Job Description

As the Regional Architect and Team Lead - Wintel Platform, you will be responsible for the design, delivery, and governance of the Windows infrastructure services supporting critical banking applications across the region. This includes leading a high-performing regional Wintel team, aligning infrastructure with enterprise security and compliance standards, and ensuring operational excellence in a highly regulated financial environment.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Platform Architecture & Governance

Define and evolve the regional Wintel platform strategy in alignment with global enterprise architecture and regulatory compliance requirements. Design secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure for banking workloads including trading, payment, and compliance platforms. Ensure architectural consistency, documentation, and alignment with global IT standards, security baselines (e.g., CIS), and internal audit controls.

Regional Team Leadership

Lead and mentor the regional Wintel engineering team to ensure performance, knowledge retention, and technical depth. Develop and enforce operational KPIs and SLAs, ensuring alignment with business-critical system availability and response times. Serve as the regional escalation point for major incidents and drive root cause analysis and permanent remediation.

Operational Excellence

Oversee Windows Server lifecycle management, patching, configuration hardening, performance tuning, and backup/recovery strategies. Implement automation for repetitive operational tasks using PowerShell or enterprise tools to improve efficiency and reduce manual error. Coordinate change management processes in accordance with ITIL practices and banking audit standards.

Regulatory & Risk Compliance

Ensure all infrastructure components comply with regional banking regulations (e.g., MAS, HKMA, etc) and internal audit requirements. Collaborate with Risk and Compliance teams to remediate vulnerabilities and enforce platform security policies. Lead periodic risk assessments, disaster recovery tests, and infrastructure reviews with internal and external audit bodies.

Project Delivery

Lead regional implementation of regional Wintel programs such as hardware refresh, OS upgrades, data center migrations, and new service rollouts. Work closely with application, database, and network teams to ensure integrated and optimized infrastructure delivery. Provide cost analysis, budgeting input, and vendor engagement for Wintel infrastructure procurement and services.

Job Requirements:

Minimum 12 years of experience in Wintel infrastructure management, with minimum 5 years in a leadership/architect role. Microsoft Certified in Windows Server/Infrastructure (MCSE, Azure Architect). Experience supporting Tier 0/Tier 1 banking systems in a high-availability and low-latency environment. Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, or a related field. ITIL v4 certification or strong operational process management background. Project Management (e.g., PMP or Prince2) certification is a plus. Strong expertise in Windows Server (2016/2019/2022), SCCM/SCOM, and virtualization platforms (VMware). Solid understanding of infrastructure security, privileged access management, and compliance reporting. Proven experience leading regional projects in an enterprise environment.
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Job ID: 10071145