Kerja Sepenuh Masa Immediate Opening for Lead Solution Architect, Gaji tinggi MYR 20,000 di Pan Asia Software Solutions Selangor - Maukerja

Greetings from Pan Asia Software Solutions!!!

We have an Immediate Opening Lead Solution Architect with our reputed Client.

Client Location Cyberjaya, Malaysia

1. Role Overview

The Lead Solution Architect shall be accountable for defining, governing, and delivering end-to-end technical solutions across the application and infrastructure landscape, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, migration strategy, security requirements, and regulatory obligations.

This role shall serve as the single point of technical authority across the design, migration, and implementation phases of the program, providing oversight across infrastructure, application, integration, security, migration planning, and technical assurance activities.

The resource is expected to work closely with project management, infrastructure teams, application owners, security teams, and vendors to ensure that all technical designs and migration decisions are fit-for-purpose, compliant, and executable within the program timeline and governance framework.

2. Scope of Services

The vendor shall provide a Lead Solution Architect who will perform, at minimum, the following services.

2.1 Technical Evaluation and Solution Assurance

· Review and validate vendor-proposed designs across key infrastructure towers, including network, database, and middleware domains.

· Ensure all proposed designs are aligned with the Bank’s enterprise standards, architecture principles, and applicable regulatory controls.

· Review and approve Bill of Materials (BOM), infrastructure sizing, and solution architecture design to ensure adequacy, scalability, and implementation readiness.

· 2.2 End-to-End Migration Architecture

· Define the target architecture for application and infrastructure migration.

· Validate the proposed 5R migration strategy for each application, including Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Retire, and Retain, with due consideration to technical risk and rollback requirements.

· Review migration wave plans and sequencing logic to ensure architectural dependency alignment, feasibility, and execution readiness.

2.3 Cross-Domain Technical Integration

· Provide technical oversight across integration points involving Mainframe, AS400, Open Systems, and Middleware environments.

· Validate technical dependencies across infrastructure and application layers to ensure end-to-end solution integrity.

· Review and guide solution patterns for hybrid connectivity, middleware integration, and cross-platform interoperability.

2.4 Risk, Security, and Compliance Oversight

· Validate that the solution design complies with relevant regulatory and control frameworks, including BNM RMiT, MAS TRM, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001.

· Review the overall security posture of the proposed solution, including Identity and Access Management (IAM), encryption controls, and vulnerability management considerations.

· Ensure alignment with Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity Planning (BCP), and related risk mitigation requirements.

2.5 Technical Review and Design Authority

· Participate in architecture review boards, technical review forums, and design sign-off processes as the lead technical authority.

· Challenge vendor assumptions, validate technical feasibility, and ensure solution decisions are justified and supportable.

· Drive technical decision-making based on appropriate cost-risk-performance trade-offs.

2.6 Documentation and Technical Assurance

· Review key technical and migration documents, including High-Level Design (HLD), Low-Level Design (LLD), migration runbooks, and cutover plans.

· Ensure all technical documentation is complete, audit-ready, traceable, and aligned to governance expectations prior to sign-off.

· Validate completeness and quality of technical deliverables before approval and movement into execution stages.

2.7 Migration Strategy and Cutover Validation

· Review the migration strategy proposed for each application and validate whether the selected migration approach is appropriate to the technical and operational requirements.

· Validate cutover strategy, rollback planning, and technical readiness for migration implementation.

· Ensure technical dependencies, environmental readiness, and sequencing considerations are sufficiently addressed before production execution.

2.8 Technical Risk Review

· Conduct technical risk reviews in coordination with project and migration leads.

· Assess design, implementation, and migration risks, and provide authoritative technical recommendations on remediation or mitigation actions.

· Support governance decisions by ensuring technical risks are clearly documented, explained, and escalated where necessary.

2.9 Stakeholder and Vendor Engagement

· Lead technical discussions with internal stakeholders, including project teams, infrastructure teams, security, and application owners.

· Engage vendors on architecture reviews, design clarifications, technical risks, and solution improvements.

· Support senior governance engagement where technical guidance is required for PSC, Board-level, or CIO office discussions.

