Infrastructure Engineer, National Cybersecurity R&D Lab (NCL)

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Singapore is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer for the National Cybersecurity R&D Lab. The role involves deploying and maintaining cloud-based computing systems, troubleshooting network systems, and implementing security measures. Ideal candidates will have at least three years of experience, strong problem-solving skills, and expertise in virtualization technologies. The position offers a dynamic work environment focused on innovation and cybersecurity.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of relevant working experience.
• Experienced in complex secured network design, VPN, and WLAN implementation.
• Familiar with Windows and Linux OS.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain cloud-based computing systems and network infrastructure.
• Design, setup, configure, and troubleshoot network systems.
• Implement and continuously update security patches.

Skills

Virtualization technologies

Network administration

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Automation scripting

Cloud environments

Education

CCNA (Routing and Switching) or equivalent certification

Tools

VMWare

VirtualBox

KVM

AWS

OpenStack

Job description

Job Title: Infrastructure Engineer, National Cybersecurity R&D Lab (NCL)

Posting Start Date: 04/08/2025

Organization: School of Computing, Department of Computer Science

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Job Purpose

National Cybersecurity R&D Laboratory (NCL) is looking to hire one creative cyber security R&D engineer who has experience on handling IT/OT/IoT program development, project operations, network security infrastructure of ICs and network system. The engineer will participate in NCL’s IT/OT Cyber Exercise, help to build NCL’s ICs environment/testbed and provide technical support for NCL’s VAPT developing project.

Job Description

• Deploy and maintain cloud-based computing system and network infrastructure.
• Design, setup, configure and troubleshoot network systems.
• Setup, configure, and troubleshoot server systems with different operating systems (Windows, Ubuntu).
• Perform a regular backup of data and application systems.
• Work with other parties (e.g., vendor, provider, ...) for deployment and troubleshooting.
• Prepare and provide technical support to the end-users and other team members.
• Analyze critical logs, investigate, and troubleshoot technical issues.
• Implement and continuously update security patches for operating systems, servers and network devices to avoid security issues or attacks.
• Ongoing assessment of new threads and improvement in computing security.
• Develop and deploy monitoring system for infrastructure.
• Ensure high availability of services through regular server and network maintenance.
• Perform and participate in capacity planning, redundancy planning and execution of Disaster Recovery Plan.

Qualifications

• Minimum three (3) years of relevant working experience.
• Experienced in Virtualization technologies (VMWare, VirtualBox, KVM etc.)
• Experienced in complex secured network design, VPN and WLAN implementation.
• Should have knowledge in network administration (e.g., Firewall, Router, VLAN, Switch etc.)
• Familiar with Windows and Linux OS (Ubuntu, CentOS, Redhat etc.)
• Able to configure secure Internet services with methods/protocol (e.g. HTTPS, SSH Tunneling, L2TP/IPsec etc.).
• Familiar with data storage systems (e.g. FreeNAS, LTO, NFS etc.) and data backup operations on multiple File Systems.
• Enthusiasm for problem-solving and able to work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively.
• Able to write automation scripts (e.g. Bash, Python, Ansible etc.)
• Experience in private and public cloud environments (e.g., vCenter, OpenStack, AWS etc.)
• CCNA (Routing and Switching) or equivalent certification.
• Experience working with the open-source project.
• Able to write simple code in Python or Java.

Job Requisition ID: 29899