VP, SRE Automation Platform Engineer, Technology Group

Location:Singapore

Job Function:Technology Group

Job Type:Permanent

Req ID:16942

Recruiter:Yvonne Loh

GIC is one of the worlds largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2000 employees across 11 locations around the world we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the worlds industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor we Work at the Point of Impact for Singapores financial future and the communities we invest in worldwide.

Technology Group
We experiment design and lead a 247 global business where we support core capabilities in asset management trading investment operations and risk management. We deliver secure reliable and integrated solutions and provide insights on new and emerging technologies.

What impact will you make in this role

The SRE Automation Platform Engineer will design develop and maintain the central automation platform that underpins GICs hybrid cloud infrastructure. The role focuses mainly on automation engineering developing reusable frameworks APIs and self-service capabilities and also involve in observability integration ensuring automation is visible measurable and reliable.
You will play a key role in defining automation standards ensuring compliance and enabling other teams to adopt automation efficiently and securely.

What will you do as a VP SRE Automation Platform Engineer

• Design develop and maintain the central automation platform supporting hybrid cloud environments (AWS Azure on-prem).

• Build reusable automation frameworks modules and APIs that other teams can leverage to design their own automation workflows.

• Define and enforce automation standards governance models and best practices across the enterprise.

• Provide enablement and onboarding support for infrastructure and application teams adopting the automation platform.

• Develop documentation templates and reference architectures to accelerate automation adoption across teams.

• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible to ensure consistent auditable and secure provisioning

• Develop orchestration workflows integrating with infrastructure components (Windows Linux DNS AD vCenter Databases etc.) via SDKs and APIs.

• Automate operational tasks runbooks and incident response workflows to reduce Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR).

• Build self-healing and auto-remediation capabilities using event-driven automation frameworks.

• Deep understanding of SRE principles service health modelling error budgets and auto-remediation design.

• Strong understanding of Infrastructure and Cyber Services and applications.

• Familiarity with financial sector operational resilience frameworks regulatory compliance and incident governance.

What makes you a successful candidate

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related discipline.
• At least 10 12 years of experience in Infrastructure automation or SRE roles with strong automation and platform engineering focus.
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale automation and orchestration solutions.
• Integration & Orchestration: ServiceNow Orchestration Microsoft System Center Orchestrator BMC Helix or equivalent.
• Automation / IaC: Terraform Ansible Ansible EDA Python PowerShell Bash.
• Compliance & Policy Enforcement: Terraform Sentinel Ansible Lint.
• Cloud Platforms: AWS and Azure.
• Observability Tools: DataDog Dynatrace Splunk ELK.
• CI/CD & DevOps: GitHub Github Actions.
• Security & Governance: Familiarity with encryption access management and regulatory frameworks (e.g. MAS TRM DOR
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• High sense of accountability ownership and innovation mindset.

Preferred Certifications

• Terraform or Ansible Certified Expert.
• Datadog or Dynatrace Certified Associate.
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer / Azure DevOps Expert.
• SRE Foundation or Practitioner (DevOps Institute).
• ITIL v4 Managing Professional

Work at the Point of Impact
We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious agile and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas share your views and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence Respect Integrity Merit and Excellence which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact.

GIC is a Great Place to Work

At GIC our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation professional growth and interpersonal connection. At the same time we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise. This role will be in our Tampines Office.

GIC is an equal opportunity employer
As an employer we passionately believe every individual brings with them unique diversity of thought and perspectives to meaningfully enrich perspectives of GIC teams to drive competitive performance. An inclusive environment yields exceptional contribution.

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