Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Infrastructure Architecture and Management

The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an "outside-in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. We also develop the Smart Nation infrastructure and applications, and facilitate collaboration with citizens and businesses to co-develop technologies.

Join us as we support Singapore's vision of building a Smart Nation - a nation of possibilities empowered through info-communications technology and related engineering.

Government Infrastructure Group (GIG)

The Government Infrastructure Group (GIG) is responsible for digital infrastructure that supports the Whole-of-Government (WOG). We are the infrastructure architects and engineers who architect, design and deliver an agile, secure and sustainable infrastructure which enables a digital government for Singapore.

How we work

Aside from formulating the infrastructure strategy and roadmap at WOG level, we also develop prototypes using new technologies and establish standards and best practices to guide the design and implementation of information systems that support the enterprise infrastructure.

We examine factors such as people, culture, policies and processes to provide a secure, predictive and always-on platform, enabling public officers to work anywhere and anytime.

By maximizing on innovative Cloud and SaaS technologies, we architect, design, build and deliver Cloud and Datacentre hosting environments and common services which support government agencies in accelerating and developing modern applications and services.

Transforming ICT infrastructure through modernisation and automation is also our key focus. Using the newest technology and best practices, we deliver secure and utility-based services to WOG, so that government agencies can function efficiently and seamlessly.

We are also passionate about building and uplifting ICT engineering know-how for the WOG in critical infrastructure domains, which we advance through experimentation, prototype development, consultancy, and training.

What you will be working on:

• Responsible for the overall technical design of a system/project pertaining to the infrastructure elements, integration, connectivity and hosting.
• Ensure the design gels and aligns to Application architecture, Enterprise architecture and Security architecture.
• Apply in-depth knowledge and skillset in the technical domains like Cloud, SaaS, Middleware, Network and Platforms, as well as methodologies, policies and processes relating to the end-to-end implementation of an ICT System.
• Knowledge of up-to-date of solutions, services and offerings from commercial providers so as to recommend modernised solutions, designs and processes to projects.
• Some experience in determining and recommending automation in term of infrastructure operation or development processes.
• DevOps and infrastructure-as-code knowledge is desired so as to support and be able to apply to project management and implementation.
• Work with all other Architects/Developers to balance and rationalise the technical design to ensure the building of a robust, scalable and efficient ICT system.
• Work closely with the Solutions Architect to produce a technical specification for infrastructure, systems integration and hosting requirements.
• Provide technical architectural support to the Project and ensure project architecture is aligned with whole-of-Government architecture, policies, and framework.

What we are looking for:

• Technical discipline with 5 or more years of progressive experience in solutioning, architecture and design.
• Some implementation and management experience in some of the technology: AWS/ Azure/ Google Cloud/ VMware, Kubernetes, Docker DC
• Good to have experience in the use of the following DevOps , CD/CI tools: Ansible, Jenkin, GitHub, Puppet, Yarn, Rancher, CasperJS
• Proficiency in multi-tiered architecture, design and implementation.
• Strong working knowledge and ability to apply architecture concepts, frameworks and methodologies to projects.
• Good consultation skills with the ability to convey technical ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences and contribute within a team environment.
• Experience with Web and server technologies including Virtualisation.
• Good knowledge of servers and storage technologies includes different OSes, software and hardware solutions (like EMC, Cisco, HDS)
• Experienced in business and technical analysis, architecture design, project management.
• Must be able to communicate IT architecture methods, concepts, standards and policies.
• Experience developing and implementing technical and integration architectures
• Excellent customer service mind-set. Must be able to balance the needs of multiple stakeholders and sponsors on projects.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company as we believe that diversity is meaningful to innovation. Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. This includes generous leave benefits to meet your work-life needs. We trust that you will get the job done wherever you are, and whatever works best for you - so work from home or take a break to exercise if you need to*. We also believe it's important for you to keep honing your craft in the constantly-evolving tech landscape, so we provide and support a plethora of in-house and external learning and development opportunities all year round.

• Subject to the nature of your job role that might require you to be onsite during fixed hours