Platform & SRE Engineer (Database and Search Platform)

Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT); Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Purposeful and meaningful work

Work with top engineers

Excellent engineering culture and work-life balance

Opportunities for innovation and growth

Job summary

A national security technology agency in Singapore is seeking a Platform & SRE Engineer to build and maintain scalable databases and search platforms. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or related fields, with over 3 years' experience in database systems and proficiency in multiple programming languages. Join us for a meaningful career with a focus on modern technology and teamwork.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with database systems, including relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Experience in cloud-native technologies for container orchestration, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-available, scalable large-scale databases and search platforms.
• Conduct incident management including troubleshooting, resolution, and post-mortem.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship as a subject matter expert.

Skills

Database systems

Programming languages (Bash, Go, Java, Python)

Cloud-native technologies

Data modelling and schema design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

MongoDB

AWS RDS

Google Cloud SQL

Azure Database Services

Job description

Overview

Platform & SRE Engineer (Database and Search Platform) at CSIT. CSIT develops products to advance the national security interests of Singapore. We use our products in a wide range of operations, including but not limited to Counter-terrorism and Computer Network Defence. Join the CSIT family and use cutting-edge technologies to protect the nation.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-available, scalable large-scale databases and search platforms using technologies like PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch
• Design and implement data integration and migration pipelines to ingest data from various data integration points including APIs, files, and/or other databases
• Improve platform availability and performance through use of SRE practices
• Conduct incident management, including troubleshooting, resolution and post-mortem of the database and search platforms
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to fellow engineers as a subject matter expert in database and search platform engineering
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including projects, engineering, and operations to ensure platform and product usability and alignment to organisation goals

Requirements (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field
• 3+ years of experience with database systems, including relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, Oracle) and/or NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB, Elasticsearch)
• Proficiency in programming languages, including Bash, Go, Java, Python
• Experience in cloud-native technologies for container orchestration, CI/CD, infrastructure automation and observability
• Experience with data modelling, schema design, performance tuning and data migration

Nice to Have

• Experience in managing physical and virtual infrastructures
• Experience in managing cloud database and search services using AWS RDS, Google Cloud SQL, or Azure Database Services
• Passion for open-source technologies

Why join us?

• The work is purposeful and meaningful
• You will work with the best engineers
• We work with modern technologies and tech stacks
• We have excellent engineering culture and work-life balance
• We aspire to engineering and operational excellence
• We empower to innovate
• We grow together as a family

As CSIT is an agency under the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), only Singapore Citizens will be considered.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting