Digital infrastructure is important to enable increasing digitalization of businesses and contribute to the growth of digital economy of Singapore. Digital infrastructure is manifested through combination of physical and virtual technologies that span domains of compute, storage, network, applications, telecommunications, and cloud platforms that are key foundation for delivery of digital products and services. As a member of the Digital Infrastructure team, you will be supporting the industry/tech development efforts and being at the forefront of emerging technologies to ensure our digital infrastructure continues to grow in a sustainable manner, is secure, resilient and provides competitive access to businesses and supporting ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate shall be responsible, among others, to:

• Engage Data Centre, Telecommunication and Cloud industry on co-development/co-solutioning to complement/address concerns on energy efficiency, sustainability, and net zero carbon initiatives.
• Conduct landscape scan on sustainability of DC and Telco sector covering industry structure, market developments, standards, industry best practices, and guidelines to support benchmarking and gap analysis. 
• Support the development of technical standards with joint effort with industry/academia to establish a baseline framework for industry adoption.
• Support the development of regulatory frameworks/ codes of practice and ensure implementation is carried out accordingly.
• Ensure continuous sustainability by identifying and developing new growth pathways for the domains of interest which includes leveraging WOG effort.

Key Requirements

• Good degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• Knowledge and expertise in digital infrastructure technologies including data centres, telecommunications and cloud computing
• Good understanding of green energy sources like renewable energy, fuel cells, hydrogen, etc and applicable in context of Singapore
• Good understanding of energy efficiency technologies and metrics like PUE, WUE
• Knowledge of sustainability standards like SS564 or Green Mark for data centres 
• Prior public sector experience is a plus
• Strong written and communication skills
• At least 5 years of relevant experience
• Ability to multi-task and work as a team in a fast-paced and complex work environment

Info-communications Media Development Authority (www.imda.gov.sg) offers a rewarding career that gives you a front seat in the fast-changing infocomm media sector, where technology and content are shaping the way people view the world more than ever. We offer a wide range of opportunities, where talented individuals and teams can make a difference. Whether you are developing a telecommunications policy affecting consumers or spearheading a scheme to nurture budding media talents, each member of IMDA contributes towards driving innovation, enhancing productivity for economic growth, and improving the quality of life for all Singaporeans. As a statutory board in the Ministry of Communications and Information, IMDA promotes and regulates the infocomm and media sectors.