SVP, Data Platform Services Engineering Lead, Technology Group

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Company Overview
A leading global sovereign wealth fund with over 2,000 employees across 11 locations worldwide, investing in more than 40 countries across asset classes and businesses. The organization provides exposure to a network of global industry leaders and focuses on long-term investment strategies to support Singapore’s financial future and communities worldwide. Its Technology Group designs, experiments, and leads critical 24×7 systems supporting asset management, trading, investment operations, and risk management while delivering secure, reliable, and innovative solutions.

Summary
The Data Platform Services Engineering Lead will serve as the strategic, technical, and engineering leader for all database, data platforms, middleware, and web services across the global estate. Reporting to the Head of Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Engineering, this role drives next-generation strategies, transforms legacy systems, and ensures secure, scalable, and innovative data solutions for the organization.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Develop and own a multi-year roadmap for databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.), data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, data lakes, data mesh), middleware (message brokers, application servers, API gateways), and web services
• Modernize legacy systems toward cloud-native patterns with operational analytics, AI/ML readiness, and streaming integration
• Integrate AI/AIOps for automated tuning, anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, and self-healing
• Oversee SWIFT infrastructure and financial messaging evolution, ensuring engineering, security, and regulatory compliance

Engineering Execution & Delivery

• Lead globally distributed engineering teams building, integrating, and securing data and service layers
• Champion DevOps/SRE best practices: Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability
• Collaborate with application teams to minimize latency, ensure consistent data, and integrate solutions into operational models
• Conduct technology evaluations, pilots, and vendor engagements to drive innovation and resilience

Security & Compliance

• Embed security, compliance, privacy, and audit requirements from design to delivery
• Implement strong access controls, encryption, vulnerability assessments, and continuous monitoring
• Maintain consistent security baselines and automated configuration management to prevent drift

Governance & Collaboration

• Serve as the global authority on database and middleware architecture governance across clouds and geographies
• Present strategy, trade-offs, budgets, and progress to executive stakeholders
• Partner with security, risk, compliance, and operations teams for alignment and operational excellence
• Contribute thought leadership externally to enhance the organization’s presence in data and platform engineering

Talent & Culture

• Foster a collaborative, automation-first, and innovation-driven culture
• Set performance metrics (throughput, latency, cost efficiency, time to market) and empower teams to achieve them
• Encourage knowledge sharing, learning, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field
• 15+ years of progressive leadership managing global, cross-functional teams in database, data engineering, middleware, or platform engineering
• Proven track record migrating legacy relational systems to cloud-native or hybrid data platforms
• Deep expertise in DB technologies (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.), data orchestration, analytics/AI tooling (Snowflake, Databricks), and advanced frameworks (AIOps for predictive/self-healing systems)
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification preferred
• Skilled in modern DevOps, SRE, IaC, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and middleware/web services (message brokers, REST, SOAP, API gateways)
• Significant experience with SWIFT infrastructure—engineering, security, regulatory standards, and operational best practices
• Strong security background in authentication, authorization, encryption, and vulnerability management
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, load balancing, and HA for distributed systems
• Strong business acumen including budget management, vendor contracts, and multi-region standardization

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