Lead Engineer/Engineer, Cloud Adoption, Cloud Programme, xCloud

HTX (Home Team Science & Technology Agency); Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HTX (Home Team Science & Technology Agency) is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to lead cloud adoption, design scalable architectures, and coordinate with stakeholders to deliver mission-critical applications. You will work on Docker/Kubernetes deployments, IaC, and secure cloud implementations.

Ideal candidates bring AWS/Azure experience, strong communication, and the ability to manage complex migration projects within tight timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.
• Strong design and implementation skills for cloud solutions.
• Experience communicating complex tech to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive successful cloud adoption and onboarding for varied stakeholders.
• Educate, plan, and assist in customers’ cloud journeys.
• Design and develop cloud training and enablement programs.
• Work with tenants to design cloud-based architectures, migration approaches and application optimisations.
• Oversee lifecycle management of cloud technologies and services to support applications.
• Coordinate with internal/external stakeholders and vendors to deliver systems within budget and specs.
• Prepare projects for timely delivery under tight timelines.

Skills

Cloud strategy

Stakeholder mgmt

Planning & org

Written & verbal comms

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

What The Role Is

HTX is Singapore's Science and Technology agency that brings together diverse scientific and engineering capabilities to develop transformative, operationally ready solutions for public safety. As a statutory board under the Ministry of Home Affairs, HTX works at the forefront of science and technology to empower the Home Team with cutting‑edge capabilities. Guided by our mission to amplify, augment and accelerate the Home Team's advantage, we are committed to keeping Singapore the safest place on planet Earth.

xCloud is dedicated to elevating the enterprise experience through cutting‑edge cloud capabilities, including:

• Sustainable enterprise data centres
• Hybrid cloud platforms
• Advanced cloud security measures
• Integrated Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps)
• Innovative enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions
• AI-powered enterprise applications

What You Will Be Working On

• Drive the successful adoption and on-boarding, understand the value and capability of cloud.
• As part of driving adoption, do active engagement with different levels of stakeholders to garner interest, educate, plan and assist in their cloud journey.
• Design and develop Cloud training and enablement programs
• Work with tenants to design Cloud-based technical architectures, migration approaches and application optimisations that enable mission objectives. Serve as a technical advisor and perform troubleshooting to resolve technical challenges for projects.
• He/She is expected to design application infrastructure services that are Cloud optimised, elastic, scalable, secure and resilient.
• He/She is expected to oversee the lifecycle management of the technologies and services in support of the applications.
• As part of project management, work with relevant stakeholders (internal and external) and vendors to deliver the system(s) and/or projects, ensuring that budget, specifications and any other requirements are being adhered to.

What We Are Looking For

• Experience in managing a full system implementation lifecycle
• Experience with building and deploying applications as containers using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with RDBMS, NoSQL, NodeJS, distributed computing and backend frameworks.
• Able to implement container security and cloud security and familiar with ethical hacking.
• Experience with source code management tools, IaC (Infrastructure-As-Code), test automation, static/dynamic code analysis and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiar with Cloud products and experienced in designing Cloud solutions.
• Minimally achieved Level 2 Cloud Competency Certifications with preferably at least 2 – 3 years of relevant working experience in Amazon Web Services and/or Microsoft Azure.
• Good critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Good planning and organisational skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work under tight timelines.

All new hires are appointed on a two-year contract in the first instance and will be assessed and considered for permanent tenure over time, based on performance.

As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.

All applicants will be updated on the status of their applications within 4 weeks upon closing of the advertisement.