The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), a government agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, is responsible for strategies that enhance Singapore’s position as a global centre for business, innovation, and talent. We undertake investment promotion and industry development, and work with international businesses, both foreign and local, by providing information, connection to partners and access to government incentives for their investments. Our mission is to create sustainable economic growth, with vibrant business and good job opportunities for Singapore.
About the Information Technology (IT) Division, EDB
Our IT Division works in close partnership with EDB’s business divisions to drive digital transformation. We build digital products that leverage technology to improve EDB’s operational efficiency, create exceptional customer experience and deliver enhanced business value for EDB. We thrive on teamwork, and form cross functional teams of product managers, designers and engineers who work hand in hand to develop solutions for our organisation and customers.
The Platform Engineer develops, administers, supports, improves and optimises platforms that support the application development lifecycle and have the relevant knowledge and experience in the various automation tools for developing DevOps pipeline (CI/CD).
He works with developers and Product teams on code releases and support the team by providing recommendations to improve software development & deployment through process re-engineering, scripting & automation.
He is curious, has a thirst for continuous learning and is eager to work as part of a team to develop and optimise platforms. He is personable and interacts and communicates his views to others in the team with ease.
The official title for this role would be Software Engineer.
[What you will be working on]
Identify, develop, implement, maintain, administer, support and improve IT infrastructure and CI/CD platform that are used to support application development lifecycle.
Collaborate with the Product Team to onboard new product to the platform and to improve the existing application development process.
Collaborate with Infosec Team on implementing security best practices on the applications, IT infrastructure and CI/CD platform.
Collaborate internally within DevOps Team as well as with other teams to improve IT infrastructure, CI/CD platform and processes used for application development lifecycle.
Own, recover and improve from incidents.
Manage procurement, from issuing requirements until award.
Manage implementation projects outsourced to external vendors.
Develop policies, procedures and tools that manage changes to IT infrastructure and CI/CD platform.
Share the knowledge and know-how to others; work with other team members to adopt and improve DevOps culture.
Manage and provision hosting environments through code and implement tools to do so.
[What we are looking for]
Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting the following tools:
Operating system: Linux (Ubuntu) and MS Windows
Scripting: Bash, PowerShell, Perl
Repository and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery: GitLab, MS VSTS, Git
Testing tool: Selenium
Container/Container Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, AKS
Logging/Telemetry: Elasticsearch, Splunk, Prometheus
Visualisations: Kibana, Grafana
Security: Checkmarx, Clair
Web Server: Nginx, MS IIS, Tomcat
Infrastructure as Code: Ansible, Terraform, Puppet
Database: Redis, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MariaDB
Platform-as-a-Service: VMWare/Pivotal PKS
Cloud: AWS
In addition to the above, you will require:
Knowledge in networking protocols and services (e.g. SFTP, DHCP, VLANs, routing, load balancer, etc) with hands-on experience troubleshooting network issues.
Hands-on experience with application development using agile methodology. Experience in deploying micro-service application.
Knowledge of various open source technologies.
Good team player and communicator, with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Background in Computer Engineering/Computer Science Bachelor's degree preferred, candidate who demonstrate strong relevant experience and skill sets will be considered.
Certifications in the above-mentioned tools on point 1, DevOps and/or application development using agile methodology would be advantageous. Good system troubleshooting skills.
Only Singaporeans may apply
We review applications and interview on a rolling basis. Applicants can expect to receive an application outcome within 8 weeks of application date
