Design and enhance Kubernetes provider platforms and supporting infrastructure to improve scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
Automate and simplify Kubernetes clusters lifecycle management, upgrades, and observability workflows.
Implement monitoring and alerting systems using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Elastic Observability to meet service-level objective (SLOs).
Collaborate with security teams to integrate and enforce security controls and compliance requirements within the container platform.
Work with application teams to improve platform usability, streamline onboarding, and reduce operational toil.
Respond to incidents and perform post-incident reviews, driving continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Contribute to the reliability engineering culture, fostering shared responsibility for system availability and performance.
At CSIT, you will:
• Build and operate infrastructure that supports Singapore's national security missions.
• Work with talented engineers who take pride in operational excellence, collaboration, and innovation.
• Be empowered to experiment, improve, and scale modern technologies securely.
• Have opportunities to deepen your expertise in Kubernetes, SRE practices, and secure platform engineering at scale.

Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies
Containers Platform Engineer
Permanent
Closing on 30 Mar 2027What the role is
What you will be working on
• Design and enhance Kubernetes provider platforms and supporting infrastructure to improve scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
• Automate and simplify Kubernetes clusters lifecycle management, upgrades, and observability workflows.
• Implement monitoring and alerting systems using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Elastic Observability to meet service-level objective (SLOs).
• Collaborate with security teams to integrate and enforce security controls and compliance requirements within the container platform.
• Work with application teams to improve platform usability, streamline onboarding, and reduce operational toil.
• Respond to incidents and perform post-incident reviews, driving continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Contribute to the reliability engineering culture, fostering shared responsibility for system availability and performance.
What we are looking for
• Background in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field
• Strong programming or scripting experience (e.g. Git, Terraform, Javascript, Python, or Bash)
• Good understanding of Linux systems, containers, and networking fundamentals.
• At least 1-3 years of hands-on experience operating or managing Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and configuration management (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, Helm).
• Experience implementing observability and monitoring in large-scale systems.
Good-to-haves
• Knowledge of Kubernetes security concepts such as RBAC, admission controllers, and policy enforcement.
• Experience with GitOps workflow and deployment tools (e.g. ArgoCD, Gitlab Runner)
• Understanding of service mesh technologies (e.g. Istio)
Exposure to reliability engineering practices, including SLOs, error budgets, and capacity planning
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP or Azure) and hybrid infrastructure architectures
• Knowledge of networking protocols (HTTP, TCP, DNS) and troubleshooting tools
• Passion for open-source technologies
As CSIT is an agency under the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), only Singapore Citizens will be considered.
About your application process
This job is closing on 30 Mar 2027.
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 Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies or the wider Public Service.
About Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies
The Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies is the lead digital technology agency in the Ministry of Defence, and a member of the Defence Technology Community. Our technical focus areas include Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Software Engineering, and Cloud Infrastructure and Services. We conduct applied research and develop customised digital solutions to support national missions such as cyber defence and counter-terrorism.
Please visit our website (https://www.csit.gov.sg/) for more info on what we do, for scholarship/internship/career opportunities and more!
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