SVP, DevSecOps Lead (Cloud)

About the role

SGX Group, a major international marketplace based in Singapore, is hiring a Senior Vice President, DevSecOps Lead (Cloud) within its Cloud Centre of Excellence. The role defines the enterprise DevSecOps strategy, cloud engineering operating model and secure platform delivery practices, combining cloud platform engineering, software security, developer productivity and operational resilience. It covers platform engineering, cloud services, software engineering, operational resilience and enterprise transformation.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise DevSecOps strategy, operating model and transformation roadmap
• Establish secure-by-design and secure-by-default practices across the software development lifecycle
• Set standards for CI/CD, automated testing, release automation and continuous delivery
• Lead cloud platform engineering and application security, including vulnerability management, code scanning, secrets management and supply chain security
• Define automation strategies using infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code
• Improve developer experience through self-service tools, standardised tooling and AI-assisted development
• Partner with SRE teams on observability, incident management and reliability engineering
• Ensure cloud platforms meet regulatory, security and audit requirements
• Define deployment standards, change management controls and release governance
• Build high-performing engineering teams and own metrics such as deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, platform adoption, security posture and reliability
• Govern the use of AI-powered engineering capabilities across development, testing, security analysis and deployment

Required profile

• Extensive senior leadership experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, cloud or platform engineering, SRE or software engineering leadership
• Proven track record building enterprise DevSecOps capabilities, engineering platforms and automation frameworks at scale
• Experience in highly regulated, mission-critical environments with strong security and governance needs
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, ICT or a related field; postgraduate qualifications are advantageous
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive organisational transformation
• A plus: exposure to financial market infrastructure such as securities and derivatives trading, clearing, settlement or exchange systems

Required skills

• Kubernetes and container platforms
• CI/CD technologies and infrastructure-as-code
• Cloud security tooling and observability platforms