What the role is

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

About Info-communications Media Development Authority

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.

About your application process

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and apply for other roles within Info-communications Media Development Authority or the wider Public Service.