Platform Operations Engineer (Azure)

SCIENTEC CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 91,000 - 109,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

AW S bonus

Job summary

ScienTec Consulting Pte Ltd is seeking an experienced Platform Operations Engineer to maintain enterprise cloud infrastructure and platform services in a highly governed environment. You will ensure reliability, security, and scalability of Azure and Windows Server platforms while supporting automation initiatives.

The role covers monitoring, patching, DR, and upgrades, with hands-on work in Terraform/Ansible, Docker/Kubernetes, and security compliance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant experience in infrastructure, cloud or platform operations.
• Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Azure environments in production.
• Strong experience with Windows Server administration; Linux administration is advantageous.
• Good knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, certificates, server hardening and patch management.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and/or Ansible for infrastructure automation.
• Experience with SAN/NAS, Azure Storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with monitoring and security tools such as Azure Monitor, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Dynatrace or ELK.
• Good understanding of cloud and enterprise networking concepts.
• Scripting experience with PowerShell, Python and/or Bash.
• Experience with high availability, disaster recovery, vulnerability management and VAPT remediation.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, version control and controlled infrastructure deployments.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation and stakeholder communication skills.
• Experience working in a highly regulated or government cloud environment will be advantageous.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure, Windows Server platforms, compute, storage, virtualisation and related services across development, staging and production environments.
• Monitor platform availability, capacity and performance, and proactively identify and resolve infrastructure issues.
• Implement infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Support infrastructure upgrades, modernisation, workload migrations and onboarding of applications onto cloud platforms.
• Perform Windows Server administration, including Active Directory integration, Group Policy, certificates, security hardening and patch management.
• Implement and maintain monitoring and observability solutions using Azure Monitor, Dynatrace, ELK or similar tools.
• Perform regular patching, vulnerability remediation and security compliance activities.
• Provide L2/L3 infrastructure support, troubleshoot complex incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
• Support Docker and Kubernetes environments where applicable.
• Manage and maintain backup, disaster recovery (DR) and high-availability solutions, including periodic DR testing.
• Support cloud networking configurations including private endpoints, NSGs/ASGs and hub-spoke/landing-zone architectures.
• Work closely with application and infrastructure teams to improve platform stability, scalability and performance.
• Maintain technical documentation, SOPs, runbooks, architecture diagrams, patching records, vulnerability logs and audit evidence.
• Support security and governance requirements, including access management, infrastructure hardening and audit/compliance activities.
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing on cloud and modern infrastructure operations.

Skills

Azure Cloud Administration

Windows Server Administration

Linux Administration

Active Directory & Group Policy

Infrastructure automation

PowerShell / Python / Bash scripting

Security & compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT or related

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure Monitor

Dynatrace

ELK

PowerShell

Python

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Platform Operations Engineer to support and maintain enterprise cloud infrastructure and platform services in a highly governed environment. You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, security, performance and scalability of cloud and Windows Server platforms, while supporting infrastructure modernisation and automation initiatives.

• Working Hours: Mon-Fri
• Working Location: Central
• Salary Package: Up to $9000 (basic) + AWS
• Job Type: Contract

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and support Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure, Windows Server platforms, compute, storage, virtualisation and related services across development, staging and production environments.
• Monitor platform availability, capacity and performance, and proactively identify and resolve infrastructure issues.
• Implement infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Support infrastructure upgrades, modernisation, workload migrations and onboarding of applications onto cloud platforms.
• Perform Windows Server administration, including Active Directory integration, Group Policy, certificates, security hardening and patch management.
• Implement and maintain monitoring and observability solutions using Azure Monitor, Dynatrace, ELK or similar tools.
• Perform regular patching, vulnerability remediation and security compliance activities.
• Provide L2/L3 infrastructure support, troubleshoot complex incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
• Support Docker and Kubernetes environments where applicable.
• Manage and maintain backup, disaster recovery (DR) and high-availability solutions, including periodic DR testing.
• Support cloud networking configurations including private endpoints, NSGs/ASGs and hub-spoke/landing-zone architectures.
• Work closely with application and infrastructure teams to improve platform stability, scalability and performance.
• Maintain technical documentation, SOPs, runbooks, architecture diagrams, patching records, vulnerability logs and audit evidence.
• Support security and governance requirements, including access management, infrastructure hardening and audit/compliance activities.
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing on cloud and modern infrastructure operations.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of relevant experience in infrastructure, cloud or platform operations.
• Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Azure environments in production.
• Strong experience with Windows Server administration; Linux administration experience is advantageous.
• Good knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, certificates, server hardening and patch management.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and/or Ansible for infrastructure automation.
• Experience with SAN/NAS, Azure Storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with monitoring and security tools such as Azure Monitor, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Dynatrace or ELK.
• Good understanding of cloud and enterprise networking concepts.
• Scripting experience with PowerShell, Python and/or Bash.
• Experience with high availability, disaster recovery, vulnerability management and VAPT remediation.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, version control and controlled infrastructure deployments.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation and stakeholder communication skills.
• Experience working in a highly regulated or government cloud environment will be advantageous.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline.

Good to Have

Relevant certifications such as:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
• Windows Server / Windows Server Hybrid Administrator certification
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• ITIL v4 Foundation

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