Head of TechOps & Platform Engineering

Government Technology Agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Learning & development opportunities

Total rewards package

Job summary

GovTech in Singapore is seeking an experienced engineering leader to build and scale a multi-disciplinary TechOps organisation. You will own platform delivery, automation, and security operations, driving excellence across DevOps, QA, and observability.

You will lead the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices, establish standards, and mentor a growing team while partnering with Architecture, Product, and programme leadership to achieve strategic goals in a high-regulation public sector

Qualifications

• 12+ years in technology with 6+ years in engineering leadership.
• Proven track record building and leading a large support organisation.
• Experience with FinOps and cloud cost optimisation at scale.
• Experience in government or regulated environments.
• Strong vendor and alliance management across cloud providers and integrators.

Responsibilities

• Build and grow a multi-disciplinary TechOps team across DevOps, QA, security, and observability.
• Define team structures, career ladders, interfaces with Architecture and Product.
• Own OKRs and delivery milestones; report risks to programme leadership.
• Set engineering standards and drive AI-assisted engineering practices.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cloud cost optimisation

Vendor management

AI tooling awareness

Multi-team coordination

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

GovTech in Singapore is seeking an experienced engineering leader to build and scale a multi-disciplinary TechOps organisation. You will own platform delivery, automation, and security operations, driving excellence across DevOps, QA, and observability.

You will lead the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices, establish standards, and mentor a growing team while partnering with Architecture, Product, and programme leadership to achieve strategic goals in a high-regulation public sector