Platform Engineer, ITD (1 year contract)

sggovterp; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) is seeking a Platform Engineer to develop, administer, and optimise platforms supporting the application development lifecycle and CI/CD pipelines. You will collaborate with developers, product teams, and Infosec to implement secure, automated deployment practices.

You will work with cross-functional teams to enhance platform capabilities, adopt DevOps culture, and manage hosting environments via code, while maintaining a strong focus on security and

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Linux/Windows administration and CI/CD tooling.
• Strong scripting and automation capabilities (Bash/PowerShell, Python optional).
• Experience with GitLab, Git, and software delivery pipelines.
• Familiarity with Playwright for testing and container orchestration with Docker/Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Ansible, Terraform) and cloud (AWS).
• Understanding of security practices (DevSecOps) and application deployment in agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, implement, maintain, administer, support and improve IT infrastructure and CI/CD platform.
• Collaborate with the Product Team to onboard new products to the platform and improve development processes.
• Collaborate with Infosec on implementing security best practices across apps, infra, and CI/CD.
• Work within DevSecOps and other teams to improve IT infra, CI/CD and deployment processes.
• Own, recover and improve from incidents.
• Manage procurement from requirements to award; oversee vendor projects.
• Develop policies, procedures and tooling for changes to IT infrastructure and CI/CD platform.
• Share knowledge and promote DevOps culture across the team.
• Manage hosting environments through code and tooling.

Skills

Linux administration

Agile development

Scripting & automation

DevOps mindset

Problem solving

Education

Computer Engineering/Computer Science background

Tools

GitLab

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

EKS

Helm Charts

Playwright

Elastic

OTEL

Kibana

Sonarqube

Gitlab SEP

PEP

Ansible

Terraform

Redis

MS SQL Server

PostgreSQL

AWS

Job description

What the role is

About EDB

The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), a government agency under the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry, is responsible for strategies that enhance Singapore’s position as a global centre for business, innovation, and talent. We undertake investment promotion and industry development, and work with international businesses, both foreign and local, by providing information, connection to partners and access to government incentives for their investments. Our mission is to create sustainable economic growth, with vibrant business and good job opportunities for Singapore.

For more information on EDB, please visit www.edb.gov.sg

About the Information Technology Division (ITD), EDB

Our IT Division works in close partnership with EDB’s business divisions to drive digital transformation. We build digital products that leverage technology to improve EDB’s operational efficiency, create exceptional customer experience and deliver enhanced business value for EDB. We thrive on teamwork, and form cross functional teams of product managers, designers and engineers who work hand in hand to develop solutions for our organisation and customers.

What you will be working on

The Platform Engineer develops, administers, supports, improves and optimises platforms that support the application development lifecycle and have the relevant knowledge and experience in the various automation tools for developing DevSecOps pipeline (CI/CD).

He/She works with developers and Product teams on code releases and support the team by providing recommendations to improve software development & deployment through process re-engineering, scripting & automation.

He/She is curious, has a thirst for continuous learning and is eager to work as part of a team to develop and optimise platforms. He/She is personable and interacts and communicates his/her views to others in the team with ease.

Key responsibilities will include

• Identify, develop, implement, maintain, administer, support and improve IT infrastructure and CI/CD platform that are used to support application development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with the Product Team to onboard new product to the platform and to improve the existing application development process.
• Collaborate with Infosec Team on implementing security best practices on the applications, IT infrastructure and CI/CD platform.
• Collaborate internally within DevSecOps Team as well as with other teams to improve IT infrastructure, CI/CD platform and processes used for application development lifecycle.
• Own, recover and improve from incidents.
• Manage procurement, from issuing requirements until award.
• Manage implementation projects outsourced to external vendors.
• Develop policies, procedures and tools that manage changes to IT infrastructure and CI/CD platform.
• Share the knowledge and know-how to others; work with other team members to adopt and improve DevOps culture.
• Manage and provision hosting environments through code and implement tools to do so.

What we are looking for

To meet the challenges of this role, you must have/be:

Minimum 3 years of hands‑on experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting the following tools:

• Operating system: Linux (Redhat/Ubuntu) and MS Windows
• Scripting: Bash and PowerShell with python(optional)
• Repository and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery: GitLab, MS VSTS, Git
• Testing tool: Playwright
• Container/Container Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, EKS and Helm Charts
• Logging/Telemetry: Elastic and OTEL
• Visualisations: Kibana
• Security: Sonarqube, Gitlab SEP (Scan Execution Policy) and PEP (Pipeline Execution Policy).
• Infrastructure as Code: Ansible, Terraform
• Database: Redis, MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL
• Cloud: AWS
• Knowledge in networking protocols and services (e.g. SFTP, DHCP, VLANs, routing, load balancer, etc) with hands‑on experience troubleshooting network issues.
• Hands‑on experience with application development using agile methodology.
• Experience in deploying micro-service application.
• Experience in Incident , Change , inventory and security and patch management.
• Knowledge in using AI code assistant, deploying gen AI capabilities (AIOps) or operating/managing AI agents.
• Strong interest, curiosity and ambition to embrace agentic capabilities for infrastructure and cloud operations.
• Knowledge of various open source technologies.
• Good team player and communicator, with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Background in Computer Engineering/Computer Science preferred, candidate who demonstrate strong relevant experience and skill sets will be considered.
• Certifications in the above‑mentioned tools on point 1, DevOps and/or application development using agile methodology would be advantageous.
• Good system troubleshooting skills.
• Singaporean