Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer, NEA

GovTech Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Leave benefits

Wellness programs

Job summary

GovTech Singapore is seeking a hands‑on Platform Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, automate, and operate modern infrastructure platforms across cloud and hybrid environments. You will focus on reliability, observability, security posture, and operational resilience for critical government systems.

You will work with application, security, cloud, and operations teams to enable scalable cloud‑native capabilities while reducing toil and technical debt, and you will help migrate legacy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IS or related field.
• Hands-on cloud infrastructure engineering and operations experience.
• Proficient with Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, and Kubernetes.
• Familiar with observability tools (Dynatrace/Prometheus/Grafana/CloudWatch).
• Understanding of IAM, networking, and security in cloud setups.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, automate, and operate cloud & hybrid infrastructure platforms.
• Improve reliability, observability, security posture, and resilience of critical services.
• Collaborate with apps, security, cloud, and operations teams for scalability.
• Develop Infrastructure‑as‑Code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support vulnerability remediation and incident response in production.
• Contribute to platform engineering standards and best practices.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure experience

Troubleshooting

Stakeholder communication

Python/Bash scripting

Education

Degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IS

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Dynatrace

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

Job description

GovTech is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.

At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better where we empower our people to master their craft through robust learning and development opportunities all year round.

Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today! Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.

What you will be working on

We are looking for a hands‑on Platform Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, automate, and operate modern infrastructure platforms across cloud and hybrid environments. The role focuses on improving reliability, observability, automation, security posture, and operational resilience for critical systems supporting healthcare and government digital services.

The engineer will work closely with application, security, cloud, and operations teams to enable scalable and resilient platform capabilities while reducing operational toil and technical debt.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure platforms across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and hybrid environments.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure‑as‑Code using Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support platform observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational dashboards.
• Improve infrastructure reliability, resiliency, failover readiness, and operational standards.
• Support container platforms including Kubernetes and related ecosystem tooling.
• Automate operational processes, patching, provisioning, compliance checks, and reporting.
• Support vulnerability remediation and infrastructure security hardening activities.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform incidents across compute, network, storage, and cloud services.
• Partner with application teams to improve cloud‑native adoption and operational readiness.
• Contribute to platform engineering standards, reusable modules, and engineering best practices.
• Support migration and modernisation initiatives from legacy infrastructure to cloud platforms.

What we are looking for

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• Experience in cloud infrastructure engineering and operations.
• Strong hands‑on experience with at least one cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, or similar automation tooling.
• Experience operating Kubernetes or container platforms.
• Familiarity with observability platforms such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch.
• Good understanding of infrastructure security, IAM, networking, and resiliency concepts.
• Experience supporting production environments and operational incident response.
• Scripting or programming knowledge in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Strong troubleshooting and stakeholder communication skills.
• Experience leveraging AI/ML driven tools for operational insights, automation, observability or infrastructure optimisation.

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting regulated or large‑scale enterprise environments.
• Exposure to SRE, platform engineering, or DevSecOps practices.
• Cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with hybrid cloud or datacenter environments.

What we offer you

GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives, as we believe that diversity is the foundation to innovation.

Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market‑competitive suite of perks. These include leave benefits to meet your work‑life needs and employee wellness programs.

We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust that you will manage your own time to deliver your best, wherever you are, and whatever works best for you.

Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers.

Stay connected with us on social media at go.gov.sg/ConnectWithGovTech.