Software Engineer (SRE)

AvePoint; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

AvePoint is hiring a Software Engineer (SRE) to strengthen production reliability in Singapore. You will design robust monitoring, automate incident response, and ensure security and compliance with industry standards while collaborating with infrastructure teams.

The role emphasizes building scalable architectures, improving observability, and delivering resilient services through active participation in on‑call rotations and disaster recovery planning.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting/implementing payments and securities settlement systems.
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• Strong security and risk assessment capabilities.
• Experience in system integration and architecture design.
• Familiarity with government or financial regulatory standards is a plus.
• Proven ability to work across teams and communicate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Maintain architecture with integration patterns across the tech stack.
• Build monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes for operations excellence.
• Create and maintain architectural documentation.
• Integrate applications with middleware per architecture docs.
• Enhance security with testing, reviews, and vulnerability assessments.
• Define and monitor SLOs/SLIs and automate observability.
• Participate in on‑call rotations to ensure production stability.

Skills

Security principles

Incident response

Observability

SRE practices

Java/microservices

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

Shell scripting

Stakeholder management

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Docker

Grafana

ELK stack

JBoss EAP

Oracle Database

RHEL

Autosys

Job description

Software Engineer (SRE)

What you will be working on

Solution Engineering

• Maintain comprehensive system architecture with deep understanding of integration patterns and dependencies across the technology stack


• Design and implement robust monitoring frameworks, intelligent alerting systems, and streamlined incident response procedures to ensure operational excellence


• Develop and maintain detailed architectural documentation


• Setup, configure and integrate application with middleware components as per the architecture documentation

Security & Site Reliability Engineering

• Partner with infrastructure teams to implement security hardening measures and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards


• Design and execute comprehensive application security testing protocols and vulnerability assessment procedures, ensuring full alignment with MAS framework requirements and organisational processes


• Conduct systematic security reviews, coordinate penetration testing initiatives, and perform thorough threat analysis including risk assessments of identified vulnerabilities and security findings


• Define meaningful SLOs and SLIs, implementing automated monitoring and measurement systems to track service reliability and performance


• Proactively monitor system health through advanced observability tools and execute comprehensive daily operational health assessments


• Build system resilience through chaos engineering practices, comprehensive disaster recovery planning, and continuous performance optimisation initiatives


• Maintain production system stability through participation in on‑call rotations, providing expert‑level support and rapid incident resolution

[What we are looking for]

• At least 5 years' relevant experience in supporting and/or implementing payments and securities settlement systems with a minimum of 5 years of experience in Application support and operations, or application security, site reliability engineering, or solution architecture


• Strong knowledge of security principles and best practices in software development, security frameworks, vulnerability assessment tools, and penetration testing methodologies


• Understanding of enterprise architecture patterns and integration technologies


• Proficiency in application testing assessment and management, including the ability to analyse test results and propose improvements


• Familiarity with ICT governance policies, standards, and best practices in government agencies


• Knowledge of service design principles and the ability to apply design thinking methods to identify transformation opportunities


• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to analyse complex business problems, recommending digitalisation and process changes


• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with various internal and external stakeholders


• Understanding of solution engineering principles, including the ability to design application architecture and evaluate hardware and software solutions. Example,


• Experience in designing and implementing java applications, SQL skills, and shell scripting


• Strong understanding of Server‑side, Java/microservices, web services, RESTful API


• Experience with RHEL, JBOSS EAP, OpenShift, Openstack, Watermelon, Maven, Oracle Database and fault‑tolerant infrastructure concepts


• Experience with cloud platforms and containerisation technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)


• Strong understanding and experience handling file transfers - interfaces, interfaces resiliency, connectivity protocols e.g., Rest, SFTP, MQ


• Experience with integration of Autosys, designing job scheduling, CI/CD, Datawarehouse, and Document Management System


• Experience with setup, and integration of Observability platforms, monitoring, and alerts (e.g. Grafana, ELK stack)

[Experience and Technical Skillset which would be an advantage]

• Experience with the S.W.I.F.T messaging platform and interfaces


• Certifications in relevant skills (e.g., Java, AWS solution architect, Kubernetes, etc.) will be an advantage


• Experience in government digital projects or in banking and finance sector will be an advantage


• Experience in supporting transactional system will be an advantage

[Who You Are]

• Driven, results and customer oriented and able to work independently


• Organised and comfortable managing multiple workstreams simultaneously and have good interpersonal skills


• Detailed and capable of handling time-sensitive and high‑pressure

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