Senior IT Systems Manager – Secure Gov Infra

ST ENGINEERING MISSION SOFTWARE & SERVICES PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

ST Engineering Mission Software & Services PTE. LTD. is seeking a System Manager to lead operations, governance, delivery, and security of mission-critical IT systems supporting government agencies.

You will ensure systems remain secure, available, and compliant with policies, while guiding engineering teams and managing vendors. Responsibilities include incident, change, and configuration management, disaster recovery planning, and governance of system architectures.

Qualifications

• Minimum10 years of IT infrastructure and systems management experience.
• At least 5 years of experience leading technical teams, vendors, or managed services.
• Experience supporting regulated environments (Singapore Government, Healthcare, Defence) is preferred.
• Strong experience in Windows Server environments, virtualization platforms, storage systems, backup solutions, and cloud technologies.
• Experience managing Azure and Government on Commercial Cloud (GCC) environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage system administration, operations, maintenance, and support services for enterprise infrastructure and platform environments.
• Develop system management strategies, operational roadmaps, and lifecycle plans aligned with agency objectives.
• Ensure compliance with IM8, GCC, PDPA, cybersecurity directives, audit requirements, and government governance frameworks.
• Oversee system availability, performance, capacity, resiliency, and service levels against SLA/OLA targets.
• Lead incident, problem, change, release, and configuration management processes based on ITIL practices.
• Manage vulnerability remediation, patch management, hardening, security reviews, and risk mitigation activities.
• Oversee disaster recovery planning, business continuity exercises, backup management, and recovery testing.
• Provide governance and approval of system architectures, upgrade plans, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Manage outsourced vendors, support contracts, project deliverables, and performance reviews.
• Coordinate audits, vulnerability assessments, and penetration testing activities.
• Provide leadership and mentorship for System Engineers and infrastructure teams.
• Prepare management reports, risk assessments, and executive updates.

Skills

IT leadership

Vendor management

IT governance

Team leadership

Tools

Windows Server

Virtualization

Storage systems

Backup solutions

Cloud technologies

Azure

GCC environments

Job description

ST Engineering Mission Software & Services PTE. LTD. is seeking a System Manager to lead operations, governance, delivery, and security of mission-critical IT systems supporting government agencies.

You will ensure systems remain secure, available, and compliant with policies, while guiding engineering teams and managing vendors. Responsibilities include incident, change, and configuration management, disaster recovery planning, and governance of system architectures.