Senior DevOps Engineer

Vanguard Software; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Technical Leadership Opportunities

Mentorship & Certifications

High-Performance Collaboration

Job summary

Vanguard Software in Singapore is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines, ensuring stability, security, and high availability. You will own automation, observability, and collaboration with backend, frontend, and product teams, mentoring junior engineers and driving DevOps best practices in an Agile/GitOps environment.

The role requires 5+ years of experience and a strong focus on reliability, security, and

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of DevOps/SRE experience.
• Proficiency with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Hands-on with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
• Strong CI/CD expertise (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD).
• Solid Linux networking and distributed systems knowledge.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, or Datadog.

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure & Automation: Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using IaC.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Build and optimize automated pipelines for testing, deployment, and release management.
• Monitoring & Reliability: Establish observability standards and monitoring systems for health.
• Security & Compliance: Enforce cloud security, access control, and compliance across environments.
• Collaboration: Partner with backend, frontend, and product teams for reliable deployments.
• Process & Mentorship: Improve DevOps processes and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Cloud mindset

SRE experience

Automation & scripting

Security best practices

Collaboration

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK/EFK

Datadog

Python

Go

Bash

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you will work independently to design, build, and optimize infrastructure and deployment pipelines that ensure the stability, scalability, and security of our systems. You will take full responsibility for automating workflows, improving observability, and enabling development teams to ship code faster and safer. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer with at least 5 years of work experience who thrives on ownership, reliability, and technical leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure & Automation: Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Build and optimize automated pipelines for testing, deployment, and release management.
• Monitoring & Reliability: Establish observability standards, implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure system health.
• Security & Compliance: Enforce best practices for cloud security, access control, and compliance across environments.
• Collaboration: Partner with backend, frontend, and product teams to ensure smooth deployments and reliable system operations.
• Process & Mentorship: Improve DevOps processes, share best practices, and mentor junior engineers.

Job Requirements

• Experience: Minimum 5 years of DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or related experience.
• Tech Stack: Proficient with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), IaC (Terraform, Ansible, Helm), and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, etc.).
• Systems Knowledge: Strong background in Linux administration, networking, and distributed systems.
• Monitoring & Observability: Hands-on experience with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, or Datadog.
• Scripting & Automation: Proficient in one or more languages (Python, Go, Bash, etc.).
• Problem Solving: Skilled at diagnosing complex issues, ensuring high availability, and improving system performance.
• System Design: Capable of designing fault-tolerant, secure, and scalable infrastructure with disaster recovery in mind.

Soft Skills

• Team Mindset: Collaborate effectively across teams, proactively contributing to company goals.
• Ownership: Take responsibility for infrastructure health and ensure continuous improvements.
• Adaptability: Open to new technologies, evolving processes, and changing business needs.
• Communication: Clearly explain technical topics to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

What We Offer

• Technical Leadership Opportunities: Lead infrastructure design for high-impact projects and guide DevOps best practices.
• Continuous Growth: Access to mentorship, certifications, and a clear career progression path.
• High-Performance Collaboration: Work with a talented team in a modern DevOps environment (Agile/CI-CD, GitOps).
• Flexibility and Trust: An open culture that values innovation, autonomy, and results-driven decision‑making.