Senior System Engineer (Linux Redhat, Permanent)

GMP Group HQ; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Singapore is seeking an experienced systems engineering lead to take charge of architecture and design for complex programs. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years in systems engineering, a deep understanding of Linux and cloud technologies, and strong networking skills. Responsibilities include driving automation and risk mitigation while leading technical discussions during pre-sales and delivery phases. This position requires collaboration with various teams to ensure governance and stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in systems engineering; 3+ years leading architecture.
• Advanced Linux administration and hardening skills.
• Experience with networking and security principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead design for multi-site builds and approve implementations.
• Define reference architectures and drive automation approaches.
• Drive technical plans and risk mitigation across production.

Skills

Systems engineering

Linux administration

Networking & Security

Virtualization & Cloud technologies

Data & Observability

Data management skills

Incident management

Education

Relevant technical certifications (RHCE, AWS/Azure, etc.)

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

MySQL

VMware

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture/design for multi-site and geo-redundant builds, produce HLD/LLD and approve DLD prior to implementation.

• Define reference architectures and golden images; drive automation-first approaches for provisioning, configuration, patching, and upgrades.

• Own technical plans and risk mitigation across staging and production; ensure traceable validation via unit, integration, and UAT test artefacts.

• Collaborate with engineering and PMO teams to ensure governance, sign-offs, change control, and stakeholder alignment.

• Serve as Tier-3/Tier-4 escalation during Sev-1/Sev-2 incidents; lead incident command, root-cause analysis, and permanent corrective actions aligned to our escalation flows and severity classification.

• Act as technical owner in pre-sales and delivery phases—clarify requirements, validate assumptions, and translate business goals to system design, working with Sales, Service Excellence, Product Engineering and PMO.

Requirements

• 10+ years in systems engineering; 3+ years leading architecture or serving as principal/lead engineer on complex programs.

• Preferred certifications: RHCE, AWS/Azure Architect, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), and relevant network/security credentials (e.g., CCNP).

• Willingness to travel for onsite implementations and cutovers when required.

• Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu): advanced administration, hardening, HA clustering, performance tuning.

• Networking & Security: switching/routing, firewalls, VLANs, TCP/IP, DNS/NTP/LDAP/SMTP; architecture-level design decisions and security controls.

• Virtualization & Cloud: KVM, VMware, Hyper-V; AWS/Azure/GCP architectures, cost/performance trade-offs, and hybrid designs.

• Data & Observability: MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL; logging/metrics/alerts (e.g., syslog-ng, Elastic).

Company: ICT Solution | Location: Bendemeer MRT

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