Head of Infrastructure - Banking

My client is a fintech firm committed to redefining financial services through cutting-edge technology and customer-centric products. As they scale the platform, they are seeking for a seasoned Head of Infrastructure with deep knowledge of HKMA regulations to lead on-premise, data-center and cloud infrastructure initiatives.

FortisHill Consulting Limited - Hong Kong - Full time

Salary: Salary negotiable

 

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Strategy & Governance

  • Define and execute the infrastructure roadmap aligned with business goals, risk appetite and HKMA guidelines
  • Develop architecture standards, policies and procedures to ensure high availability, scalability and security

Product Support & Operations

  • Oversee 24×7 production support for all platform components (network, compute, storage, middleware)
  • Implement incident management, root-cause analysis and continuous improvement processes

Data Center Migration

  • Plan and lead large-scale, phased data-center migrations, ensuring zero or minimal downtime
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams (network, security, applications) and vendors

Cloud Migration & Management

  • Architect and execute cloud-first strategies (AWS/Azure/GCP), including POC, lift-and-shift and cloud-native redesign
  • Implement IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/CD pipelines and cost-optimization practices

Regulatory Compliance

  • Ensure infrastructure design and operations comply with HKMAs Technology Risk Management guidelines (TMG), AML/CTF requirements and data residency rules
  • Prepare and support regulatory audits, risk assessments and incident reporting

Team Leadership & Development

  • Build, mentor and scale a high-performing infrastructure team
  • Foster a culture of ownership, innovation and continuous learning

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

  • Champion evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies (containerization, edge computing, AI/ML ops)
  • Drive proof-of-concepts and hackathons to embed an innovative mindset

Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
  • 10+ years experience in IT infrastructure, with at least 5 years in leadership roles
  • Supporting live fintech products and enterprise-grade applications
  • Experience in executing large-scale data-center migrations with complex legacy environments; Leading multi-phased cloud migrations and building cloud-native platforms; Deep understanding of HKMA Technology Risk Management (TMG) framework and related regulations
  • Strong knowledge of Networking (routing, switching, firewalls/TLS), Virtualization (VMware, KVM), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), Cloud services (compute, storage, networking, security) and Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD and observability tools
  • Excellent stakeholder management, communication and vendor negotiation skills
  • Highly passionate, proactive and driven by solving complex technical challenges
  • Innovative mindset with a track record of introducing new technologies or processes
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