Infra Platform Engineer

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

Job summary

A dynamic technology agency in Singapore is seeking an Infra Platform Engineer to enhance and maintain its cloud orchestration and distributed systems. Candidates should possess a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, along with software development experience and proficiency in infra-as-code tools. This full-time position requires at least 2 years of relevant experience, but fresh graduates are welcome to apply. The role provides opportunities in a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant STEM qualification.
• Relevant software development experience.
• Proficient in infra-as-code and scripting tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a cloud orchestration portal.
• Design and maintain API services for infra capabilities.
• Identify and eliminate repetitive tasks to improve efficiency.
• Build in observability for monitoring and diagnostics.
• Define, track and report on SRE metrics.
• Collaborate with developers to understand needs.
• Implement security best practices for infra systems.

Skills

Software development experience

Proficient in infra-as-code tools

System operations experience

Scripting and programming

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Linux shell scripts

Powershell

Job description

Join to apply for the Infra Platform Engineer role at Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT). You will be part of a dynamic team responsible for exploring, designing, building, maintaining, and optimising distributed systems and platforms that support internal developers and products. You must have a good understanding of IT architecture, systems design, application and systems integration and site reliability engineering (SRE).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a cloud orchestration portal that provides a single pane for developers to provision infrastructure, manage deployments and monitor resource utilization.
• Design, develop and maintain scalable API services for developers to access infra capabilities (i.e. object storage access, file transfer pipelines, etc).
• Identify and eliminate repetitive and mundane tasks to improve Developer and Infra Engineer’s efficiency and overall system reliability.
• Build in observability for monitoring to assist in problem diagnosis and to provide insights into systems health and performance.
• Define, track and report on SRE metrics, including SLO, SLI and error budgets.
• Collaborate with Developers and Infra Engineers to understand their needs for reliable infra services.
• Implement and adhere to security best practices for infra systems and services.

Requirements (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a related STEM qualification with relevant experience.
• Software development experience (i.e. DevOps, SDLC, Agile development, etc).
• Proficient in infra-as-code and scripting tools like Ansible, Terraform, Linux shell scripts, Powershell, etc.
• System operations and administration experience on enterprise systems.
• At least 2 years of relevant working experience, including scripting and programming is preferred.
• Fresh graduates are welcome to apply too.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiar with CI/CD processes.
• 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, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Seniority level: Entry level. Employment type: Full-time. Job function: Engineering and Information Technology. Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting.