Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer

About GovTech

GovTech Singapore spearheads the nation's Smart Nation projects and digital transformation within the public sector. Acting as the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems, GovTech advances government capabilities in areas such as Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technologies, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.

At GovTech, employees pursue meaningful careers impacting public welfare, supported by comprehensive learning and development opportunities all year round. You have the chance to contribute to Singapore’s vision for a Smart Nation by building technology that serves the public good.

Role Overview

We are seeking a proactive Platform Infrastructure Engineer to architect, implement, automate, and manage modern infrastructure platforms that span cloud and hybrid environments. Your work will focus on enhancing platform reliability, observability, automation, security, and operational resilience for critical healthcare and government digital services.

You will collaborate closely with application, security, cloud, and operations teams to develop scalable, resilient platform capabilities while minimizing operational overhead and technical debt.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure platforms including AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and hybrid setups.
• Create and manage Infrastructure-as-Code using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and automate pipelines via CI/CD.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and dashboards to enhance platform observability.
• Strengthen infrastructure reliability, failover capabilities, operational standards, and resilience.
• Support and operate containerized environments using Kubernetes and associated tools.
• Automate processes such as patching, provisioning, compliance verification, and reporting to improve efficiency.
• Lead activities related to security hardening and vulnerability remediation of infrastructure platforms.
• Diagnose and resolve incidents involving infrastructure components like compute, networking, storage, and cloud services.
• Work with application teams to drive cloud-native adoption and ensure readiness for operations.
• Contribute to developing platform engineering standards, reusable infrastructure modules, and best practices.
• Assist in migration and modernization efforts transitioning legacy systems towards cloud platforms.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience in cloud infrastructure engineering and operational environments.
• Hands-on expertise with at least one major cloud provider such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Proficiency with automation and Infrastructure-as-Code tools including Terraform, Ansible, and GitHub Actions or equivalent.
• Solid experience managing Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms.
• Familiarity with observability tools like Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or AWS CloudWatch.
• Strong understanding of network infrastructure, identity and access management, security best practices, and system resiliency.
• Experience maintaining production environments with involvement in incident response activities.
• Programming or scripting skills in Python, Bash, or comparable languages.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and clear communication with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in leveraging AI/ML-based tools to enhance operations, automation, monitoring, or infrastructure optimization.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Experience working within regulated industries or at large-scale enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with Site Reliability Engineering, platform engineering, or DevSecOps methodologies.
• Relevant cloud certifications from AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Exposure to hybrid cloud or data center environment management.

Benefits and Work Culture

GovTech fosters an inclusive workplace valuing diverse perspectives as a foundation for innovation. Employees enjoy a comprehensive rewards package including leave benefits tailored to work-life balance and wellness programs.

The organisation supports flexible working arrangements where feasible, promoting autonomy in managing one's schedule to produce optimal outcomes, whether onsite or otherwise.

Join GovTech to contribute to impactful public technology initiatives and grow your career with a purpose-driven organisation.