Platform Operation Engineer CD027

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd (Activate) is a leading technology consultancy headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia and Indonesia. Our clients are empowered with quality cost-effective and impactful end-to-end application development like mobile and web applications and cloud technology that remove technology roadblocks and increase their business efficiency.

We believe in positively impacting the lives of people around us and the environment we live in through the use of technology. Hence we are committed to providing a conducive environment for all employees to realise their full potential who in turn have the opportunity to continuously drive innovation.

We are searching for our next team members to join our growing team.

If you love the idea of being part of a growing company with exciting prospects in mobile and web technologies that create positive impact on peoples lives then we would love to hear from you.

Co-Development Business Unit is looking for Platform Operation Engineer

This is a fixed term contract. The engagement is 1 year with option to extend to another 1 year.

Internal Code: CD027

The Platform Operations Engineer will be working with government agencies to maintain and support their critical on-premises platforms and infrastructure. This role focuses on ensuring platform reliability implementing modern operational practices and supporting infrastructure modernisation initiatives while maintaining robust support for existing agency systems. You will work closely with various stakeholders to ensure the stability and efficiency of essential government IT infrastructure.

What will you do

• Maintain critical infrastructure platforms including compute storage virtualisation and supporting systems across development staging and production environments.
• Follow and implement platform standards executing infrastructure automation and modern operational practices to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Support platform enhancement initiatives and implementation of new infrastructure solutions ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Manage virtualisation platforms (e.g. VMware Hyper-V) including capacity monitoring performance optimisation and lifecycle management.
• Implement and maintain robust monitoring and observability solutions for all platform components using modern tooling (e.g. Prometheus Grafana ELK stack).
• Execute platform patching strategies leveraging automation to maintain security and stability while minimising service disruption.
• Provide L2/L3 technical support for platform-related incidents conducting problem determination and resolution.
• Support containerisation initiatives and maintain container orchestration platforms for traditional workloads where applicable.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to automate platform provisioning and configuration management.
• Maintain backup DR and high-availability solutions for critical platform components.
• Follow security controls implementation including access management security hardening and compliance monitoring.
• Collaborate with application teams to support platform stability performance and scalability requirements. Create and maintain platform documentation runbooks and standard operating procedures.
• Support team members on platform operations and modern infrastructure practices.

What are we looking for

• Strong experience with enterprise virtualisation platforms (VMware vSphere Hyper-V)
• Experience in storage systems (SAN NAS) and enterprise backup solutions
• Proficiency in Linux and Windows Server administration
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools (Ansible Puppet Chef)

• Knowledge of container technologies (Docker Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code practices
• Understanding of networking concepts and technologies
• Scripting abilities (Python PowerShell Bash)
• Experience with high-availability and disaster recovery solutions
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field
• Experience in infrastructure operations and engineering
• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure components
• Experience in supporting infrastructure modernisation initiatives
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong documentation abilities
• Effective communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
• Microsoft Certified: Windows Server
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• ITIL v4 Foundation

What do we offer in return

• Fun working environment
• Employee Wellness Program

Does it sound like something you are interested in exploring further Please be in touch with our team for an initial chat at

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