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity-and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.\nTogether, we make the extraordinary happen.\nLearn more about us at ncs.co and visit our LinkedIn career site.\nScam Alert\nWe are aware of fraudulent job offers and impersonations of NCS recruiters. Phishing emails using convincing-looking but fake addresses are also commonly used to trick you into thinking that they come from official NCS sources.\nPlease note that all official communications from NCS Group will only be sent from verified corporate email addresses. Always check that the sender’s email address ends with the genuine NCS domain, @ncs.com.sg and beware of extra letters, symbols or misspellings. 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