Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer, NEA
GovTech is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.
At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better where we empower our people to master their craft through robust learning and development opportunities all year round.
Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today!
Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.
[What you will be working on]
We are looking for a hands-on Platform Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, automate, and operate modern infrastructure platforms across cloud and hybrid environments. The role focuses on improving reliability, observability, automation, security posture, and operational resilience for critical systems supporting healthcare and government digital services.
The engineer will work closely with application, security, cloud, and operations teams to enable scalable and resilient platform capabilities while reducing operational toil and technical debt.
Key Responsibilities:
Build and maintain cloud infrastructure platforms across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and hybrid environments
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines
Support platform observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational dashboards
Improve infrastructure reliability, resiliency, failover readiness, and operational standards
Support container platforms including Kubernetes and related ecosystem tooling
Automate operational processes, patching, provisioning, compliance checks, and reporting
Support vulnerability remediation and infrastructure security hardening activities
Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform incidents across compute, network, storage, and cloud services
Partner with application teams to improve cloud-native adoption and operational readiness
Contribute to platform engineering standards, reusable modules, and engineering best practices
Support migration and modernisation initiatives from legacy infrastructure to cloud platforms
[What we are looking for]
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
Experience in cloud infrastructure engineering and operations
Strong hands-on experience with at least one cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience with Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, or similar automation tooling
Experience operating Kubernetes or container platforms
Familiarity with observability platforms such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch
Good understanding of infrastructure security, IAM, networking, and resiliency concepts
Experience supporting production environments and operational incident response
Scripting or programming knowledge in Python, Bash, or similar languages
Strong troubleshooting and stakeholder communication skills
Experience leveraging AI/ML driven tools for operational insights, automation, observability or infrastructure optimisation
Preferred Skills
Experience supporting regulated or large-scale enterprise environments
Exposure to SRE, platform engineering, or DevSecOps practices
Cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience with hybrid cloud or datacenter environments
What we offer you:
GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives, as we believe that diversity is the foundation to innovation.
Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. These include leave benefits to meet your work-life needs and employee wellness programs.
We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust that you will manage your own time to deliver your best, wherever you are, and whatever works best for you.
Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers.
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