Job Description

The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an "outside-in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. We also develop the Smart Nation infrastructure and applications, and facilitate collaboration with citizens and businesses to co-develop technologies.

Join us as we support Singapore\xe2\x80\x99s vision of building a Smart Nation - a nation of possibilities empowered through info-communications technology and related engineering. Over at GovTech\xe2\x80\x99s Cyber Security Group (CSG) ; we are the cybersecurity arm of GovTech and is committed to creating a safe and secure digital government. We defend Government agencies from cyber threats to ensure that they can execute their functions effectively in cyberspace and uphold citizens\xe2\x80\x99 trust in all digital Government services.


What you will be working on: We are looking for a DevSecOps Engineer who is passionate about building up threat detection and response capabilities for the Government Cybersecurity Operations Center (GCSOC). We build products to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our threat detection and response capabilities using leading-edge technologies. Additionally, we seek to enhance our security capabilities at scale, for all Government agencies across different ecosystems, platforms, and applications.

• We think big - The solutions that we deploy will be used at scale to serve the whole of Government. Having robust and resilient products backed by operational excellence is important.
• We start small - Before we scale up a product, we build prototypes or a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and examine its reliability, effectiveness, scalability, usability, and maintainability. We fail fast to move towards a superior product or approach.
• We act fast - We recognise that we will never fully understand unexplored territories. Learning new architectures, frameworks, technologies, and even languages will be essential. We are biased for action to quickly identify potential problems early and secure mindshare fast.

What we are looking for:

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Technology/Security, Communications, or other related disciplines
• Strong technical background in DevOps and Cloud implementation
• Experience with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
• Experience with commonly used DevOps tools such as Git, Docker, Gitlab CI etc
• Knowledge and experience in cloud design and architecture, and security practices/technique
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Self-Motivated and team player
• Strong skills in Terraform/CloudFormation, Python, Bash
• Cloud computing deployment and management experience - AWS, Azure, GCP
• Professional certification in DevOps and/or related in either AWS, Azure or Google

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company as we believe that diversity is meaningful to innovation. Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. This includes generous leave benefits to meet your work-life needs. We trust that you will get the job done wherever you are, and whatever works best for you \xe2\x80\x93 so work from home or take a break to exercise if you need to*. We also believe it\xe2\x80\x99s important for you to keep honing your craft in the constantly-evolving tech landscape, so we provide and support a plethora of in-house and external learning and development opportunities all year round.

• Subject to the nature of your job role that might require you to be onsite during fixed hours