Senior DevOps Engineer

VANGUARD SOFTWARE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Technical leadership opportunities

Access to mentorship and certifications

Modern DevOps environment

Job summary

A leading software company in Singapore is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join its engineering team. The role involves designing, building, and optimizing cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines, ensuring system stability and security. The ideal candidate must have at least 5 years of relevant experience and a strong background in automation, monitoring, and collaboration with development teams. This position offers opportunities for technical leadership and a focus on continuous growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or similar.
• Strong background in Linux administration, networking, and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using IaC tools.
• Build and optimize automated pipelines for testing, deployment, and release management.
• Establish observability standards, implement monitoring and alerting systems.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

CI/CD Pipelines

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Scripting (Python, Go, Bash)

Monitoring & Observability tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computing, Software Engineering, IT or related field

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

• Bachelor's Degree of Computing, Software Engineering, IT or related field.
• 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.