Platform Engineer (Cloud & DevSecOps)

About the role

NUS IT, the digital unit of the National University of Singapore, is hiring a Platform Engineer (Cloud & DevSecOps) at its Applications department on the Kent Ridge campus. The role builds and operates shared cloud platform services on Microsoft Azure, including Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, secrets and artifact management, and AI-enabled platform capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Build and operate shared cloud platform services on Microsoft Azure, focusing on reliability, scalability, security and operational consistency.
• Run and evolve the cloud-hosted Kubernetes platform, including deployment workflows, monitoring and security controls.
• Define service level objectives, build monitoring and alerting, handle incidents and lead blameless post-incident reviews.
• Automate cloud environments with infrastructure as code and design CI/CD pipeline templates for consistent application delivery.
• Integrate security and quality controls such as SAST and SCA into delivery workflows.
• Manage the enterprise secrets management platform and the artifact repository, governing software dependencies.
• Use AI to automate operations, analyse pipeline failures, triage security findings and accelerate infrastructure and pipeline development, while reviewing generated code for quality and security.
• Deliver platform capabilities for AI workloads, including access to large language model APIs, model hosting and AI agent tooling.
• Help application teams adopt the cloud platform, treat it as a product and contribute to the cloud platform roadmap.

Required profile

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline is preferred; demonstrated experience can replace formal qualifications.
• At least 5 years in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, SRE or software engineering, with hands-on experience building and operating cloud or platform services.
• Preferred: cloud, Kubernetes, automation, security or AI certifications (e.g. Azure Administrator Associate or CKAD).

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure or another major public cloud platform.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerised applications.
• Infrastructure as code, automation, Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines and release automation.
• Strong programming skills, Linux and shell scripting.
• Preferred: Azure managed Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Sonatype, Fortify, SonarQube, Terraform, Ansible, HashiCorp Vault, Argo CD, GitOps, cloud monitoring, AI coding assistants, AI agents, Azure OpenAI, and knowledge of AI security risks such as prompt injection.

What we offer

• Family care leave of 2 days and additional childcare leave beyond statutory benefits.
• 2 wellbeing days and up to 3 sick days with no medical certificate.
• Progressive annual leave starting at 21 days (including National Service).
• Flexible medical coverage up to $10,000 for you and your dependents.