Platform Operations Engineer

Unison Consulting Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in Singapore seeks a Platform Operations Engineer to support critical government IT infrastructure. Responsibilities include maintaining and optimising platforms, executing infrastructure automation, and enhancing system security. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and experience in infrastructure operations, with excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Desired certifications include VMware and ITIL.

Qualifications

• Experience in infrastructure operations and engineering.
• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure components.
• Experience in supporting infrastructure modernisation initiatives.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong documentation abilities.
• Effective communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Maintain critical infrastructure platforms across environments.
• Execute infrastructure automation for improved efficiency.
• Support implementation of new infrastructure solutions.
• Manage virtualisation platforms with performance monitoring.
• Implement monitoring solutions using modern tooling.
• Execute platform patching strategies with automation.

Skills

Enterprise virtualisation platforms (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V)

Storage systems (SAN, NAS)

Linux and Windows Server administration

Infrastructure automation tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)

Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Observability platforms

Infrastructure as Code practices

Networking concepts and technologies

Scripting abilities (Python, PowerShell, Bash)

High-availability and disaster recovery solutions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Job description

The Platform Operations Engineer will be working with government agencies to maintain and support their critical on-premises platforms and infrastructure. This role focuses on ensuring platform reliability, implementing modern operational practices, and supporting infrastructure modernisation initiatives while maintaining robust support for existing agency systems. You will work closely with various stakeholders to ensure the stability and efficiency of essential government IT infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Maintain critical infrastructure platforms including compute, storage, virtualisation, and supporting systems across development, staging and production environments.
• Follow and implement platform standards, executing infrastructure automation and modern operational practices to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Support platform enhancement initiatives and implementation of new infrastructure solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Manage virtualisation platforms (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V), including capacity monitoring, performance optimisation, and lifecycle management.
• Implement and maintain robust monitoring and observability solutions for all platform components using modern tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Execute platform patching strategies, leveraging automation to maintain security and stability while minimising service disruption.

Technical Requirements

• Strongexperiencewithenterprisevirtualisationplatforms(VMwarevSphere,Hyper-V)
• Experienceinstoragesystems(SAN,NAS)andenterprisebackupsolutions
• ProficiencyinLinuxandWindowsServeradministration
• Experiencewithinfrastructureautomationtools(Ansible,Puppet,Chef)
• Knowledgeofcontainertechnologies(Docker,Kubernetes)
• Familiaritywithmonitoringandobservabilityplatforms
• ExperiencewithInfrastructureasCodepractices
• Understandingofnetworkingconceptsandtechnologies
• Scriptingabilities(Python,PowerShell,Bash)
• Experiencewithhigh-availabilityanddisasterrecoverysolutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Experience in infrastructure operations and engineering
• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure components
• Experience in supporting infrastructure modernisation initiatives
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong documentation abilities
• Effective communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Desired Certifications

• VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
• Microsoft Certified: Windows Server
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• ITIL v4 Foundation