DevOps Engineer

Thales Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defense and security technology is seeking a DevOps professional to maintain technical solutions for application deployment and support. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Containerization, Kubernetes, and automation tools, with a focus on operational excellence. If you have innovative skills, excellent communication, and teamwork abilities, apply now to join a dynamic environment where great journeys start.

Benefits

Career mobility and development opportunities

Innovative work environment

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience with Containerization and Kubernetes On-Prem.
• Experience with ArgoCD, Helm, Ansible Playbooks, Shell, Bash, CMD, Powershell, Jira, and Gitlab.
• Automated configuration using Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Ensure products are correctly and continuously integrated and deployed across various environments.
• Understand the functional context of the product and implement operational best practices.
• Continuously evaluate the system to ensure the product remains state of the art.

Skills

Containerization

Kubernetes

Ansible

Bash

Powershell

Network management

Tools

Gitlab

Jira

Job description

Location: Singapore, Singapore

Thales people architect solutions at the heart of the defence-security continuum. Interoperable and secure information and telecommunications systems for defence, security, and civil operators are based on innovative radiocommunications, networks, and cybersecurity. We are pioneering new digital technologies such as 4G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing, and big data for use in physical protection systems and critical information systems.

Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Over the last four decades, the company has grown significantly and is involved in Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defence & Security, Ground Transportation, and Digital Identity & Security. Today, Thales employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The candidate will:

Maintain the technical solutions for applications deployment and maintenance

• Ensure products are correctly and continuously integrated and deployed in quality assurance, UAT, production, and DR environments, respecting established rules.
• Support software teams with behavior testing, automated testing, and debugging across various environments.
• Assist service teams with tools and custom scripts for application maintenance.

Secure the product operability

• Understand the functional context of the product and challenge functional decisions when necessary.
• Continuously evaluate the system to ensure the product remains state of the art.
• Implement operational best practices such as supervision/monitoring, backups, archives, and log management.
• Meet SLAs during deployment of new versions and hotfixes.
• Keep the software team informed of operational constraints.

Essential Skills & Qualifications:

System skillset :

• Basic system administration (services, ssh, OS packages management, etc).

DevOps tooling advanced skillset :

• At least 3 years of experience with Containerization and Kubernetes On-Prem.
• Experience with ArgoCD, Helm, Ansible Playbooks, Shell, Bash, CMD, Powershell, Jira, and Gitlab.

Infrastructure as code :

• Automated configuration using Ansible.

Network basics :

• Experience with NGINX, HAproxy, network commands, LAN architecture, DNS, SSL, and firewall access.

Security :

• Secrets management, TLS/mTLS, SSH administration, and encryption basics.

Good-to-have Skills:

• Advanced system administration, hypervisor experience, and Kubernetes Service Mesh knowledge.

Build for the Run:

• Monitoring, alerting, log management, Kafka, and Kibana dashboard creation skills.

Other useful skills:

• Understanding of technical architecture, database administration, Agile methodologies, and programming in Java or .Net.

Behaviour:

• Innovative design skills, excellent communication, and collaborative teamwork.

At Thales, we provide careers, not just jobs. We support mobility and flexibility, enabling employees to develop their careers at home and abroad. Great journeys start here, apply now!