First VP, Security Architect
Job in
Singapore, Singapore
Listing for:
1011 United Overseas Bank Ltd
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-10-15
Job specializations:
-
IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Information Security & Data Protection
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 180000 - 260000 SGD Yearly
SGD
180000.00
260000.00
YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Company: 1011 United Overseas Bank Ltd About UOB United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices.
Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.
Job Description The Bank is seeking an experienced and hands-on technical Security Architect to provide senior-level security architecture expertise across AI, cloud, blockchain/digital assets and other emerging technologies. The role will assess solution designs, define practical security requirements, develop reusable architecture patterns and help project teams adopt new technologies securely. The incumbent will work closely with project teams, domain architects, infrastructure architects, cloud platform teams, application teams, risk/control functions and cyber security SMEs to identify control gaps early, provide pragmatic security recommendations and support security-by-design across Group initiatives.
Key Responsibilities Technical Security Architecture Review Perform technical security architecture reviews for complex and high-impact projects across the Group. Assess solution architecture, data flows, trust boundaries, identity flows, network connectivity, integration patterns, hosting models and operational controls. Identify security design gaps early and provide practical recommendations that can be implemented by project and engineering teams. Document security requirements, residual risks, assumptions, dependencies and required evidence in a clear and traceable manner.
Support review of architecture changes, change requests and deviations from approved security patterns.AI / GenAI Security Architecture Review AI and GenAI use cases from a security architecture perspective, including selected platform, provider, region, components, data flow, prompt/input/output handling, logging and monitoring design. Assess AI-specific risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, unsafe output, model or data poisoning, model theft, agent/tool abuse and AI supply chain exposure. Define security requirements for AI agents, RAG, AI-assisted development, model onboarding, model repositories and AI workload protection.
Work with AI governance, engineering and security SMEs to ensure AI controls are embedded into existing SDLC, architecture review and risk assessment processes. Provide technical input for AI security testing requirements, guardrails and ongoing monitoring.Blockchain, Digital Assets & Emerging Technology Security Provide security architecture review and technical advisory for blockchain, digital asset, tokenisation, custody and wallet-related designs. Assess security risks relating to private key protection, wallet architecture, cryptographic controls, smart contracts, transaction approval flows, on-chain/off-chain integration and public blockchain exposure. Review architecture considerations for emerging areas such as quantum-safe security, confidential computing, privacy-enhancing technologies and advanced cryptographic controls.
Identify whether new security standards, review criteria or control baselines are required for emerging technology adoption. Collaborate with relevant SMEs where specialist cryptography, legal, regulatory, operational or infrastructure input is required.Cloud & Platform Security Architecture Review cloud and cloud-native architectures across public cloud, private cloud, SaaS, PaaS, container platforms and Kubernetes-based workloads. Define security requirements for landing zones, workload isolation, network connectivity, IAM, privileged access, key management, encryption, logging, monitoring and data protection. Assess cloud adoption for production workloads, AI workloads and customer-sensitive data with consideration of regulatory expectations and Bank risk appetite.
Provide technical input on sovereign cloud, multi-cloud, confidential computing, infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code patterns. Work with cloud/platform teams to improve…
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