AVP Cloud Engineer, GIPS

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

Job Description

Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, and scale robust cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure environments. This role requires deep hands-on expertise in Terraform, strong experience in cloud-native architecture, and a proven track record in CI/CD automation and end-to-end project delivery.
The ideal candidate is a forward-thinking engineer who combines technical excellence with delivery discipline, enabling secure, scalable, and highly available systems in a fast-paced enterprise or product-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Engineering

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure cloud infrastructure across AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
• Collaborate on cloud architecture decisions, including networking, compute, storage, and security best practices.
• Optimize infrastructure for cost efficiency, performance, and reliability.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Develop, maintain, and standardize infrastructure using Terraform (advanced level required).
• Build reusable, modular Terraform components and enforce IaC engineering standards.
• Ensure proper version control, testing, and governance of IaC pipelines.

CI/CD & Automation

• Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines to support continuous integration, delivery, and deployment across environments.
• Integrate infrastructure automation into CI/CD workflows.
• Leverage tools such as Bitbucket, Jenkins and Terraform.

Project Delivery & Execution

• Take ownership of end-to-end project delivery, from requirements gathering through design, implementation, and deployment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Development, Security, QA, Product) to deliver cloud solutions aligned with business goals.
• Drive timelines, manage risks, and ensure high-quality outcomes.

Security & Governance

• Implement cloud security best practices, including IAM, network security, secrets management, and compliance controls.
• Support governance frameworks and enforce guardrails across multi-cloud environments.

Monitoring & Reliability

• Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., CloudWatch, Azure Monitor).
• Implement reliability engineering practices (SRE principles) including incident response and post-mortems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5–7 years of experience in cloud engineering / DevOps roles.
• Advanced expertise in Terraform, including modules, state management, and multi-environment deployments.
• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, etc.)
  • Azure (VMs, VNets, Azure AD, App Services, etc.)
• Proven experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines at scale.
• Demonstrated experience delivering complex cloud projects end-to-end.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Terraform Associate).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Chef).
• Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience with security frameworks and compliance standards (e.g., ISO, SOC2).

Key Competencies

• Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset
• Excellent stakeholder communication and collaboration skills
• Ownership mentality with high accountability for delivery
• Ability to work in fast-paced, agile environments
• Continuous learning mindset and passion for emerging cloud technologies
• Hashicorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• AWS SA - Pro (advantegous)

Additional Requirements

Be a Part of the UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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