3. Key Deliverables

The selected vendor shall ensure that the Lead Solution Architect delivers, at minimum, the following artefacts and outcomes:

· Target architecture definition covering application and infrastructure migration.

· Technical evaluation and design validation across infrastructure towers such as network, database, and middleware.

· Review and validation of the 5R migration strategy for each in-scope application.

· Architecture review outputs, design sign-offs, and technical assurance recommendations.

· Reviewed and validated HLD, LLD, migration runbooks, and cutover plans.

· Security, compliance, DR, and BCP alignment assessments for the proposed solution architecture.

· Technical risk assessments, mitigation recommendations, and governance inputs.

· Audit-ready technical documentation with traceability to architecture, migration, and compliance requirements.

4. Required Qualifications & Experience

4.1 Core Experience

· 8 to 15+ years of relevant experience in IT infrastructure, data centre operations, or large-scale transformation programmes.

· Proven track record in data centre migration, consolidation, or technology refresh initiatives.

· Experience operating in multi-vendor delivery environments.

· Strong exposure to enterprise banking or other regulated environments is preferred.

4.2 Technical Expertise

· Deep understanding of data centre architecture, including compute, storage, network, and virtualization domains.

· Strong knowledge of cloud and hybrid environments, including Azure, AWS, and private cloud models.

· Strong grounding in network and security design, including firewall rules, IP changes, and network segmentation.

· Hands-on knowledge of application migration strategies, including rehost, replatform, and refactor approaches.

· Knowledge of infrastructure commissioning, readiness validation, DR/BCP, and high-availability design.

· Familiarity with automation tools, scripting, and migration tooling.

4.3 Programme and Delivery Capability

· Strong experience in end-to-end migration planning and execution.

· Experience in wave planning, including sequencing such as non-production, Tier 3 / Tier 4, and DR alignment.

· Strong capability in managing risks, issues, and dependencies, including delivery interlocks and change-related constraints.

· Ability to drive delivery timeline adherence despite operational constraints such as change freezes or backlog limitations.

· Ability to work effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, including infrastructure, application, security, and network teams.

4.4 Governance and Compliance

· Experience with IT governance frameworks, including ITIL, COBIT, and ISMS.

· Strong familiarity with regulatory and audit readiness expectations.

· Capability in CAB processes, change management, and formal governance checkpoints.

· Strong documentation and reporting capability, including support for PSC-level updates.

4.5 Stakeholder and Leadership Skills

· Ability to engage senior stakeholders, including PSC, Board-level, and CIO office stakeholders where required.

· Ability to lead technical discussions with vendors and internal delivery teams.

· Strong communication, presentation, and decision-making capability, particularly in high-pressure delivery environments.

· Strong capability in vendor evaluation and negotiation.

4.6 Behavioural Competencies

· Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.

· High level of execution discipline and accountability.

· Ability to operate effectively in high-pressure, fast-paced environments.

· Strong collaborative and cross-team coordination mindset.

5. Governance & Reporting Line

Based on the provided RACI, the Lead Solution Architect is Responsible and/or Consulted across key technical activities, while overall accountability for certain activities may remain with the Project Manager.

· The role is expected to perform the following governance functions:

· Define Target Architecture – Responsible.

· Review Migration Strategy (5R) – Responsible.

· Seek Approval for Infrastructure Design & Architecture – Responsible.

· Security & Compliance Validation – Consulted, with Security responsible for execution.

· Review Migration Wave Plan – Consulted.

· Validate Cutover Strategy – Responsible.

· Technical Risk Review – Responsible for review activities.

· Document Review & Approval – Responsible.

The Lead Solution Architect shall work closely with the following stakeholders:

· Lead App Discovery & Migration – consulted/responsible across wave planning and technical risk management.

· Project Manager (PM) – accountable for multiple governance and delivery activities requiring architectural input.

· Application Owner – consulted on architecture, cutover, and application-level dependencies.

· Infrastructure Teams – consulted on architecture, technical dependencies, and migration execution readiness.

· Security Teams – responsible for security execution, with the architect supporting alignment and validation.

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