Containers Platform Engineer

About the role

As a Containers Platform Engineer at CSIT, you will design, deploy, and support container orchestration platform services that power mission‑critical workloads across on‑premise networks. You will join the Runtime Platforms team, which delivers secure, reliable, and scalable container services that enable other engineers to deploy application workloads efficiently while maintaining strong security and compliance standards.

Key responsibilities

• Design and enhance Kubernetes provider platforms and supporting infrastructure to improve scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
• Automate and simplify Kubernetes clusters lifecycle management, upgrades, and observability workflows.
• Implement monitoring and alerting systems using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Elastic Observability to meet service‑level objectives.
• Collaborate with security teams to integrate and enforce security controls and compliance requirements within the container platform.
• Work with application teams to improve platform usability, streamline onboarding, and reduce operational toil.
• Respond to incidents, perform post‑incident reviews, and drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Required profile

• Background in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.
• Strong programming or scripting experience (e.g., Git, Terraform, Javascript, Python, Bash).
• Good understanding of Linux systems, containers, and networking fundamentals.
• 1‑3 years of hands‑on experience operating or managing Kubernetes clusters in production.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code, and configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm.
• Experience implementing observability and monitoring in large‑scale systems.

Required skills

• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Containers
• Git
• Terraform
• Javascript
• Python
• Bash
• CI/CD pipelines
• Ansible
• Helm
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Elastic Observability
• RBAC
• Admission controllers
• Policy enforcement
• ArgoCD
• Gitlab Runner
• Istio
• Service mesh
• AWS
• GCP
• Azure
• HTTP
• TCP
• DNS

What we offer

• Build and operate infrastructure that supports Singapore's national security missions.
• Work with talented engineers who value operational excellence, collaboration, and innovation.
• Freedom to experiment, improve, and scale modern technologies securely.
• Opportunities to deepen expertise in Kubernetes, SRE practices, and secure platform engineering at scale.