Available for Opportunities

Ieok Kok Wong
黃若谷

Principal Manager — Software Architecture & Engineering

A passionate software architecture and engineering expert with 24+ years of experience building scalable, resilient, and high-performance solutions across cloud and on-premises infrastructure.

Hong Kong
kok.wong@gmail.com
+852 9286 0007

About Me

Expert in various programming languages, software frameworks, algorithms, design patterns, and data structures.

Cloud Architecture

AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud. Expert in microservices, Kubernetes, and serverless architectures.

Risk & Compliance

HKAB committee member. Expert in TM-G-1, cloud migration, and regulatory compliance for financial institutions.

Software Engineering

Full-stack development, Agile SCRUM, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and modern software architecture patterns.

Financial Technology

Deep expertise in banking, payments, wealth management, and trading systems across global institutions.

Professional Experience

24+ years of progressive experience across global financial institutions, fintech startups, and energy sectors.

Current Mar 2026 - Present

Principal Manager

CLP Power Hong Kong Limited

Leading enterprise-level digital transformation and technical strategy. Overseeing web/mobile apps, microservices, Oracle Cloud, and AI Agent development frameworks.

Public Sector / Energy
Wealth & Retail Banking
Nov 2025 - Mar 2026

Director, Operational Resilience

Standard Chartered Bank

Contributed to HKMA SPM OR-2, Business Continuity Planning, FMEA, Cyber/Fraud prevention, and system observability for Wealth & Retail Banking.

2 yr 11 mo Nov 2022 - Oct 2025

Head of Enterprise Technologies

MP Payments Group (HSBC Startup)

Managed global IT infrastructure with 50+ microservices on AWS Lambda and Kubernetes. Led FCA EMI license launch (Reg: 983835) and built core finance systems.

FCA Regulated EMI / Global FX Payments
HKMA Virtual Bank
2 yr 3 mo Sep 2020 - Nov 2022

Head of Innovation & Chief Architect

Livi Bank Limited

Managed 3500+ VMs, 800+ physical servers, 800+ DB instances. Built Open Banking API platform. Implemented infrastructure as code (Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes). Grew app to 300K+ users.

1 yr 7 mo Feb 2019 - Aug 2020

Integration Framework Lead

Serai Limited (HSBC Startup)

Chief Architect for global trade platform. Built money lending product end-to-end (eKYC, credit scoring, AML, TensorFlow AI). Managed full GCP stack.

Global Trade / Money Lending
Asset Management
1 yr 5 mo Mar 2017 - Aug 2018

Associate, Software Engineering

JF Asset Management (JPMorgan)

Developed Fund Portfolio Management System (OSIRIS) and order management systems. Certified Application Security Champion for Asia components.

3 yr 5 mo Oct 2013 - Mar 2017

Associate Director, Software Architect

UBS AG

Led architecture for eBanking, eWealth iPAD (award-winning), China Core Banking expansion, and regulatory reporting. Managed 10+ developer teams globally.

Global Wealth Management

Technical Skills

Comprehensive expertise spanning cloud infrastructure, software architecture, and financial technology.

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS Azure GCP Oracle Cloud Kubernetes Terraform Ansible PCF 12-Factor

Architecture & Design

TOGAF ArchiMate Zachman Microservices Saga Pattern TCC Pattern DDD Event-Driven UML

Languages & Frameworks

Java / Java EE Spring Boot Python React / Angular Kotlin C# / WPF Node.js R / Matlab SQL / PL-SQL

AI & Data Science

GPT-5.4/5.5 Claude Deepseek TensorFlow Machine Learning NumPy / Pandas AI Agents LLM Workflows

Middleware & Data

Kafka Redis MongoDB Cassandra Oracle ELK / EFK Hadoop / Spark MinIO / S3

DevOps & Operations

CI/CD DevSecOps Docker ITIL Geneos ITRS Opsgenie RPA Agile / Scrum

Education & Certifications

Education

MSc in Information Systems Management

2008

City University of Hong Kong

BSc in Computing and Networking

2005

The Open University of Hong Kong

Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate

Microsoft - Dec 2023

Securing & Integrating Components (GCP)

Google Cloud - Feb 2020

Pivotal Cloud Foundry Developer

PluralSight - Jun 2017

Java Microservices with Spring Cloud

PluralSight - Jun 2017

Machine Learning

Stanford University - Jan 2014

CFA Level 1 Passed

CFA Institute - Aug 2009

OCA & OCP Oracle 9i DBA

Oracle University - Sep 2003

Get In Touch

Interested in collaborating or discussing opportunities? I would love to hear from you.