Enterprise Architect (AWS/AI)

Location: Hybrid in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

Company

hirify.global is a global data and technology company operating across financial services, healthcare, automotive, insurance, and other markets, with 25,200 employees in 32 countries.

What you will do

• Define enterprise and target-state architectures and multi-year roadmaps across business, application, data, integration, cloud, and security domains.
• Lead architecture across large-scale, cross-functional programmes spanning Asia Pacific countries and organisational boundaries.
• Assess strategic initiatives, make critical design decisions, and align business, engineering, security, risk, and infrastructure stakeholders.
• Shape AWS cloud migration, platform modernisation, application rationalisation, legacy transformation, and technical debt reduction.
• Define responsible AI and GenAI architecture patterns, guardrails, and governance in partnership with Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Security.
• Own architecture standards, reference architectures, governance, assurance, and emerging-technology assessments while advising senior leaders and mentoring technical teams.

Requirements

• 12+ years of IT experience, including at least 5 recent years as a Principal, Lead, or Enterprise Architect in complex organisations and large-scale technology environments.
• Experience working across multiple countries and cultures, ideally in Asia Pacific.
• Extensive AWS cloud architecture and cloud-native design experience, including cloud strategy for business-critical platforms.
• Experience with hybrid cloud, API and integration architecture, DevSecOps, infrastructure as code, cloud security, and observability.
• Broad enterprise architecture experience across application, integration, data, infrastructure, security, and platform domains, including target-state architectures and actionable roadmaps.
• Experience leading large-scale modernisation programmes involving cloud migration, application modernisation, platform transformation, and technical debt reduction.
• Experience with architecture governance, cybersecurity, resiliency, risk, and regulatory compliance in financial services, credit, data, or similarly regulated environments across multiple jurisdictions.
• Practical AI governance experience, including architecting or governing AI/ML or GenAI solutions with explainability, bias, data privacy, and model-risk considerations.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority, communicate in terms of business outcomes, costs, and risks, and mentor architects, senior engineers, and technical leaders.
• Regular hands-on use of GenAI tools such as ChatGPT or Claude, strong prompt-writing skills, and the ability to validate and challenge their outputs.

Nice to have

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or equivalent advanced cloud certification.
• TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Knowledge of financial services, credit reporting, data protection, technology risk, privacy, cross-border data transfer, and data residency requirements across Asia Pacific.
• AI governance or AI certification, such as AIGP, ISO/IEC 42001, AWS Certified AI Practitioner, or Machine Learning Engineer – Associate.
• AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent security certification.
• Multi-cloud certification, cloud migration and cost-management experience, or enterprise architecture tooling experience with ArchiMate, LeanIX, or Ardoq.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time hybrid role within the Technology department.
• People-first, inclusive, and purpose-driven culture.
• Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer with accommodation available for disabilities or special needs.
• Recruitment is conducted through authorised hirify.global channels only; no payments are requested during the hiring process.