Job Description

What the role is:
CSIT develops products to advance the national security interests of Singapore. We use our products in a wide range of operations, including but not limited to Counter-terrorism and Computer Network Defence. Join the awesome CSIT family and use cutting-edge technologies to protect the nation.
What you will be working on:

• We are seeking experienced Platform & SRE engineer to design, develop, and maintain our large-scale database and search infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in datebase systems, search technologies and software engineering. o The Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the scalability, performance, and reliability of our database and search systems, developing new features and evaluations of new technologies to support our growing user base.

What we are looking for:
Responsibilities o Build and maintain high-available, scalable large-scale databases and search platforms using techonologies like PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch o Design and implement data integration and migration pipelines to ingest data from various data integration points including APIs, files, and/or other databases o Improve platform availability and performance through use of SRE practices o Conduct incident managment, including troubleshooting, resolution and post-mortem of the database and search platforms o Provide technical guidance and mentorship to fellow engineers as a subject matter expert in database and search platform engineering o Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including projects, engineering, and operations to ensure platform and product usability and alignment to organisation goals Requirements (Minimum Qualifications) o Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field o 3+ years of experience with database systems, including relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, Oracle) and/or NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB, Elasticsearch) o Proficiency in programming languages, including Bash, Go, Java, Python o Experience in cloud-native technologies for container orchestrations, CI/CD, infrastructure automations and observability o Experience with data modelling, schema design, performance tuning and data migration Nice to Have o Experience in managing physical and virtual infrastructures o Experience in managing cloud database and search services using AWS RDS, Google Cloud SQL, or Azure Database Services o Passion for open-source technologies Why join us? o The work is purposeful and meaningful o You will work with the best engineers o We work with modern technologies and tech stacks o We have excellent engineering culture and work-life balance o We aspire to engineering and operational excellence o We empower to innovate o We grow together as a family As CSIT is an agency under the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), only Singapore Citizens will be considered.
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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