Assistant Director, Platform… at Government… · Singapore

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.

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[What you will be working on]

We are looking for an Assistant Director, Engineering Management (Platform Infrastructure), to drive the engineering, automation, resiliency, and operational maturity of critical infrastructure platforms supporting large-scale digital services.

The role will provide technical leadership across cloud platforms, Kubernetes, automation, observability, and infrastructure reliability initiatives. The Engineering Manager will guide engineering standards, mentor engineers, drive platform modernisation, and partner with stakeholders across infrastructure, security, operations, and application teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and engineering of scalable, secure, and resilient platform infrastructure
• Define and drive platform engineering standards, automation strategy, and operational best practices
• Lead Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, observability, and platform modernisation initiatives
• Drive resiliency improvements including failover readiness, disaster recovery, capacity planning, and operational health standards
• Architect and support Kubernetes platforms and cloud-native infrastructure capabilities
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex production platform incidents
• Drive reduction of operational toil through automation and standardisation
• Partner with security teams on vulnerability remediation, hardening, compliance, and governance requirements
• Work closely with application teams to improve operational readiness and cloud-native adoption
• Mentor and guide engineers across platforms, infrastructure, and automation domains
• Support strategic planning, technical roadmap development, and platform capability uplift
• Drive technical governance and operational accountability across vendor-supported infrastructure operations, remediation activities, platform enhancements and operational incidents
• Engage stakeholders across the agency and internal engineering teams

[What we are looking for]

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
• Strong experience in infrastructure/platform engineering and cloud operations
• Deep hands-on expertise in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, networking, and infrastructure automation
• Strong experience with Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps practices
• Experience designing and operating observability and monitoring platforms
• Strong understanding of resiliency engineering, SRE concepts, and production operations
• Experience leading complex infrastructure transformation or modernisation initiatives
• Strong troubleshooting, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills
• Experience mentoring engineers and driving engineering standards
• Exposure to AI-assisted operations, observability, automation or infrastructure engineering workflows

Preferred Skills

• Experience in healthcare, government, or regulated environments
• Experience operating large-scale hybrid cloud platforms
• Cloud professional certifications
• Exposure to chaos engineering, reliability engineering, or platform product models

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