Platform Infrastructure Engineer (PaaS / Kubernetes / Linux)

Platform Infrastructure Engineer (PaaS / Kubernetes / Linux) Power the Platforms Behind Mission-Critical Systems Join a leading technology solutions provider delivering enterprise-scale infrastructure and platform services for mission-critical environments. If you're passionate about Linux, Kubernetes, enterprise platforms, and keeping complex systems running at peak performance, this is your opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in a highly collaborative engineering team. You'll play a key role in building, maintaining, and enhancing modern Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environments while ensuring reliability, security, and operational excellence. What You'll Do As a Platform Infrastructure Engineer , you'll be responsible for the operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of enterprise platform services running across development, testing, staging, and production environments. Your responsibilities include: Platform Operations • Manage and maintain enterprise platform services, middleware, databases, messaging platforms, and container environments. • Monitor system health, troubleshoot incidents, perform root cause analysis, and resolve production issues. • Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain Linux (RHEL) and Windows Server environments. • Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, backup, recovery, and restoration activities. Container & Platform Technologies Work with modern container technologies including: • Kubernetes • Docker • Podman Support enterprise platforms such as: • MongoDB • Microsoft SQL Server • NGINX • Apache HTTP Server • IBM MQ • Kafka • MQTT • ArcGIS • Keycloak Security & Reliability • Implement infrastructure hardening based on CIS benchmarks and security best practices. • Manage platform security, user access, and compliance requirements. • Support disaster recovery planning and resilience initiatives. Platform Engineering • Deploy platform upgrades, security patches, and lifecycle improvements. • Support change management and release activities with rollback planning. • Collaborate with DevOps, Security, Application, and Infrastructure teams to deliver stable platform services. Monitoring & Automation • Configure and maintain monitoring, logging, and observability solutions. • Monitor performance, capacity, and availability across enterprise platforms. • Identify opportunities to automate operational tasks and improve platform reliability. Documentation • Maintain infrastructure documentation, SOPs, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures. • Produce reports on system performance, maintenance, and platform health. What We're Looking For • Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline. • 3 years of experience in infrastructure administration or platform engineering. • Strong knowledge of: Linux (RHEL), Windows Server, VMware, Enterprise server and storage infrastructure • Experience administering container platforms such as Kubernetes or OpenShift. • Familiarity with DevOps tools including GitLab and Ansible. • Experience supporting enterprise technologies such as MongoDB, NGINX, Apache, IBM MQ, Kafka, ArcGIS, or similar platforms. • Knowledge of monitoring solutions such as Grafana and Prometheus. • Understanding of ITIL processes including Incident, Change, and Problem Management. • Experience in pre-sales or tender preparation will be an added advantage. Preferred Certifications (Optional) • RHCSA / RHCE • VMware VCP • MongoDB Administrator Certification Why Join Us? • Work with modern cloud-native and enterprise technologies. • Exposure to Kubernetes, DevOps, container platforms, and enterprise middleware. • Collaborative engineering environment with opportunities to expand your technical expertise. • Opportunity for contract extension or permanent conversion based on performance. Employment Details • Salary: S$5,500 Basic (No AWS / No Variable Bonus) • Contract: 1-year direct contract with client (extendable/convertible based on performance) • Location: Ang Mo Kio • Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM