Cloud Infra Engineer

Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT); Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT) in Singapore is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design and optimize cloud infrastructure platforms. You will work collaboratively with a dynamic team to deliver reliable and secure cloud solutions.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in Computer Science or Engineering and at least 2 years of relevant experience, including proficiency with infra-as-code tools like Ansible and Terraform.

This position is open only to Singapore Citizens, and the agency may utilize AI tools during the hiring process.

Qualifications

• Background in Computer Science, Engineering or IT with relevant experience.
• Knowledge in IT Infrastructure and Infra Operations.
• Proficient in infra-as-code tools and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy scalable cloud infrastructure platforms.
• Use infra-as-code tools for automated deployments.
• Implement infrastructure security measures and compliance.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure technologies

Infra as code

Scripting skills

Cloud services knowledge (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Education

Background in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Elastic Stack

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

You will be part of a dynamic team responsible for exploring, designing, managing and optimising our on‑premised cloud infrastructure platforms and services. You will be working with a team of cloud infrastructure engineers, responsible for implementing cloud networking, storages, virtual machines and infra security solutions. You must have a good understanding of cloud infra technologies, architecture and site reliability engineering (SRE).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy a highly available, reliable and scalable cloud infrastructure platform and services. The job scopes involve implementing effective infra solutions for cloud networks, storages, virtual machines, infra security and disaster recovery.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure using infra‑as‑code tools like Terraform or Ansible to ensure repeatable, automated and version‑controlled deployments.
• Build in‑systems telemetry to analyse and optimise their performance and reliability.
• Implement security measures to ensure infrastructure meets organisation security standards and compliance.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure incidents to identify root cause and implement resolutions.
• Define, implement and track SRE metrics, including SLO, SLI and error budgets to improve cloud systems reliability.
• Collaborate with developers and infra stakeholders to understand their needs.
• Perform capacity planning to ensure that the infrastructure is scalable for future demands.

Requirements (Minimum Qualifications)

• Background in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Information Technology or a STEM qualification with relevant experience
• Knowledge in IT Infrastructure (i.e. networks, systems, storage) and Infra Operations
• Proficient in infra‑as‑code and scripting tools like Ansible, Terraform, Linux shell scripts, Powershell, etc.
• Understanding of public cloud services like AWS, Azure or GCP.
• System operations and administration experience on enterprise systems.
• At least 2 years of relevant working experience, including scripting and programming.

Nice‑to‑haves

• Cloud certifications, such as AWS, GCP certificates.
• Familiar with metrics/logging systems such as Elastic Stack and Prometheus/Grafana.

As CSIT is an agency under the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), only Singapore Citizens will be considered.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analysing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.