AIA GROUP LIMITED

JOB DESCRIPTION
(Effective Date: 06/2022)

Company Name: AIA IT (M)

Position Title: Hybrid Cloud Network Architect

Department / Regional CTO Office

Functional Area:

Reports to: Head of Engineering

Job Grade/Level GCB 7

Work Location: Malaysia

Geographical Six Group Managed Markets; Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Cambodia,
Responsibilities: and Myanmar

Position Objective: Responsible for analyzing business (technology) requirements, solution

development, risk & impact assessment, implementation & transition,
documentation & compliance to AIA Architecture Standards. The role will support
business, project and transformation initiatives in multi-Cloud and Infrastructure
environment across AIA landscape.

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Roles and • Technical support and expertise in analyzing & defining the scope of business
Responsibilities: requirements in conjunction with technology landscape’s current capabilities
and ensuring technical solutions are fit for purpose and will accomplish the
business objectives.
• Provide leadership and expertise in the development of standards, architectural
governance, design patterns, and practices for all things in Enterprise Network
and Unified Communications & Collaborations.
• Owns the solution design, testing, implementation, and transition of project
builds to delivery/operations support.
• Engage all (cross-functional) technical resources required for an accurate
solution design.
• Produce technical specifications and integration requirements for the solutions,
and technical design documents to match the solution design specifications.
• Document all deliverables and what constitutes a successful implementation of
a solution.
• Lead and execute architectural solutions (including project related proof of
concepts), features and provide assessment report and recommendations to
ensure they are viable.
• Ensure that solutions are agile, robust, cost-efficient, and meet AIA business
needs without compromising the quality.
• Lead, prepare, justify, and present to the related Company governing
committees where applicable: Architecture Review Board (ARB), Technology
Review Board (TRB), Sourcing Committee (SC), Change Advisory Board (CAB)
for project related changes and enhancements.
• Conduct research and make recommendations on Cloud and infrastructure
technology platforms & services. Act as a technical lead on Cloud and
infrastructure related projects, scope of work, and negotiate with respective
vendors.
• Together with Information Security function, ensure effectiveness of Cloud and
Infrastructure security.
• Collaboration framework with suppliers and partner organisations to offer
solution leadership and design.
• Contribute in technology selection, define & implement standard design
patterns/templates.

Financial and Non- • Deliver functional objectives within budget targets

Financial Measures:
• Attainments of objectives and effectiveness results
• Performance Scorecard
• Compliance and Audit Ratings

Communication Strong communication skills

Requirements
Key internal stakeholders:
Internal
• Group Functions
• Local IT in Business Units
External
Key external stakeholders:
• IT vendors & partners

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 Minimum Job • Degree holder in IT / Computer Science or equivalent discipline.
Requirements:
• At least 10 years work experience within IT Infrastructure functions with at least
5 years in architecture & design role.
• An understanding of architecture design & implementations on premise and
hybrid clouds with fully virtualized environments (IaaS, PaaS).
• Advanced knowledge in design, implementation, and management of Enterprise
networks (LAN/WAN).
• Expertise in IP networking with networking concepts including software defined
networking, routing, Data center switching, Wireless, VPNs, load balancers, and
firewalls.
• Expert knowledge in WAN resiliency, high availability and quality of service
drivers, WAN optimization, unified communication concepts, session initiation
protocol (SIP)
• Expertise in cloud networking architecture, including multi-cloud, hyper scaler
specific solutions, and securing virtual environments (Azure, AWS, Ali-Cloud)
• Strong understanding of legacy and present-day unified communications and
collaboration services (Voice, Video, Chatbot, Contact Center, etc.) at On-
premise and in Cloud.
• Experience, in delivering UC/Contact Center and Collaboration Solutions across
major leading vendors.
• Experience in Multi-vendor Integration projects such as: Cisco and Teams, or
other cross-platform collaboration.
• Network Automation and DevOps Experience is a plus.
• Ability to drive multiple vendors to support a complex enterprise infrastructure
environment
• Work with internal and external partners, carriers, facility operators and our
hardware vendors to design and develop connectivity strategy
• Strong project implementation background, able to handle multiple projects
simultaneously
• Ability to work under pressure
• Strong sense of ownership & self-driven
• Excellent communication skills in English
• Cooperative, good teamwork, and able to work independently

Reporting Structure N/A

and Supervisory /
Managerial
Responsibilities:

I have reviewed this job description and have determined that it accurately reflects this position.

Position Holder: Department Head:

______________________________ ______________________________
Name: <<Name of Incumbent>> <<Name >>
Title: <<Position title >> <<Title of Department Head>>

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The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by
incumbent assigned to the job. They are not intended to be an all-encompassing list of all responsibilities, duties
and skills required of incumbent so classified. Reasonable accommodations to essential functions of the job will
be made if appropriate.