Technology Risk & Operations Engineer

Technology Risk & Operations Engineer

Overview

A rapidly growing, MAS-regulated digital financial services firm is seeking a Technology Risk & Operations Engineer to support its technology risk, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance initiatives. This is a hands-on role combining technology risk management, production support, and software engineering within a highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain technology risk and IT governance frameworks aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Implement and enhance technology controls across access management, change management, logging, monitoring, vulnerability management, and operational resilience.
• Drive secure SDLC practices and support technology governance for regulatory and audit readiness.
• Investigate and remediate technology and operational control gaps through hands-on engineering changes.
• Provide production support for critical applications, including incident management, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and system monitoring.
• Collaborate with engineering, compliance, operations, and external stakeholders on regulatory, audit, and technology initiatives.
• Support business continuity, disaster recovery, and third-party technology risk management.

Requirements

• 5+ years' experience across technology risk, IT operations, production support, software engineering, or related disciplines.
• Experience working within a regulated financial services environment, with knowledge of technology risk and governance frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with Java or similar backend technologies, SQL, APIs, and production troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of secure SDLC, CI/CD, IT controls, incident management, and operational support.
• Excellent documentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Exposure to digital assets, payments, trading, or financial markets is advantageous.

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting regulatory or license-related technology initiatives.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS), containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools.
• Professional certifications such as CISA, CRISC, CISSP, or ITIL are beneficial.