The Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) which aims to pioneer innovation solutions and develop world class science and technology capabilities to transform and empower the Home Team in delivering safety and security for Singapore. The Senior Principal Engineer (xData) plays a pivotal role in shaping the data-driven transformation of HTX and the Home Teams. By partnering with xData Deputy Directors, the SPE spearheads innovative planning, solutioning, and design for advanced enterprise data capabilities.

• Design and delivery of Enterprise Data Platform, Enterprise Data Exchanges and Sense-making platform, that includes datalake, data lakehouse and video lake. • Solution lead for Data platforms that support HTDs’ Data Transformation projects. • Develop the Enterprise Data Architecture and work with SAO to implement the policies for MHA-wide compliance. • Accelerate data democratization, maturity, and literacy at scale by crafting a long-term roadmap for MHA’s Data Strategy and Home Teams’ Digital Transformation • Support the teams to implement projects based on approved project plans that meet all identified operational needs, project risks, budget, schedule and quality. • Formulation and execution of stakeholder management plan to ensure strong support from stakeholders • Facilitate the formulation of security requirements, design, implementation and integration of security solution for the identified project. • Support Director xData to strategise and drive the Data Transformation plan for the Home Team Departments, comprising community engagement and digital competency development. E.g. digitalisation such as tools eco system up-keeping (whitelisting) and community skills building. Annual refresh of tools list and persona engagement. • Lead in technology trials to push the Data Science frontier in both AI/ML models and Data. • Lead in development of Data Engineering and Architecting capabilities as a Chapter Lead in HTX • Conduct workshops to mentor and nurture PEs and other more junior staff in the domain of Data Engineering and Architecting • Ensure alignment with organizational goals and helps establish best practices

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering/ Computer Science/ Information Technology or relevant disciplines. • At least 10 years of relevant working experience including a minimum of 5 years in ICT domain and technical leadership role • Strong interest in infocomm technologies and innovation, particularly in cloud, networking, video, data science and analytics field, software systems, systems engineering, systems integration and in enterprise deployment scale. • Strong planning and project management skills. PMP or equivalent certification would be an advantage. • Able to work independently and as a team • Facilitation skills, planning skills, problem-solving skills, organising capabilities and foresight to drive projects. • Good interpersonal and communications skills for internal/external stakeholder engagement. • Experience in building government systems that meet IM8 policies would be an advantage. Technical Skills • Able to design and implement a data system solution. • Has professional experience with Hadoop ecosystem would be an advantage. • Has experience in building solutions on any cloud provider e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP. • Strong knowledge in networking and system security. • Possess strong knowledge in: o Data modelling (OLTP, OLAP, dimensional modelling). o Cloud data services (AWS Redshift, GCP BigQuery, Azure Synapse/Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, etc.) o Big data technologies (Spark, Kafka, Flink, etc.) o ETL/ELT frameworks and tools (Airflow, Talend, Informatica, dbt, etc.) • Hands-on experience with SQL, Python and distributed systems. • Has experience with integration of AI/ML tools (e.g. AWS Sagemaker, Azure ML, Google VertexAI, Dataiku) and data services would be an advantage. All new hires are appointed on a two-year contract in the first instance and will be assessed and considered for permanent tenure over time, based on performance. As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment. All applicants will be updated on the status of their applications within 4 weeks upon closing of the advertisement.

HTX is the world’s first Science and Technology agency that integrates a diverse range of scientific and engineering capabilities to innovate and deliver transformative and operationally-ready solutions for homeland security. As a statutory board of the Ministry of Home Affairs and integral to the Home Team, HTX works at the forefront of science and technology to empower Singapore’s frontline of security. Our shared mission is to amplify, augment and accelerate the Home Team’s advantage and secure Singapore as the safest place on planet earth.